A nice piece on our fair city from Garden and Gun. gardenandgun.com/athens-georg...

Tix are on sale now for the next round of Kevn Kinney - Peter Buck shows at the Rialto Club, July 28th and 29th, in Athens. These residencies sell out quickly so make sure to get your tickets before they’re gone. Tuesday July 28 - bit.ly/KevnAndPeter... Wednesday July 29 - bit.ly/KevnAndPeter...

“I just spent a week in upstate New York recording with Rochester’s finest, The Chesterfield Kings, pictured here with all of us sporting a dazzling array of elder rockstar hair. (Read rest in comments)

May 23, 2008 in Vancouver BC—the start of the Accelerate Tour in N America. 📸 David Belisle

In this clip from the 2017 documentary, Automatic Unearthed, Mike and Michael share their memories of the demo for “Find the River” and how their vocal parts materialized.

“This is all I want, it’s all I need…” “Beat a Drum” from the the Museum of Television & Radio, LA, for Launch. June 2001 #REVEAL25 @michaelstipe.bsky.social @millsish.bsky.social

A beautiful version of “I’ve Been High” from A&E in Studio with Nic Harcourt and R.E.M., 2003. 🌟 @michaelstipe.bsky.social @millsish.bsky.social

“Imitation Of Life” from the band’s TV appearance on “Nulle Part Ailleurs,” Canal Plus, May 2001. #reveal25

This Just In: Peter will be joining good friend Steve Wynn for a show at the Rialto Club in Athens on July 9th. Their show earlier this week was a blast, so you won't want to miss this one. Ticket info at the link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/steve-wynn...

REVEAL, the band’s 12th studio album, was released this week (May 14/15) in 2001. The album, produced by Pat McCarthy and the band, featured singles “Imitation of Life,” “All The Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star),” & “I’ll Take The Rain.” What’s your favorite Reveal song? #REVEAL25

An amazing night in Athens at the Rialto Club where Peter Buck, Kevn Kinney and @millsish.bsky.social performed “Fall On Me” for the show’s final song.

“Approximately forty-two years ago, the combined members of The Dream Syndicate and R.E.M. performed an impromptu set at the Uptown Lounge under the name Adolf and the Casuals featuring Raul. It was a pretty chaotic night with some of the group members (read👇) youtu.be/yVsMGkpqcTk?...

⛪️ 🇩🇪 May 12, 2001 at the Roncalliplatz by the Kolner Dom in Cologne for an estimated 100K fans from all over Europe & the world. Reveal days 25 years ago.

Steve Wynn and Peter Buck at the Rialto Room tonight in Athens— stories, and songs, and a really great show! Photo @bertisdowns.bsky.social

☀️ “The Lifting” live in Toronto, May 2001. From the band’s free concert at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets. 🇨🇦 #REVEAL25

Peter plays “Begin The Begin” with Man Or Astroman? at the 40 Watt in Athens Thursday at Expo 2026 celebrating 30 years of Kindercore. Thanks to Sydney Grove for the footage 🙏

Ok this is amazing

Anyway here’s Peter Buck with a TV on his head playing guitar with Man…or Astroman?

“Imitation Of Life,” May 2001, Madrid ☀️ 🇪🇸 #Reveal25

Ben Herman of Radio Free Europe in DC unboxes Athens, GA version of Radio Free Europe on the eve of World Press Freedom Day. With @bertisdowns.bsky.social

🎸 “Imitation Of Life” turns 25!

From Peter: “The record by Ian McNabb which contains the version of “South Central Rain” that Ian and I recorded last year is available and up on bandcamp! It’s a cool record, dig in!” ianmcnabb.bandcamp.com/album/65 Photos by R. Diamond and C. Brandon (from NME)

Dead Letter Office, released April 27, 1987.

“Funny the kinds of things you come across when you do a little tidying up, not usually one of my strengths. 25 years ago this month we were excited to share some of the forthcoming album REVEAL” with our fan club members via an old-fashioned postcard sent through the mail and a newfangled thing…”

Michael performs his new song, “The Rest of Ever” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. @michaelstipe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERgx...

Watch Michael’s interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night. @michaelstipe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAA5...

Tonight’s the night! @michaelstipe.bsky.social will be a guest on The LATE SHOW with Stephen Colbert. Show starts at 11:35/10:35 C. #colbert

📺 Make plans to watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this Thursday (4.23) for a guest appearance by @michaelstipe.bsky.social !! #colbert

🔨 🔥 The time to rise has been engaged… “Finest Worksong” was released as a single in the UK on April 18, 1988. The video was directed by our very own @michaelstipe.bsky.social

“Did you never call? I waited for your call…” On this day in 1984, “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” was released as the first single from Reckoning. The video was directed by Howard Libov and filmed at Reflection Studio in Charlotte.

Murmur, the band’s debut studio album, was released 43 years ago on April 12, 1983. Produced by Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, Murmur remains, according to music journalist Tim Peacock, “one of the most compelling and otherworldly debut albums in rock history.” Share your Murmur memories in the comments.

Reckoning, the band’s second album, was released in the UK on this day in 1984. Like Murmur, the album was produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon (recording sessions took place at Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte). What’s your favorite Reckoning song?

“No, this isn’t a game of which one of these guys is unlike the others. I’m posing with a great Brazilian band named Colomy. I played on their forthcoming album last year & I recently filmed a video for a song. I’ll write in more detail closer to release date.”                📷 Carol Siqueira

April 8, 1985, photographer Paul Natkin came to Athens for a photo shoot. Paul’s blog has a great account of the day— natkin.net/rem-calls-it...

46 years ago on April 5, 1980, the band played their first show. Sandra-Lee Phipps took these photos that historic night in Athens at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Oconee Street.

“Strange Currencies” was released this week in 1995 as a single (7”, Cassingle & CD Single formats). The song gained renewed popularity in season two of FX series, The Bear, where it was heavily featured.

A blistering early version of “Living Well Is The Best Revenge” from Dublin 2007–the song would go on to become the opening track on Accelerate, the band’s 14th studio album, released on April 1, 2008 in N America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4uR...

Profoundly influential and we were there as babies opening for them in the early 80’s, Go4 return with this banger 💪✊👊

R.E.M. love Gang of 4 @michaelstipe.bsky.social

Drink The Sea finished our South American tour with a riotous three hour show in Sao Paolo, featuring Nando Reis. We then went into a studio in Sao Paulo to work on our next record. Saturday night after work, Barrett and I played with the great Silvia Machete.

World leader pretend, for now anyway…. No Kings 3 in your town today.

🌖 Man On The Moon checks in at number 20 on The Guardian’s list of “Songs about the Moon—Ranked” 🤔 Read below… www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Michael sang at Democracy Now's 30th Anniversary show in New York last night. Check out Brooklyn Vegan's photo journal from the show & watch the archived live stream. www.brooklynvegan.com/bruce-spring...

Post from Mike: “One of the ironies about being in R.E.M. is that I could never see my band play. I could never truly know the effect our music had on our fans, or what it might have felt like to see us at any point in our musical journey, especially the early days.” (More in comments)

A good read from Paste on Out Of Time. www.pastemagazine.com/music/r-e-m/...

☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s something (listen in the comments) from Live at the Olympia in Dublin 🇮🇪 to commemorate today and the affinity the band always had for the great people of Ireland. Slainte!

“Losing My Religion” live from Wiesbaden, Germany as featured on Perfect Square, released on March 16, 2004 youtu.be/BLhD-h1LRQs?...

From Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

“There is always hope in my writing. I am an optimist, ultimately — even if it’s a realisation in one’s last breath that they blew it. At least they are aware they blew it. To move through a life not recognising one’s mistakes or regrets is pretty sad.” - Michael www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

Out Of Time turns 35! The band’s 7th studio album was released this week in 1991. What’s your favorite Out Of Time song?