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R.E.M. PLAYS OXFORD, ENGLAND

The band made a surprise appearance during the encore of a Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 gig last night in Oxford, UK at the Zodiac. Mike and Michael joined Hitchcock, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, and Bill Rieflin onstage for a guitar-only version of Electrolite, Hitchcock's Arms of Love, R.E.M. tune I'm Gonna DJ, and the Byrds Eight Miles High.

Robyn and the Venus 3 continue their UK tour in Norwich tonight and play eight more dates before wrapping up things on January 18th in Glasgow. For more information, please visit http://www.robynhitchcock.com.

FINEST WORKSONGS TRIBUTE SHOW CD

Please be sure to keep an eye out for a very special release our friends at athensmusic.net will be making available soon: Finest Worksongs, a live recording from the Sept. 12, 2006 event at the 40 Watt Club of Athens bands covering R.E.M. music featuring the music of Liz Durrett, Claire Campbell (Hope For Agoldensummer), Tin Cup Prophette, Modern Skirts, The Observatory (14 members of the Elephant Six collective), Patterson Hood (The Drive-By Truckers) and Five Eight. Fan Club members have already sampled TCP's take on "Tongue” and The Observatory's extraordinary version of "These Days.” More details and pre-orders will be available soon, so keep checking back at http://www.athensmusic.net!

R.E.M. IN VIEW: GA MUSIC HALL OF FAME MUSEUM FEATURES R.E.M. DISPLAY

R.E.M. Art Director Chris Bilheimer recently installed a 120-piece exhibit of R.E.M. memorabilia at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, Georgia, to commemorate R.E.M.'s September 16th induction into the Hall. The exhibit will be on display for approximately a year and is a must see. According to Chris, of the 120 items, "Over 60 rare photos and posters create the backdrop, and instruments and clothing fill the space. The mandolino on which Peter wrote Losing My Religion is there, as well as Mike's famous green Nudie suit. Original artwork from Chronic Town and Murmur, up to New Adventure is included. We have laminates, backstage passes and even hand written lyrics from Document. It was an epic installation, taking 4 months to compile, and 7 hours to install.”
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