Watch R.E.M. Reunite, Play “Shedding My Faith” in First Efficiency in 16 Years

Mere hours after telling CBS Mornings it could take “a comet” for them to carry out collectively once more, R.E.M. did simply that. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Invoice Berry took the stage for the primary time in 15 years at the Songwriters Corridor of Fame induction ceremony on the Marriot Marquis Resort in New York final evening, taking part in a shock rendition of “Shedding My Faith.” Watch video from the gang under.

In a speech recognizing the group’s induction, Stipe mentioned, “Writing songs and having a catalog of labor that we’re all happy with—that’s on the market for the entire world for the remainder of time—is fingers down a very powerful side of what we did as a band. Second to that’s that we managed to take action for all these a long time and stay associates, and never simply associates, however expensive associates—associates for all times.” He added, “We’re 4 individuals who, very early on, determined that we’d personal our personal masters. We’d cut up our royalties and songwriting credit equally. We have been all for one and one for all. We got down to do our work accordingly. It turned out good, generally nice, and what a journey it has been.”

Till final evening, R.E.M.’s official remaining live performance happened in 2008 on the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico Metropolis, as documented on the band’s YouTube. After splitting in 2011, they’ve unvaulted a smattering of rarities for good causes, and just lately launched into a reissue marketing campaign, the most recent installment being Up.

Revisit Ryan Dombal’s interview “Michael Stipe on the Music That Made Him.”