ContactMusic — MICHAEL STIPE jumped at the chance to watch a New York charity performance of R.E.M. songs - because it's the only opportunity he'll ever get to hear his own music live ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders (more by Lori Baily) today in NYC * DANCE * Reggie Watts @ The Studio * Let's Wrestle @ Maxwell's * REM Tribute @ Carnegie Hall * Hall & Oates @ Irving Plaza *... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders (more by Lori Baily) today in NYC * DANCE * Reggie Watts @ The Studio * Let's Wrestle @ Maxwell's * REM Tribute @ Carnegie Hall * Hall & Oates @ Irving Plaza *... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Music, Wacky & Weird, Full Throttle Fashion Everybody hurts ... even Michael Stipe.The destitute chic 49-year-old REM frontman was snapped in NYC on Tuesday, looking for a garden to accessorize and call home. See Also ... more info

New York Post — R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe doesn't seem the type to charge angrily into a room and flip a man out of his wheelchair. But singer Vic Chesnutt, paralyzed by a 1982 car accident when he was just 18, says Stipe did just that. "One time in the early '9... more info

Idolator — On the watching-Bush-speak-level-of-awkward new Late Night With Jimmy Fallon show last night, ex-Blogodsâ„¢ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah debuted a new song, "Statues," which was immediately available for download in "demo" form right after the perfo... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers PATTI SMITH, GLEN HANSARD and BOB MOULD will headline a tribute concert in honour of R.E.M. in New York next week (11Mar09). The singers are among a host of ... more info

NME — REM are set to be honoured by 20 acts at Carnegie Hall in New York next week (March 11). more info

JamBase — THE CORDUROY ROAD IN JOHN KEANE'S STUDIOS IN ATHENS, GA TWO NEW CDS TO BE RELEASED ON MULE TRAIN RECORDS The Corduroy Road Up and coming alt-Americana quartet, The Corduroy Road, is currently putting the finishing touches on two new releases in Jo... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) More than 20 musicians will converge on New York City's Carnegie Hall next week to honor legendary alt-rock outfit R.E.M. [ tickets ] Calexico [ tickets ] will sit in as the house band for the March 11 tribute while artists such as ... more info