Mike will host Xfm's "Live Hour" tonight at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday (UK time). He'll be playing tracks from LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA.

Michael, in the meantime, will be on NPR's "All Things Considered" where he'll be discussing LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA with host Weekend Edition host Guy Raz. Tune in for their conversation today at 5:45 p.m. ET and stop by NPR now for a PREVIEW.

Also, if you're in Athens, don't forget about the Listening Party at the Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Tickets are going fast, so you may want to reserve yours now at athensmusic.net.

Click here for a special preview of the High Definition video download which accompanies the HD Digital bundle of R.E.M. Live at the Olympia.

To save to your desktop, right click and choose "Save Link As"

This download weighs it at around 70 megs, for one minute! The full download is over four gigabytes.

The video is straight from the digital master, compressed at 10 megabits per second bitrate in glorious 1080P High Definition Quicktime.

This exceeds the HD download resolution available on iTunes, and even DirectTV and cable. It's equal to that of BluRay.

The package also contains the entire album in digital master FLAC files.

To celebrate the release of LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA, the band has teamed up with ShareMyPlaylist.com and Spotify to give away an exclusive piece of signed artwork.

To enter and to have a chance at winning, all you need to do is upload your dream R.E.M. setlist as a Spotify playlist on the R.E.M. Channel at ShareMyPlaylist.com with a brief description why, by Monday, November 9th. Then, one lucky winner will be chosen by leading music journalist and self-confessed R.E.M. fanatic Eamonn Forde.

Maybe it's the setlist from your favorite R.E.M. show, or one you hope the guys will play in the future. Or maybe it's just your favorites. The only rules are that you keep your playlist to 90 minutes long.

With the release date of LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA just under a week away (Oct. 27th), we are pleased to announce that NPR.org is hosting an exclusive "First Listen" of the entire 39-song record beginning today. Visit npr.org now and have a listen...

Check out the new trailer for This Is Not A Show in videos: http://www.remdublin.com/media/videos

Writer Pete Paphides takes a look at the impact of the 2007 working rehearsals on R.E.M.'s creative process in this excellent article today in the Times Online.

The video for "Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)" is up at Crooks and Liars Late Nite Music Club:

http://lnmc.crooksandliars.com/maxmarginal/cls-late-nite-music-club-rem-...

A pre-release listening party will be held on Monday, October 26th at the Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens to celebrate the release of R.E.M. LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA. The listening party will benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection/Communities In Schools of Athens. Advance tickets and event details are available at athensmusic.net or therialtoroom.com (tickets are $12 advance and $15 day of show). Doors for the event are at 6:30 p.m., and the event will begin promptly at 7 p.m.

Check out legendary Irish DJ Dave Fanning's interview with R.E.M. in which the guys discuss the Dublin Working Rehearsals:

http://www.remhq.com/dave_fanning.php

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