Rem again on stage at Athens

Last night i Rem They performed surprisingly at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown Athens, Georgia. A rare performance of the group that melted in 2011. The band played the only one “Pretty Persuasion”song included in their second album of 1984 “Reckoning” (Read the review).

The four
Rem
– The guitarist
Peter Buck
the drummer
Bill Berry
to the tambourine, the bassist
Mike Mills
to the choirs and the singer
Michael Stipe
– the actor reached on stage
Michael Shannon
and the indie rock musician
Jason Narducy
currently engaged on a tour that pays homage to the 1985 album of
Rem
., their third,
“Fables of the Reconstruction”
(
Read the review here
). Shannon and Narducy performed the album in full, as well as interpreting other group classics.

The last time i
Rem
They performed together was in June 2024, their first public performance since 2007, on the occasion of their introduction in the
Songwriters Hall of Fame
.