Category: Causes

Listen: Michael Stipe debuts new song 'Future, If Future' ahead of March For Our Lives

Listen: Michael Stipe debuts new song ‘Future, If Future’ ahead of March For Our Lives

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe this morning debuted a short, 40-second song called “Future, If Future” — featuring his vocals over minimal electronic accompaniment — ahead of this morning March For Our Lives gun-control events across the country. Hear the full song right here.

Michael Stipe to perform at New York City climate event: 'It will feel great to sing again'

Michael Stipe to perform at New York City climate event: ‘It will feel great to sing again’

Michael Stipe will make one of his periodic returns to the concert stage this weekend when the former R.E.M. frontman performs alongside Patti Smith, Joan Baez, Talib Kweli and Flea at the Pathway to Paris climate event at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Full details here.

Reconstruction of the Steeple: R.E.M.-related campaign now eyes musicians' resource center

Reconstruction of the Steeple: R.E.M.-related campaign now eyes musicians’ resource center

Earlier this fall, Athens, Ga.-based suicide prevention organization Nuçi’s Space launched a fundraising campaign to help save the steeple of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, famous in R.E.M. lore as the site of the first gig by Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe on April 5, 1980.

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith to play annual Tibet House benefit in New York

New Order returns to American soil this March to perform at the 24th annual Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert, joining Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Joe Walsh and more at New York City’s Carnegie Hall to raise money for the nonprofit educational institution that’s dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture.

Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson team up to help ex-Replacements bandmate Slim Dunlap

Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson team up to help ex-Replacements bandmate Slim Dunlap

While a reunion of The Replacements doesn’t seem to be in the cards, Tommy Stinson has revealed that he’s recording a track with Paul Westerberg to benefit their former bandmate Slim Dunlap — who joined the ‘Mats following the expulsion of Bob Stinson — as the guitarist recovers from a stroke he suffered in February.

The Cure's Robert Smith donates handwritten 'Plainsong' lyrics to U.K. charity auciton

The Cure’s Robert Smith donates handwritten ‘Plainsong’ lyrics to U.K. charity auciton

A set of lyrics to ‘Disintegration’ opening track ‘Plainsong’ — handwritten and autographed by Robert Smith earlier this year — will be included in the ‘Art of the Song’ auction on Dec. 15, a fundraiser for the U.K.’s Teenage Cancer Trust.

Audio: Hear New Order's Bernard Sumner sing 1969 Elvis Presley hit 'In the Ghetto'

Audio: Hear New Order’s Bernard Sumner sing 1969 Elvis Presley hit ‘In the Ghetto’

It’s one of the more unlikely covers you’ll ever hear: former New Order frontman Bernard Sumner crooning Elvis Presley’s melodramatic 1969 hit ‘In the Ghetto’ in a new recording made by the singer’s current band Bad Lieutenant for a forthcoming charity album to benefit a U.K. homeless advocacy group.