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He lives with his long-term partner, the photographer Thomas Dozol, in New York and Berlin. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In 1983, Stipe met Natalie Merchant of the band 10,000 Maniacs ; the two started a friendship, and eventually had a romantic relationship for a period of time.
Bassist Mike Mills with touring multi-instrumentalist Ken Stringfellow on the Around the Sun Tour in 2004; the light show was typical of the stage design.. The album was released in four editions: Double vinyl, cassette (the band's final release on the medium), compact disc, and a limited-edition box set with the CD and fold-out posters by 14 artists illustrating the songs.
Stipe cited "the religious-spiritual versus science-technology-modern-age" as a theme he intended to explore with his lyrics. [22] He also sought an "automatic, unconscious" style inspired by Patti Smith. [22] According to Stipe, Bertis Downs, the band's lawyer, noted a theme of "people falling down and getting back up again". [22]
An anniversary can be celebrated with champagne or a vacation but Michael Stipe and Mike Mills from R.E.M. decided to honor the 30th anniversary of Out of Time by looking back. The duo joined Matt ...
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, the National’s Matt Berninger, Kim Gordon, Angel Olsen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O will assemble March 26 at New York’s Carnegie Hall for The Music of Patti ...
Collapse into Now is the fifteenth and final studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on March 7, 2011, on Warner Bros. Produced by Jacknife Lee, who previously worked with the band on Accelerate (2008), the album was preceded by the singles "It Happened Today", "Mine Smell Like Honey", "Überlin" and "Oh My Heart".
R.E.M. on their final tour (from left to right): guitarist Peter Buck (on piano), touring musician Scott McCaughey, vocalist Michael Stipe (back to camera), touring drummer Bill Rieflin (on guitar), and bassist Mike Mills Scott McCaughey was a touring member of R.E.M. from 1994 until their disbandment.
Although Michael Stipe sings lead while Mills provides back-up and harmony vocals on the album version, [9] Mills usually sings the lead vocal of "Rockville" during live performances. A live version of the song was released as the B-side to " Leaving New York " in 2004 and on R.E.M. Live in 2007.