Tag: MoogFest

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to debut rare solo music as part of Moogfest audiovisual project

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to debut rare solo music as part of Moogfest audiovisual project

Six years after the breakup of R.E.M., frontman Michael Stipe will debut his first-ever solo composition — a score made using Moog synthesizer gear — as part of an exclusive audiovisual installation he’s creating for Moogfest in Durham, N.C., this May. Tickets for Moogfest are on sale now.

Devo cancels tour after Bob Mothersbaugh slices thumb ‘to the bone,’ requires surgery

Devo cancels tour after Bob Mothersbaugh slices thumb ‘to the bone,’ requires surgery

The remainder of Devo’s 2010 live dates have been postponed after guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh sliced his right thumb ‘to the bone’ on a shard of glass, severing a tendon and requiring emergency surgery, the band announced today on its website.