REM To Play 5 Nights In Dublin

Set to record their eagerly awaited 14th studio album with producer Jacknife Lee this summer, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills will roadtest their brand new material for five nights at Dublin’s historic Olympia Theatre from June 30th.

“Returning to Dublin for our live rehearsal this summer provides the great start we need for our next albums work,” says frontman Michael Stipe. “I intend to hit the ground running.”

Mike Mills adds "I've seen so many great shows at the Olympia, from The Waterboys to Lou Reed, and am thrilled to play at this wonderful venue, and in front of some of the best fans in the world, too."

The details are:

June
30th – Dublin, Olympia Theatre

July
1st – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
3rd – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
4th – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
5th – Dublin, Olympia Theatre

Tickets are on sale now from Remhq.com, or in person from the Olympia Theatre Box Office from 9am.

Grammy Award winner Jacknife Lee, most noted for his production on U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, has also produced albums by Snow Patrol, The Hives, Kasabian, Aqualung, and Bloc Party.

R.E.M.’s forthcoming LP will be the Grammy-winning band’s first studio album since 2004’s Around the Sun. In September 2006, they released a two-disc retrospective, And I Feel Fine…The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987, which featured songs from the band’s early years on indie label I.R.S.

Earlier this month R.E.M. were inducted into the rock ‘n roll Hall of Fame with former drummer Bill Berry. Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, who enrolled the band at the New York ceremony, called their music "truly all-encompassing".

Find out more at Remhq.com.