He’s performed Samuel Beckett on Broadway and memorized scripts for Oscar-nominated movies and Emmy-winning TV shows. So it ...

Or at least they were there for a combination of the two. Shannon, guitarist Jason Narducy and a backing band performed R.E.M.’s 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction” in its entirety in Chicago in ...

R.E.M. just keep reuniting. Thursday night, Feb. 27, the band that has repeatedly insisted they'll never do a full-fledged ...

This legendary alternative rock band has only had two public performances since it officially retired in 2011.

Michael Shannon has been a big R.E.M. fan for a long time. The actor has been taking that to the next level lately, as he and veteran musician Jason Narducy are in the midst of an R.E.M. tribute tour ...

Eisen asked Leary if he was originally asked to star in the video for the single ‘Shiny Happy People’.

“This is not a tribute band,” insists indie rocker Jason Narducy, referring to the group he and actor Michael Shannon have put together. That might seem like a curious thing to say, considering the ...

Michael Stipe dismisses any possibility of R.E.M. reunion as he attends the New York premiere of “Black Bag.” Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

From college rock phenoms in the '80s, R.E.M became global superstars in the '90s — and they did it all on their own terms.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy's R.E.M. tribute band on March 8, 2025 (photo: Lauren Krohn).