By Tim Van Schmidt 05.24.95 Beat Comic Thanks to YBeeXiv@aol.com for this article. That wasn’t just a prop on Michael Stipe’s head when he took the stage at Fiddler’s Green on May 24 in a stocking cap – it was a cold night. But even though the temperature was only in the forties, and the [...]
05.17.95 Addicted To Noise Thanks to Yb for this article. Michael Stipe is bringing the lyrics to R.E.M. songs on stage with him each night because he can’t remember the words. “I’ve got a really fucked up memory,” Stipe confessed from the stage of the Shoreline Amphitheater, at a post show press conference held at [...]
By Barry Walters 05.16.95 San Francisco Examiner “We finally figured out what to call this tour,” said singer Michael Stipe three songs into R.E.M.’s Monday night concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, the first since drummer Bill Berry collapsed months ago in Europe. “Welcome to the first show of Aneurism ’95.” There were times when the [...]
By Barry Walters 05.15.95 San Francisco Examiner Bill Berry’s just fine, thank you very much. There’s a weary tone in Mike Mills’ voice that suggests the R.E.M. bassist has answered this a billion times. Still, the question must be asked. “He’s fully recuperated,” he says of drummer Bill Berry, who collapsed from a brain aneurism [...]