Watch Michael Stipe Sing R.E.M.’s “Wendell Gee” For The First Time In 39 Years

Former R.E.M. leader Michael Stipe has been famously reticent to return to the limelight on any kind of consistent basis, but he’s going all out for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. Last week, Stipe and Jason Isbell played a Harris/Walz campaign concert in Pittsburgh, and they teamed up on “Driver 8,” an R.E.M. classic that Stipe hadn’t performed since 2008. On Thursday, Stipe played another campaign event — this one in R.E.M.’s old Athens, Georgia stomping grounds — and...

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