The band's bass player, Mike Mills, tweeted soon after the event:"We are exploring all legal avenues to prevent this, but if that's not possible please know that we do not condone the use of our music by this fraud and con man."to promote his third book of photography called"Our Interference Times," he was asked about what he thought about the Trump campaign using REM's music.
But Stipe got a word in edgewise, describing a time"in the late '90s" when he went to Joe's Pub in New York to see a performance by his friend and fellow musician Patti Smith.Stipe said he was was in the VIP booth and during one of the earlier sets, a"big, loud guy came in with a date" and sat down next to Stipe and his guest. The VIP kept talking to his companion through the opening act which"was very disruptive and rude.
"I was like, 'excuse me, that's my friend, and you have to stop talking...stop, what are you doing? Shut up! I said shut up."
He’s just an entertainer, a clown by profession he should be proud of his profession and stop taking it seriously like it saves lives
I wish it were that easy to get him outa the Whitehouse...
That’s an impeachable offense right there.
Who cares
That’s how you deal with a bully!!!
Wow. Wow. I once kissed Robbie Benson on the cheek in Westport.
BFD
Wow!!! Such bravery! What a hero!
🤔 I wish America would tell him to shut up ! ByeBye
I love REM.
He was probably terrified of all that raging testosterone.
If only it happened everywhere the obese, mediocre racist went.
Wow ur tough...
Great.
I once saw Aerosmith walking down the street in south beach Miami. I said hello to them and Steven Tyler said hello back 🙃
Yawn
Just take a look at the face that told him to shut up and it says it all
Michael Stipe stole Doug Allen's line, but not his edge.
Now you'll get arrested and thrown into solitary confinement.
So edgy.
I wish we could all do that and have the same effect.
Losing your Religion. Enjoy hell.
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