Mike Mills Tribute

Here’s another review of the Baseball Project’s show at Maxwell’s, Hoboken; but more importantly, this blogger Michael Gordon talked to band members after the gig and took a photo with Mike Mills. Now, according to Mr Gordon, Scott McCaughey has said that there will be NO TOUR to support the new R.E.M. album, and the [...]

As you may recall, in the past few years R.E.M.’s Mike Mills has gotten involved with several charities which aid New Orleans, the city that was devastated five years ago by Hurricane Katrina and more recently by the Gulf oil spill. So it comes as no surprise that Mike has donated tracks for a new [...]

Hiya, I’m back on duty after a brief hiatus filled with moving house, completing my PhD thesis and whatnot. Anyway, here’s a brief recap of all the exciting events of the past few days; more updates to follow. First of all, The Baseball Project (i.e. Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Mike Mills in [...]

Hello everyone! I’ve just returned from London, and as you may imagine, the first ever Tired Pony gig, staged to celebrate the release of their debut album The Place We Ran From, was a hugely successful happening. The beautiful HMV Forum in London was packed; I must admit that a majority of people in the [...]

REMHQ reports that the band has practically finished recording their fifteenth studio album and will set about mixing it after the summer break. Of course the word “break” should not be understood literally, because Peter Buck is already busy promoting the new Tired Pony record The Place We Ran From, then a few weeks later [...]

A few days ago the members of R.E.M. took a break from recording their 15th album to perform with their friend and muse Patti Smith in Berlin. Many thanks to the lovely Karin who has sent a detailed report from the gig. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Patti Smith – [...]

It’s good to know that R.E.M. are not only working hard in Berlin, trying to finish their eagerly awaited 15th album, but also having fun and supporting their friends who happen to play gigs in the city. Last week Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey performed with Pearl Jam at Wuldeheide Park, and on Monday, the [...]

REMHQ reports that The Baseball Project and Minus 5 have announced two shows this August: Thursday, 12 August 2010 in Brooklyn, NY at Southpaw Saturday, 14 August 2010 in North Adams, MA at the Solid Sound Festival The lineup for these shows will be Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Mike Mills, who will [...]

Apologies for the lack of updates in the last few days; it’s been a busy week. Anyway, I’ve just updated the Quotes and Quotes About Mike pages, and uploaded the first batch of scans from the R.E.M. Rolling Stone Files book, i.e. a compendium of interviews, articles and reviews published by the Rolling Stone and [...]

While looking for some additional information on tomorrow’s Memphis gig in honour of Alex Chilton, I stumbled upon this review of the recent New Orleans Jazz Fest. One of the gigs singled out by Jamband’s reviewever as a highlight of the festival was the Tipitina show, when Mike Mills and his R.E.M. bandmate Scott McCaughey [...]