From Chris Hartstonge as posted to the R.E.M. Fans United group on Facebook. The occasion was the current tour featuring Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy performing Murmur in its entirety.
Photo by Cash Melville
“Yes all 4 were at the 40 Watt - Mike & Peter got up & joined on various songs (Bill joined on Perfect Circle) & near the end all 4 including Michael got on stage to be thanked by the band. And again at the end of the show all 4 were onstage to again thank the band members.
For the record:
Peter joined on guitar on ‘Perfect Circle’, ‘So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)’, ‘Letter Never Sent’ & ‘(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville’, Mike on backing vocals on ‘Pretty Persuasion’, ‘So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)’, ‘Letter Never Sent’, ‘Second Guessing’, ‘(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville’ & ‘These Days’ & Bill on keyboards on ‘Perfect Circle’. Michael didn’t join on any songs.”
I missed this Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy show at 40 Watt Club on Thursday night.
However…
I did drive to Athens last night to see Pylon Reenactment Society play their album release show at Hendershot’s.
Pylon Reenactment Society played their new debut album, which I love dearly, in its entirety, and then played five Pylon songs. (“Driving School”, “Crazy”, “Feast on My Heart”, “Cool”, and “M Train.)”
I am so, so glad that I got to see Pylon Reenactment Society in a small Athens dive. I saw Pylon a few times back in their day, but this was iconic in its own right.
It’s all good. Thanks for the edit/credit, appreciate that!
EDIT: I’ve cut together most of my clips from the night into this seven minute video. Includes snippets from “Radio Free Europe,” “Perfect Circle,” “Pretty Persuasion,” “So. Central Rain,” “Crazy” and “Letter Never Sent.”
Does anyone have a lead for tix to the Thursday and Friday night Shannon & Narducy shows in February? I missed out and both shows sold out. I don’t know if it’s even possible to get a ticket, as it says “no transfers” on the 40 Watt website.
According to a couple of videos on youtube, they were together on stage February 28th 2005 at the 40 Watt Club in Athens. The article states 27th February. It was so great, & a treat to see the band together on stage again. I’ve been keeping a note of the date to highlite it in the On This Day thread.
I didn’t catch this said 2005 and tried to delete my original post but it wouldn’t let me.
What I was thinking of was the 40th anniversary celebration of Chronic Town at the 40 Watt in 2022 where I thought all the original members of R.E.M. were there but only Buck and Mills performed. I seem to remember a photo posted to R.E.M. Fans United on FB with all of the original members standing together watching the show along with Scott McCaughey. I also want to say this is the same event where Stipe got onstage at the end to say a few words but I can find no confirmation of that. Perhaps that was another event. Maybe one of the earlier Shannon/Narducy shows? I also consulted the R.E.M. Timeline but it doesn’t go past 2019.
There are a couple of videos on youtube where the whole band perform “Pretty Persuasion” at the 40 Watt with Michael Shannon, David Narducy & friends, dated 28th February 2025.
