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Michael Shannon doesn’t sing R.E.M. songs like he’s studying to play Michael Stipe in a movie; instead, he inhabits every phrase with the fervor of a fan who’s worn deep grooves into his brain with years of close listening.
Forty years after R.E.M. released their classic debut album, the Oscar-nominated actor is playing it straight through on a cross-country tour. At his show in the band’s hometown, a writer’s love of the music came to a perfect circle.
Last night, Feb. 8, Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy paid tribute to R.E.M.’s debut 1983 set, Murmur, at the 40 Watts Club in Athens, Ga., notably, the
What brought them together?
All four members of R.E.M. returned to the place they started and appeared onstage together last night at the 40 Watt in Athens, Georgia.