There were also recitations of Patti’s poetry and other writing from Michael Shannon, Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson, and Jim Jarmusch. At the end of the night, Patti herself came out and recited ...

The show featured Patti Smith covers from friends and admirers like Michael Stipe, Karen O, Matt Berninger, Jesse Malin, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, and Kim Gordon, among many others.

Just four days after his surprise reunion with R.E.M. at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, Michael Stipe performed at the annual Tibet House benefit at New York’s Carnegie Hall on a packed ...

If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition. Since last year, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor has taken on an interesting new ...

Sharon Van Etten — a Jersey native, like Smith — channeled her inner Smith in phrasing and incantatory delivery on a riveting “Pissing in the River ... and Michael Stipe made that even ...

Michael Stipe onstage with Mike Mills and Michael Shannon at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2024 (photo: Cameron Flaisch) On Feb. 27-28 at the 40 Watt Club in R.E.M.’s ancestral ...

“I got two words for Michael Stipe: Steve. Tyler.” That sounds a bit harsh, but even Stipe has expressed some mixed feelings about the polarizing bubblegum hit, which featured the B-52s ...

Smith’s longtime friends and collaborators gave particularly striking performances, such at Michael Stipe’s rendition of “My Blakean Year” alongside her tried and true backing band of Tony ...

Michael Stipe (Photo by Anton Corbijn) “We wouldn’t pass a song on to Michael until we thought it was interesting enough on its own,” Mills continues. “Our songs weren’t merely vehicles ...

Michael Stipe (who did his track with Big Red Machine, “No Time for Love like Now,” along with a cover of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” and read Max Ehrmann’s poem ...