Stipe, the R.E.M. tribute band, plays The Piper in Hastings with hits like 'Losing My Religion' and 'Man on the Moon'.
Stipe are playing The Piper on Friday 4 December, a full evening of R.E.M. songs. They're a tribute band, and they describe themselves as the definitive one, so the whole set is built around the songs that made the band known rather than a few scattered favourites. You'll hear the big ones like Losing My Religion and Man on the Moon, and the set goes beyond those to cover the classic hits across their career.
If you've spent any time with R.E.M., you know how much ground they covered. They started as an American college-rock band in Athens, Georgia, and ended up as one of the biggest groups in the world, and their songs range from the jangly, guitar-led stuff of the early years to the more polished pop of their later records. That's what a tribute like this works through — the songs that people know by heart, played back in a live setting.
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It's a Friday night, and the music runs from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM, so it's a proper night out rather than a quick stop. The Piper is in Hastings, TN37 6NH, and the bill is straightforward: Stipe performing R.E.M. from start to finish. If you're into the songs, that's the whole of it.
