2016

14 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Hotel California, Todos Santos, Mexico
Jeff Tweedy soundcheck: The Late Greats (Instrumental) / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (part) / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (w/ Spencer Tweedy) / Wait For Love (w/ Spencer)
Old 97's soundcheck: Five Years / Wasted / 8 More Miles To Louisville (part) / Indefinitely / Life On Mars? (Rhett Miller & Josh Kantor)
Filthy Friends soundcheck: Despierta (Instrumental) / Come Back Shelly (Instrumental) / Any Kind Of Crowd (Instrumental) / Windmill (Instrumental) / Rebel Rebel (Instrumental) (part)
The Autumn Defense soundcheck: This Thing That I've Found / The Sun In California / The Light In Your Eyes / Feel You Now / Every Day / None Of This Will Matter
Joseph Arthur soundcheck: Pledge Of Allegiance / Black Lexus
Mark Eitzel soundcheck: La Llorona (w/ Josh Kantor)
Kevn Kinney soundcheck: Trail Of Seasons (part) / Fly Me Courageous / Trail Of Seasons (part) (w/ Peter Buck) / MacDougal Blues (part) (w/ Buck)

set:
Kevn Kinney, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey & Josh Kantor: Trail Of Seasons / Fly Me Courageous / MacDougal Blues
Kevn Kinney: Roll Away The Song
Mark Eitzel: Mr Humphries / An Answer / Firefly
Joseph Arthur: David Bowie Poem / Pledge Of Allegiance / Maybe You
Tigria: Tierra / Buenos Dias / Limeranza / Cuidate / Ruinas / Oportuno / Azul Celeste
Filthy Friends: Come Back Shelly / Despierta / Windmill / Any Kind Of Crowd / Rebel Rebel
The Autumn Defense: This Thing That I've Found / The Sun In California / Written In The Sun / None Of This Will Matter / Every Day / We Would Never Die / You Can't Have Me
Old 97's: Nashville / Barrier Reef / Wish The Worst / Four Leaf Clover / W. TX Teardrops / Let's Get Drunk & Get It On / Driver 8 (w/ Peter Buck & Mike Mills) / Doreen / Life On Mars? (Rhett Miller & Josh Kantor)
Jeff Tweedy: Misunderstood / I Am Trying To Break Your Heart / Normal American Kids / New Madrid / Please Tell My Brother / Born Alone / Hummingbird / Must Be High / Passenger Side / Hesitating Beauty / Simple Twist Of Fate / California Stars (w/ Spencer Tweedy, John Stirratt, Pat Sansone, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, Joseph Arthur, James Haggarty & Josh Kantor)

notes: First show of the Todos Santos Music Festival. Soundcheck started with Jeff Tweedy solo (& Spencer Tweedy joining on drums). Filthy Friends - Peter Buck (Guitar), Scott McCaughey (Bass & Vocals), Kurt Bloch (Guitar), Bill Rieflin (Drums) & Corin Tucker (vocals). For their soundcheck, as Corin hadn't arrived yet, the remaining band members played all songs as instrumentals.
For the main set, Peter, Scott, & Josh were the backing band to Kevn Kinney. Peter Buck (on guitar) & Mike Mills (on backing vocals) joined the Old 97's on 'Driver 8', & Old 97's finished their set with just Rhett Miller joined by Josh Kantor on 'Life On Mars?'. Peter introduced Jeff Tweedy, who performed solo, but for the last song 'California Stars', he was joined by Spencer Tweedy, John Stirratt, Pat Sansone, Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (backing vocals), Scott McCaughey, Joseph Arthur, James Haggarty & Josh Kantor on stage.

15 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Hotel California, Todos Santos, Mexico
Filthy Friends soundcheck: Come Back Shelly / You And Your King / Invitation (w/ Josh Kantor) / The Arrival / Makers / Makers (part)
Scott McCaughey, Pat Sansone & Josh Kantor soundcheck: Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit) (part)
Steve Wynn, Kurt Bloch, Scott McCaughey & Bill Rieflin soundcheck: Beauty And The Beast / Beauty And The Beast (w/ Corin Tucker)
The Minus 5 (McCaughey, Joe Adragna, Casey Neill, Peter Buck, Josh Kantor & Mike Giblin) soundcheck: The Zero Clowns
Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch soundcheck: Sorrow / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (part) / The Left Hand & The Right Hand (part) / Wish Me Luck (part)

set:
Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch: Wish Me Luck / The Left Hand & The Right Hand / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) / Sorrow
The Minus 5:
Scott McCaughey, Joe Adragna, Casey Neill, Peter Buck, Mike Giblin & Josh Kantor: The Zero Clowns
McCaughey, Neill, Buck, Giblin, Kantor, Bill Rieflin, Linda Pitmon & Jeff Tweedy: I'm Not Bitter
McCaughey, Neill, Buck, Kantor, Rieflin, Pitmon, Tweedy, John Stirratt & Pat Sansone: Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit)
McCaughey, Neill, Buck, Kantor, Pitmon, Sansone & Mike Mills: Blue Rickenbacker
Steve Wynn, McCaughey, Rieflin, Pitmon, Kantor, Kurt Bloch & Corin Tucker: Beauty And The Beast
Wynn, McCaughey, Buck, Rieflin & Kantor: Tell Me When It's Over
The Baseball Project (Wynn, McCaughey, Mills, Pitmon & Kantor): 1976 (w/ Buck) / ¡Hola America!
Tigria: Tierra / Buenos Dias / Wedding Day (w/ Kantor & Juan Manuel Torreblanca) / Lilac Wine / Azul Celeste
Filthy Friends: Come Back Shelly / Despierta / You And Your King / Windmill / Invitation (w/ Josh Kantor on keyboards) / The Arrival / Any Kind Of Crowd / Makers / Rebel Rebel (w/ Mike Mills on cowbell & backing vocals)
Torreblanca:
Jeff Tweedy: Via Chicago / Fake Fur Coat / Remember The Mountain Bed / Lost Love / Long Time Ago (w/ Gary Louris) / Radio King (w/ Louris) / Pecan Pie (w/ Louris) / Heavy Metal Drummer / Jesus Etc. / Where Do I Begin / The Thanks I Get / A Shot In The Arm / Love Like A Wire (w/ Spencer Tweedy) / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (w/ Spencer, Louris & John Stirratt) / Give Back The Key To My Heart (w/ Spencer, Louris, Stirratt & Pat Sansone)
Old 97's: Longer Than You've Been Alive / Won't Be Home / Jagged / You Belong To My Heart / Streets Of Where I'm From / Five Years (w/ Louris, Stirratt, Mills & Kantor) / Mama Tried (w/ Louris, Stirratt, Mills & Kantor) / I'll Cry Instead (w/ Louris, Stirratt, Mills & Kantor) / Big Brown Eyes / Rollerskate Skinny / Timebomb

notes: Night 2 of the Todos Santos Music Festival, with Chuck Prophet & Stephanie Finch starting off the evening, then a roving assembly of musicians joining Scott & Peter under The Minus 5 banner, including Mike Mills on 'Blue Rickenbacker' & Jeff Tweedy on 'Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit)'. Peter also joined Steve Wynn on 12 string guitar on 'Tell Me When Its Over', then joining Mike & The Baseball Project on '1976', leaving the stage before '¡Hola America!'. Filthy Friends (Peter, Scott, Kurt, Bill & Corin Tucker) were joined by Josh Kantor, & also Mike Mills (on cowbell & backing vocals) on 'Rebel Rebel'. Jeff Tweedy was joined during his set by Gary Louris, Spencer Tweedy, John Stirratt & Pat Sansone. Old 97's finished off the evening, & were joined by Mike Mills (amongst others) on backing vocals on 'Five Years', 'Mama Tried' & 'I'll Cry Instead'.

16 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Hotel California, Todos Santos, Mexico
The Autumn Defense soundcheck: Day Comes / The Swallows Of London Town / This Thing That I've Found / Feel You Now (w/ Bill Rieflin (congas)) / None Of This Will Matter
Filthy Friends soundcheck: The Jean Genie (w/ John Paul Jones on keyboards) / The Jean Genie (w/ Jones) / Come Back Shelly (w/ Jones) / The Arrival / Makers / You And Your King
Frankie soundcheck: Atmosphere / Someone Once / Mermaid
Mark Eitzel soundcheck: Let Me Go (part)

set:
Frankie: Woods / Late In The Night / Painted Birds / Powder / Someone Once / Atmosphere / Don't Be Low / Mermaid
Mark Eitzel: Mission Rock Resort / I Love You But You're Dead / Let Me Go / In My Role Of Professional Singer And Ham
Auction:
Old 97's: Oh, Euphoria (Rhett Miller, Gary Louris, Linda Pitmon & Pat Sansone) / Dance With Me / Wuzza (If My Heart Was A Car) / Let's Get Drunk & Get It On / Four Leaf Clover (w/ Chloe Johnson) / Coahuila (w/ Josh Kantor) / Hello Trouble (w/ Patterson Hood) / Driver 8 (w/ Kantor, Hood, Mike Mills, Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey)
Filthy Friends: Makers / Despierta / Windmill / You And Your King / Invitation (w/ Kantor) / The Arrival / Come Back Shelly (w/ John Paul Jones on keyboards) / The Jean Genie (w/ Jones, Pitmon (tambourine) & Sansone (shakers))
The Autumn Defense: This Thing That I've Found / Written In The Sun / Feel You Now (w/ Bill Rieflin on congas) / Day Comes (w/ Kantor) / The Swallows Of London Town (w/ Rieflin on shakers) / None Of This Matters / We Would Never Die / Sentimental Lady (w/ Mills)
Jeff Tweedy: I'm The Man Who Loves You / We've Been Had / I'm Always In Love
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy & Scott McCaughey: Summer Noon / Flowering / Low Key
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, McCaughey, Pat Sansone & John Paul Jones (bass): World Away
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, McCaughey, Jones (mandolin) & John Stirratt: The Losing End (When You're On)
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, McCaughey, Sansone, Stirratt, Jones (mandolin) & Greg Wieczorek: / Airline To Heaven
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, McCaughey, Sansone & Stirratt: Taste The Ceiling
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, Sansone & Stirratt: The Late Greats / Heavey Metal Drummer / Box Full Of Letters
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, Sansone, Stirratt & Wieczorek:I Got You (At The End Of The Century) / Outtasite (Outta Mind) / Casino Queen
Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, Sansone, Stirratt, Wieczorek, McCaughey, Kantor, Louris, Pitmon, Miller, Mills, Philip Peeples, Ken Bethea, James Haggarty, Kurt Bloch, Steve Wynn & Mike Giblin: All The Young Dudes

notes: Night 3 of the Todos Santos Music Festival. At soundcheck, Filthy Friends were joined by John Paul Jones on keyboards for David Bowies 'The Jean Genie'. During the main set, Mike & Peter joined the Old 97's on 'Driver 8', and Peter and the Filthy Friends were joined by John Paul Jones on keyboards on 'Come Back Shelley' & 'The Jean Genie'. Mike joined The Autumn Defense on backing vocals on 'Sentimental Lady'. Before the Old 97's set, Peter curated an auction of 'Paint-A-Saint's' painted by Juan Manuel Torreblanca, Ken Bethea, Mark Eitzel & a painting by Frankie. Jeff Tweedy finished off the evening with a band set, completed with a roving set of musicians on the last song including Mike Mills on 'All The Young Dudes'.

18 January 2016 - La Copa Bar, The Todos Santos Inn, Todos Santos, Mexico
notes: Peter Buck DJ session, Peter plays his Mexico 7 Inch Single collection from 8pm to midnight, helped by Scott McCaughey & continued on after midnight by Mike Mills.

19 January 2016 - Garden Restaurant, Rancho Pescadero, Pescadero, Mexico
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster: Kingdom Come / Wisemen
Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & John Paul Jones: That's Why I Wear Black
Wynn, Pitmon, Jones & Kantor: Carolyn / If It Was Easy Everybody Would Do It
Scott McCaughey: Strychnine
Chuck Prophet, Jones & Kantor: Ford Econoline / Tell Me Anything (Turn To Gold) / Willie Mays Is Up At Bat
Kevn Kinney, Jones & Kantor: Iron Mountain
Kinney: Who Hid The Moonshine / Sometimes I Wish I Didn't Care
Gary Louris, Lyster, Kantor, Pitmon, Karen Grotberg & Chloe Johnson: The Devil Is In Her Eyes / Save It For A Rainy Day
Louris, Kantor & Mike Mills: Blue
Gary Louris, Kantor & Grotberg: All The Right Reasons
Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley & Jay Gonzalez: Cartoon Gold / Heathens / A Ghost To Most / What It Means / Once They Banned Imagine / The Living Bubba
Mike Mills, McCaughey, Wynn, Pitmon & Kantor: To The Veterans Committee
Mills, McCaughey, Wynn, Pitmon, Johnson, Kinney, Kantor & Peter Buck: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
notes: Dinner & Music in aid of the Todos Santos Recycling Center. An acoustic show, with a variety of musicians gracing the small stage which was backed by minimal lighting. John Paul Jones joined Steve Wynn, Chuck Prophet & Kevn Kinney during their respective sets on mandolin, Mike Mills joined Gary Louris & Josh Kantor on acoustic guitar & vocals on 'Blue', but couldn't remember all the words. Mike also lead on acoustic guitar & vocals on 'To The Veterans Committee' & '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'. Peter also joined on acoustic guitar on 'Rockville'.

20 January 2016 - La Morena, Todos Santos, Mexico
Scott McCaughey, Chuck Prophet & Josh Kantor: Back Room Of The Bar / I Wish I Was Your Mother
Chuck Prophet & Josh Kantor: Let Freedom Ring / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
Steve Wynn, McCaughey, Kantor, Linda Pitmon, John Paul Jones & John Jackson: The Medicine Show / There Will Come A Day
Fernando Viciconte, Chet Lyster, McCaughey & Kantor: Watchtower / Para Ti
Gary Louris, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan, Jackson & Kantor: Tailspin / Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces / Lovers Of The Sun / Starman (w/ Chloe Johnson)
Kevn Kinney, Prophet & Jackson: Dirty Angels - Roadrunner / Let's Go Dancing (w/ Patterson Hood)
Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley & Jay Gonzalez: Guns Of Umpqua / Birthday Boy / Tornadoes / First Air Of Autumn / Bulldozers And Dirt / Marry Me
notes: First Annual Beca Angel Event. Acoustic show celebrating the Beca Angel Scholarship Program. Peter Buck was present throughout the show but did not play.

21 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Hotel California, Todos Santos, Mexico
Death Cab For Cutie soundcheck: Talk About The Passion (Instrumental) (w/out Ben Gibbard) / The Jean Genie (part) (w/out Ben Gibbard) / Title Track / The New Year / Valentine's Day / Soul Meets Body / The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive
Drive-By Truckers soundcheck: "Heroes" (w/ Josh Kantor on keyboards) / Ramon Casiano (w/ Kantor)
The Jayhawks soundcheck: Queen Bitch (Instrumental) (w/ Chuck Prophet) / Lovers Of The Sun (w/ Chloe Johnson) / Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces (w/ Johnson & Peter Buck) / Pretty Roses In Your Hair (w/ Johnson & Buck) / Queen Bitch (w/ Prophet) / Tulane (w/ Prophet & Kantor) / Tulane (Instrumental) (w/ Prophet & Kantor)
Chuck Prophet, Dave Depper & Josh Kantor soundcheck: Wish Me Luck (Instrumental) / Wish Me Luck / Museum Of Broken Hearts (w/ Kevn Kinney) / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (part)
Joseph Arthur & John Jackson soundcheck: Out On A Limb (part) / Come Back When You're Poor / Travel As Equals
The Baseball Project (McCaughey, Wynn, Mills, Kantor & Pitmon) soundcheck: Twilight Of My Career / They Don't Know Henry / To The Veterans Committee
Kevn Kinney, McCaughey, Wynn, Mills & Pitmon soundcheck: A Good Country Mile (part) (w/ Kantor) / Underground Umbrella (part) (w/ Prophet & Mills on keyboards)
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster soundcheck: Wisemen (part) (w/ McCaughey on keyboards) / Wisemen (w/ McCaughey)

set:
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster: True Instigator / Kingdom Come (w/ Scott McCaughey) / Wisemen (w/ McCaughey)
The Baseball Project (McCaughey, Mills, Wynn, Pitmon & Kantor): Twilight Of My Career (w/ Peter Buck) / They Don't Know Henry (w/ Buck) / Panda And The Freak (w/ Buck) / To The Veterans Committee (w/ Buck) / ¡Hola America!
Kevn Kinney, Pitmon, Mills, McCaughey, Kantor & John Jackson: A Good Country Mile
Kinney, Pitmon, McCaughey, Kantor, Peter Buck & Chuck Prophet: MacDougal Blues
Kinney, Pitmon, McCaughey, Kantor, Buck, Prophet & Mills (keyboards): Underground Umbrella
Kinney, Pitmon, McCaughey, Kantor, Buck, Prophet, Mills, Jackson, Wynn & Viciconte: Straight To Hell
Joseph Arthur & John Jackson: Out On A Limb / Travel As Equals / Come Back When You're Poor / Walk On The Wild Side
Auction:
Chuck Prophet: Wish Me Luck (w/ Dave Depper & Kantor) / Museum Of Broken Hearts (w/ Depper, Kantor & Kinney) / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (w/ Kinney, Gary Louris & Marc Perlman) / Queen Bitch (w/ Kantor, Louris, Perlman, Karen Grotberg & Tim O'Reagan) / Tulane (w/ Kantor, Louris, Perlman, Grotberg & O'Reagan)
The Jayhawks: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (w/ Lyster & Kantor) / Pretty Roses In Your Hair (w/ Chloe Johnson & Peter Buck) / Waiting For The Sun / Tulsa To Tampa / Save It For A Rainy Day (w/ Johnson & Lyster) / Leave All The Monsters Behind (w/ Johnson & Mike Mills) / Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces (w/ Johnson) / Starman (w/ Johnson, Kantor & Mills) / Tailspin (w/ Johnson) / Blue (w/ Mills & John Stirratt) / Until You Came Along (w/ Mills & Kantor)
Drive-By Truckers: The Living Bubba / Lookout Mountain / Sink Hole / Uncle Frank / Goode's Field Road / Women Without Whiskey / What It Means / A Ghost To Most (w/ Kantor) / "Heroes" (w/ Kantor & McCaughey)
Death Cab For Cutie: Title Track / The New Year / Crooked Teeth / The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive / No Sunlight / Pictures In An Exhibition / Grapevine Fires / Valentine's Day / You Are A Tourist / Soul Meets Body

notes: Night 4 of the Todos Santos Music Festival (1st night of the 2nd weekend). At soundcheck, Drive-By Truckers performed "Heroes", & Peter Buck joined The Jayhawks on guitar on 'Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces' & 'Pretty Roses In Your Hair'. The Baseball Project were joined by Peter, & both Mike & Peter joined Kevn during his soundcheck. At the main show, Fernando Viciconte opened proceedings, followed by The Baseball Project including Peter, then a roving circle of musicians helping Kevn Kinney. Joseph Arthur during his short set was helped by John Jackson on violin. After Joseph was an auction curated by Peter of more 'Paint-A-Saints', this time painted by Joseph Arthur, Mike Mills (went for $US1600), Steve Wynn, & Holly Selph/Shayni Rae, as well as a Peter Buck autographed drawing. Chuck Prophet was next, then The Jayhawks joined by Chloe Johnson, Peter Buck & Mike Mills during the set. Drive-By Truckers performed the new song 'What It Means', finishing with David Bowie's "Heroes". Death Cab For Cutie finished the night, including another Bowie song 'Valentine's Day'.

22 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Hotel California, Todos Santos, Mexico
Death Cab For Cutie soundcheck: Fall On Me (Instrumental) / Lady Adelaide (part) / Black Sun / Doors Unlocked And Open / Title And Registration
The Jayhawks soundcheck: Ain't No End (part) (w/ Chloe Johnson) / The Devil Is In Her Eyes (w/ Johnson & Josh Kantor) / Lovers Of The Sun (w/ Johnson & Kantor)
Joseph Arthur soundcheck: Come Back When You're Poor (part)
The Minus 5 soundcheck:
Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, Josh Kantor & John Jackson: The Deep End
Wynn, McCaughey, Pitmon, Kantor, Jackson & Kevn Kinney: The Days Of Wine And Roses (part) / The Days Of Wine And Roses
McCaughey, Wynn, Pitmon, Kantor, Dave Depper & Chuck Prophet: Walkin' With A Mountain - Jumpin' Jack Flash
McCaughey, Wynn, Pitmon, Kantor & Depper: Adios Half Soldier
McCaughey, Pitmon, Kantor, Depper & Kinney: It's Beautiful Here
Kinney, McCaughey, Pitmon, Kantor & Prophet: A Good Country Mile
Chuck Prophet soundcheck: Ford Econoline (w/ Dave Depper & Josh Kantor) / Willy Mays Is Up At Bat (w/ Kantor) / The Left Hand & The Right Hand (part) (w/ Kantor) / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (part) (w/ Kinney & Kantor)
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster soundcheck: In Their Heads

set:
Fernando Viciconte: Angel Of Death / Para Ti / Watchtower (w/ Chet Lyster)
Chuck Prophet: I Call Your Name / The Left Hand & The Right Hand (w/ Josh Kantor) / Tell Me Anything (Turn To Gold) (w/ Kantor) / Little Girl, Little Boy (w/ Kantor) / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (w/ Kinney & Kantor) / Wish Me Luck (w/ Dave Depper & Kantor) / Ford Econoline (w/ Depper & Kantor) / Willie Mays Is Up At Bat (w/ John Jackson & Kantor)
Scott McCaughey: Take It Easy (w/ Mike Mills, Patterson Hood, Depper & Kantor)
The Minus 5:
McCaughey, Pitmon, Kantor, Kinney, Depper & Peter Buck: It's Beautiful Here
McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Kantor, Depper, Steve Wynn & Mike Mills: Adios Half Soldier
McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Kantor, Depper, Wynn & Prophet: Walkin' With A Mountain - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Wynn, McCaughey, Buck & Pitmon: When You Smile
Wynn, McCaughey, Pitmon, Prophet & John Jackson: The Deep End
Wynn, McCaughey, Pitmon, Jackson, Kantor, Kinney & Mills: The Days Of Wine And Roses
Kevn Kinney:
Kinney, McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Kantor & Prophet: Honeysuckle Blue
Kinney, McCaughey, Pitmon, Kantor, Prophet & Mills: A Good Country Mile
Kinney, McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon & Kantor: MacDougal Blues
Kinney, McCaughey, Buck & Kantor: Trail Of Seasons
Joseph Arthur: Heroin (w/ Peter Buck - drums, John Jackson - violin, Rami Jaffee - keyboards) / Pledge Of Allegiance (w/ Jackson, Mike Mills - bass, Jaffee - accordion) / The Ballad of Boogie Christ (w/ Jackson, Mills, Jaffee - keyboards) / I Miss The Zoo (w/ Jackson, Mills, Jaffee) (performed while painting) / Honey And The Moon (w/ Jackson, Jaffee - accordion)
Auction:
The Jayhawks: Tailspin (w/ Chloe Johnson) / All The Right Reasons (w/ Johnson & Kantor) / The Devil Is In Her Eyes (w/ Johnson) / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (w/ Johnson & Kantor) / Lovers Of The Sun (w/ Johnson & Peter Buck) / Waiting For The Sun (w/ Romi Jaffee & Johnson) / Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces (w/ Buck & Johnson) / Blue (w/ Jaffee & Mike Mills) / I'd Run Away (w/ Johnson)
Death Cab For Cutie: The New Year / Crooked Teeth / Why You'd Want To Live Here / Black Sun / The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive / Title And Registration / A Movie Script Ending / Doors Unlocked And Open / Soul Meets Body
Drive-By Truckers: Broken Flags On The Cusp Of Dawn / Shit Shots Count / Baggage / Ramon Casiano / Lookout Mountain / Gravity's Gone (w/ Kantor) / What It Means (w/ Kantor) / Marry Me / A World Of Hurt (w/ Kantor) / Where The Devil Won't Stay (w/ Kantor) / Grand Canyon (w/ Kantor)

notes: Night 5 of the Todos Santos Music Festival. At soundcheck, Scott McCaughey with The Minus 5 performed 'Walkin' With A Mountain - Jumpin' Jack Flash'. Peter Buck wasn't present at soundcheck. At the main show, Fernando Viciconte again opened, followed by Chuck Prophet. Scott McCaughey sang 'Take It Easy' in memoriam to Glen Frey who passed away a few days earlier. The Minus 5 had a roving circle of musicians, who also helped out Kevn Kinney. Joseph Arthur performed 'Heroin' with Peter Buck on drums!. After Joseph was an auction curated by Peter of more 'Paint-A-Saints', this time painted by Kevn Kinney & Patterson Hood, as well as the painting done by Joseph Arthur during his performance. The Jayhawks resumed proceedings, with Peter Buck joining on 'Lovers In The Sun' & 'Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces'. Mike Mills joined on 'Blue'. Death Cab For Cutie were next, followed by Drive-By Truckers who finished off the evening.

23 January 2016 - Todos Santos Music Festival, Town Plaza, Todos Santos, Mexico
Death Cab For Cutie soundcheck: Fall On Me (Instrumental) (w/out Ben Gibbard) / Fall On Me (part) / The New Year / Fall On Me (w/ Josh Kantor & Mike Mills) / Fall On Me (part) (w/ Kantor) / Your Heart Is An Empty Room (w/ John Paul Jones on mandolin)
La Santa Cecilia soundcheck: Como Dias Manda / La Morena (w/ Jones on mandolin)
Drive-By Truckers soundcheck: Guns Of Umpqua (w/ Josh Kantor) / Ramon Casiano (w/ Kantor) / Baggage
The Jayhawks soundcheck: The Dust Of Long-Dead Stars (w/ Kantor, Mike Mills & Chloe Johnson) / Save It For A Rainy Day (part) (w/ Johnson & Kantor) / Angelyne (part) (w/ Kantor) / I'd Run Away (w/ Johnson & Kantor) / Baby, Baby, Baby
The Baseball Project (Steve Wynn, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon): Amphetamine (w/ Jones (lap steel) & Jay Gonzalez) / Blue Rickenbacker (part) (w/ Kantor)
Joseph Arthur & Rami Jaffee soundcheck: Free Freedom / September Baby / Out On A Limb (part) / The Ballad Of Boogie Christ
Chuck Prophet soundcheck: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (part) / Tell Me Anything (Turn To Gold) (w/ Kantor) / I Call Your Name (w/ Kantor) / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (part) / Doubter Out Of Jesus (part) (w/ Kantor)
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster (w/ Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon & Kantor) soundcheck: Angelyne (part) / Ride

set:
Fernando Viciconte & Chet Lyster: True Instigator / Angelyne (w/ McCaughey, Pitmon & Kantor) / Ride (w/ McCaughey, Pitmon & Kantor)
Kevn Kinney: Let's Go Dancing
Kinney, Scott McCaughey & Peter Buck: Last Song Of Maddie Hope / Trail Of Seasons (w/ Kantor)
Kinney, Buck, Chuck Prophet & Linda Pitmon: Underground Umbrella
Chuck Prophet (w/ Kantor): Wish Me Luck / Ford Econoline / You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp) (w/ Kinney) / Willie Mays Is Up At Bat (w/ Lyster & John Jackson)
Joseph Arthur: Still Life Honey Rose / September Baby (w/ Rami Jaffee) / Heroin (w/ Jaffee & Buck (drums)) / Cry Like A Man (performed while painting)
Steve Wynn/The Baseball Project/The Minus 5:
McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Kantor & Steve Wynn: Aw Shit Man
Mike Mills, McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Wynn, Prophet, Kantor, Patterson Hood & Jay Gonzalez: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
McCaughey, Mills, Buck, Pitmon, Wynn, Kantor & John Paul Jones (lap steel): Blue Rickenbacker
Wynn, McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon, Kantor & Jones (lap steel): The Medicine Show
Wynn, McCaughey, Mills, Pitmon, Kantor, Jones, Hood & Gonzalez: Amphetamine
The Jayhawks: Tailspin (w/ Chloe Johnson) / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (w/ Johnson & Kantor) / The Devil Is In Her Eyes (w/ Johnson) / Angelyne (w/ Johnson) / Waiting For The Sun (w/ Johnson & Jaffee) / Leaving The Monsters Behind (w/ Johnson & Mills) / Blue (w/ Jaffee & Mills) / The Dust Of Long-Dead Stars (w/ Johnson & Mills) / Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces (w/ Johnson & Buck) / Starman (w/ Johnson, Mills, Pitmon, Prophet, Lyster & Kantor)
Auction:
Drive-By Truckers: Tornadoes (w/ Kantor) / Shit Shots Count (w/ Kantor) / Play It All Night Long (w/ Kantor & Wynn) / Gravity's Gone (w/ Kantor) / What It Means (w/ Kantor) / Ramon Casiano (w/ Kantor) / Look Out Mountain (w/ Kantor) / Women Without Whiskey / A Ghost To Most (w/ Kantor) / People Who Died (w/ Kinney, McCaughey, Prophet, Arthur & Jones)
La Santa Cecilia: Monedita / 30 Dias / I Won't Cry For You / Sacudo La Pereza / En Fin / Falling / Nunca Mas / Como Dios Manda / La Morena (w/ Jones) / Calaverita / La Negra / Pa' Que Trajabar / Fresas / Vengo
Death Cab For Cutie: The New Year / Crooked Teeth / Black Sun / The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive / Company Calls / President Of What? / I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Ben Gibbard solo) / You Are A Tourist / Fall On Me (w/ Buck, Mills, McCaughey & Kantor) / Your Heart Is An Empty Room (w/ Jones) / Soul Means Body / Bixby Canyon Ridge

notes: Night 6 of the Todos Santos Music Festival, & the final night in the Town Plaza. During soundcheck, Mike Mills joined Death Cab For Cutie for a rehaersal of 'Fall On Me' & John Paul Jones joined on mandolin on 'Your Heart Is An Empty Room'. The Drive-By Truckers rehearsed 3 new songs from their upcoming album. Mike Mills also joined The Jayhawks for 'The Dust Of Long-Dead Stars' as well as a run through with The Baseball Project. At the main show, Fernando Viciconte started of the evening with a full band set before Peter Buck joined Kevn Kinney on 3 songs as well as playing drums on 'Heroin' with Joseph Arthur. Then the roving musicans including Peter Buck & Mike Mills helped out on The Minus 5 & The Baseball Project songs including '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville', & John Paul Jones joined on lapsteel on #Blue Rickenbacker'. Mike also joined The Jayhawks on 'Leaving The Monsters Behind', 'Blue', 'The Dust Of Long-Dead Stars', 'Starman' & Peter Buck joined on 'Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces'. After The Jayhawks the Peter Buck curated Auction was next, with more 'Paint-A-Saints, this time by Scott McCaughey & Michelle Noach & Death Cab For Cutie, followed by a painting done by Mike Mills (US$1900), & a signed guitar by Joseph Arthur. Drive-By Truckers were next followed by La Santa Cecilia, then Death Cab For Cutie finished the festival in style, with Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Scott McCaughey joining for R.E.M.'s 'Fall On Me' & John Paul Jones on mandolin on 'Your Heart Is An Empty Room'.

12 February 2016 - Stage 2, Swing House, Los Angeles, CA
rehearsal included:
Steve Wynn & Mike Mills: Let Us Go On This Way (w/ Linda Pitmon)
Micky Dolenz: Wild Honey
Mike Randle: Busy Doin' Nothin' / Be Here In The Mornin'
The Muffs: Wonderful
Al Jardine: Honkin' Down The Highway
Bobby Figueroa & Carl B Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blues
Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz: Surf's Up
All: Good Vibrations
notes: Rehearsal session for the Wild Honey Foundations Beach Boys 1967-1977 benefit show for the Autism Think Tank & Children's Music Fund. Mike Mills with Steve Wynn rehearse their song 'Let Us Go On This Way' with Linda Pitmon & the Wild Honey Orchestra.

13 February 2016 - Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
set 1:
Vocal Group: Our Prayer
Al Jardine: Heroes & Villains / California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)
Nick Guzman: I Can Hear Music
John Wicks & Debbi Peterson: Break Away
Rob Laufer: The Trader
Carla Olson: Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Billy Mumy: Back Home
Susan Cowsill: Sail On Sailor
David Goldstein: Hold On Dear Brother
Cosmo Topper: Marcella
Nelson Bragg: Friends
David Marks: Little Bird
Mike Randle & Monique St. Walker: Busy Doin' Nothin'
Danny Henry: Let The Wind Blow
Thomas Walsh & Carnie Wilson: Feel Flows
Chris Price: Only With You
Andrew Sandoval: A Day In The Life Of A Tree
Roger Manning: Til I Die
Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz: Surf's Up
set 2:
Willie Aron: Add Some Music To Your Day
Chris Price: This Whole World
Explorers Club: Wake The World
Mike Randle: Be Here In The Mornin'
Rachel Haden & Anna Waronker: Country Air
Rumer: Disney Girls
Steve Stanley: Our Sweet Love
The Muffs: Wonderful
Darian Sahanaja: Darlin
Matt Jardine: Time To Get Alone
All Day Sucker: Long Promised Land
Steve Kalinich: Be Still
Cindy Lee Berryhill: Looking At Tomorrow
Billy Hinsche: Forever
Bobby Figueroa & Carl B Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blues
Syd Straw: Thoughts Of You
Scott Bennett: Funky Pretty
Steve Wynn & Mike Mills: Let Us Go On This Way (w/ Linda Pitmon)
Micky Dolenz: Wild Honey
Al Jardine: Honkin' Down The Highway
All: Good Vibrations
notes: Wild Honey Presents the Wild Honey Orchestra & Guests performing Beach Boys 1967-1977 for the Autism Think Tank & Children's Music Fund, featuring Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Micky Dolenz, David Marks, Susan Cowsill, Cosmo Topper, Rob Laufer, Brett Harris, Skylar Gudasz, Danny Henry, Nick Guzman, Mike Randle, Carla Olson, Bill Mumy, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Anna Waronker, Rachel Haden, Andrew Sandoval, David Goodstein, Steve Stanley, Roger Manning Jr., John Wicks, Debbi Peterson, Bobby Figueroa, Steve Kalinich, Billy Hinsche, The Muffs, Rumer, Darian Sahanaja, Probyn Gregory, Scott Bennett, Nelson Bragg, Chris Price, Syd Straw, Thomas Walsh, Explorers Club & All Day Sucker. Mike Mills joined Steve Wynn on vocals on 'Let Us Go On This Way' & also with all the performers on the finale of 'Good Vibrations'.

14 February 2016 - McCabes Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA
Steve Wynn solo: When You Smile / That's What You Always Say / Out Of This World / What We Call Love / Under The Weather / Then She Remembers / Whatever You Please
Steve Wynn & Band: When You Make Up Your Mind / Wait Until You Get To Know Me / Love Me Anyway / Charity / Cats And Dogs / Carolyn / The Way You Punish Me / Manhattan Fault Line / Love Is All Around / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / 500 Girl Mornings
encore: Tangled Up In Blue / Amphetamine
notes: Steve Wynn 'Solo - Electric', with a solo set followed by a band set with Linda Pitmon, Mike Mills & Robert Lloyd, and joined on backing vocals by Syd Straw & Brett Harris. Mike Mills sings lead vocals on 'Love Is All Around' & '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'.

15 February 2016 - The Chapel, San Francisco, CA
support: The Mantles
Steve Wynn solo: Follow Me / We Don't Talk About It / Burn / Out Of This World / What We Call Love / Under The Weather / Then She Remembers
Steve Wynn & Band: When You Make Up Your Mind / Wait Until You Get To Know Me / Love Me Anyway / Cats And Dogs / Carolyn / The Way You Punish Me / Manhattan Fault Line / Love Is All Around / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / That's What You Always Say / 500 Girl Mornings
encore: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean / Amphetamine
notes: Steve Wynn 'Solo - Electric', with a solo set followed by a band set with Linda Pitmon, Mike Mills & Robert Lloyd. Mike Mills sings lead vocals on 'Love Is All Around' & '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'.

16 February 2016 - Don Quixote's International Music Hall, Felton, CA
Steve Wynn solo: Follow Me / We Don't Talk About It / Out Of This World / What We Call Love / Under The Weather / Then She Remembers / Whatever You Please
Steve Wynn & Band: When You Make Up Your Mind / Wait Until You Get To Know Me / Love Me Anyway / Charity / Cats And Dogs / Carolyn / The Way You Punish Me / Manhattan Fault Line / Love Is All Around / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / 500 Girl Mornings
encore: That's What You Always Say / Amphetamine
notes: Steve Wynn 'Solo - Electric', with a solo set followed by a band set with Linda Pitmon, Mike Mills & Robert Lloyd. Mike Mills sings lead vocals on 'Love Is All Around' & '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'.

11 March 2016 - Jam Session With Celebrities, Patrick Warburton Golf For Kids Celebrity Golf Tournament, Desert Ballroom, JW Marriott Desert Springs & Spa, Palm Desert, CA
set included:
John Elefante: Carry On My Wayward Son / Cold As Ice / Dust In The Wind / Point Of No Return
Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes
Mike Mills: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Superman
Micky Dolenz: I'm A Believer / Last Train To Clarksville (w/ Mike Mills)
Robin Wilson & Jesse Valenzuela: Hey Jealousy / Found Out About You
Phil Solem: Just The Way It Is, Baby / I'll Be There For You
Wally Palmar: Talking In Your Sleep / What I Like About You
Jeff Skunk Baxter: My Old School / Do It Again
Wayne Nelson: Lonesome Loser
Don Felder: Life In The Fast Lane
Alex Lifeson: Tom Sawyer / The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Johnston: Long Train Runnin' / China Grove
Alice Cooper, Tommy Thayer & Danny Seraphine School's Out - Another Brick In The wall
Robby Krieger & Dave Brock: Break On Through (To The Other Side) / Riders On The Storm / Roadhouse Blues
notes: Mike Mills joins Skunk Baxter, Dave Brock, Kim Carnes, Alice Cooper, Steve Cropper, Micky Dolenz, John Elefante, Don Felder, Tom Johnston, Robby Krieger, Alex Lifeson, Robin Meade, Wally Palmar, Danny Seraphine, Tommy Thayer, Phil Solem, Scotty Johnson, Robin Wilson and Jesse Valenzuela, who each performed a short set backed by Sixwire who were the house band. Mike also joined on guitar with Mickey Dolenz on 'Last Train To Clarksville'.

12 March 2016 - Saturday Soirée, Patrick Warburton Golf For Kids Celebrity Golf Tournament, Desert Ballroom, JW Marriott Desert Springs & Spa, Palm Desert, CA
set included:
Micky Dolenz: I'm A Believer / Last Train To Clarksville (w/ Mike Mills)
Mike Mills: Superman / The One I Love
notes: Mike Mills joined Terri Nunn, Micky Dolenz, Alex Lifeson, Tommy Thayer, Wally Palmar who each performed a short set backed by Sixwire who were the house band. The Soirée was preceeded by a Red Carpet & Cocktail Party, then a dinner, silent & live auction. Mike also joined on guitar with Mickey Dolenz on 'Last Train To Clarksville'.

The Baseball Project - Grapefruit League Tour (22-26 March 2016)

22 March 2016 - Yabo, Fort Myers, FL
set: 1976 / Box Scores / Satchel Paige Said / 13 / They Don't Know Henry / Long Before My Time / Fair Weather Fans / Pete Rose Way / Fernando / Pascual On The Perimeter / The Yankee Flipper / Monument Park / Stuff / ¡Hola America! / Panda and The Freak / From Nails To Thumbtacks / Harvey Haddix / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon).

23 March 2016 - The Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL
set: Monument Park / They Are The Oakland A's / Gratitude (For Curt Flood) / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / Pete Rose Way / ¡Hola America! / Fair Weather Fans / They Don't Know Henry / The Straw That Stirs The Drink / 1976 / Stuff / Panda And The Freak / Pascual On The Perimeter / 13 / Box Scores / From Nails To Thumbtacks / Harvey Haddix / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
encore: Jackie's Lament / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon).

24 March 2016 - House Of Blues, Orlando, FL
set: 1976 / All Future And No Past / The Death Of Big Ed Delahanty / 13 / They Don't Know Henry / Twilight Of My Career / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / Fair Weather Fans / The Straw That Stirs The Drink / Panda And The Freak / Monument Park / The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads / Pascual On The Perimeter / ¡Hola America! / Stuff / From Nails To Thumbtacks / Harvey Haddix / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
encore: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon).

25 March 2016 - The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL
supporting: NRBQ
set included: 1976 / Box Scores / ¡Hola America! / Stuff / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon). 'Backyard Block Party'.

26 March 2016 - Crowbar, Tampa, FL
support: Gritt
set included: 1976 / They Don't Know Henry / Box Scores / 13 / ¡Hola America! / The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads / Stuff / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
encore: A Boy Named Cy / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon).

29 March 2016 - 'The Tonight Show Featuring Jimmy Fallon', NBC, Studio 6B, NBC Studios, GE Building, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Susan Sarandon, John Cena
soundcheck: The Man Who Sold The World (w/ Paul Cantelon)
set: The Man Who Sold The World (w/ Paul Cantelon)
notes: Television performance by Michael Stipe on 'The Tonight Show Featuring Jimmy Fallon' on NBC. Michael Stipe, with Paul Cantelon on piano, covering David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' in promotion of the upcoming tribute shows to David Bowie in New York.

31 March 2016 - Ronald O.Perelman Family Stage, Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Michael Stipe rehearsal backstage: Ashes To Ashes (w/ Karen Elson & Paul Cantelon)
soundcheck included:
Robyn Hitchcock: Soul Love (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Perry Farrell: Rebel Rebel (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Cat Power: Five Years (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Eugene Hutz & Sergey Ryabtsev: Breaking Glass (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Matt Katz-Bohen: Starman (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Michael Stipe: Ashes To Ashes (w/ Karen Elson & Paul Cantelon)
J. Mascis & Sean Lennon: Quicksand
Pixies: Cactus
The Flaming Lips: Life On Mars?
Choir! Choir! Choir! w/ the New York City Children's Chorus: Space Oddity
set:
Cyndi Lauper: Suffragette City (w/ HoLY HoLY)
HoLY HoLY: Width Of A Circle
Robyn Hitchcock: Soul Love (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Laurie Anderson: Always Crashing In The Same Car (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Eugene Hutz & Sergey Ryabtsev: Breaking Glass (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Debbie Harry & Matt Katz-Bohen: Starman (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Joseph Arthur: The Man Who Sold The World
The Mountain Goats: Word On A Wing (w/ Robyn Hitchcock)
Michael Stipe: Ashes To Ashes (w/ Karen Elson & Paul Cantelon)
J. Mascis & Sean Lennon: Quicksand - Whatever's Cool With Me
Bettye LaVette: It Ain't Easy (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Perry Farrell: Rebel Rebel (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Cat Power: Five Years (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Ann Wilson: Let's Dance (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Pixies: Cactus
Rickie Lee Jones: All The Young Dudes
Jakob Dylan: "Heroes" (w/ HoLY HoLY)
The Flaming Lips: Life On Mars?
Choir! Choir! Choir! w/ the New York City Children's Chorus: Space Oddity
notes: 'The Music Of David Bowie' at Carnegie Hall Benefit Concert. Michael Stipe performed 'Ashes To Ashes' with Paul Cantelon on piano & Karen Elson on backing vocals. The concert was in aid of the Melodic Caring Project, Grammy In The Schools, Young Audiences New York, Church St. School For Music And Art, The Orchestra Now, The Center For Arts Education, Little Kids Rock, D'Addario Foundation, Sonic Arts For All.

1 April 2016 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
soundcheck included:
Michael Stipe: Ashes To Ashes (w/ Karen Elson & Paul Cantelon)
Pixies: Cactus
J. Mascis & Sean Lennon: Quicksand
Mumford & Sons: It Ain't Easy
Ron Pope: Moonage Daydream
Amanda Palmer, Jherek Bischoff, Anna Calvi & Kronos Quartet: Blackstar
Blondie: "Heroes"
The Flaming Lips: Life On Mars?
set:
Ann Wilson: Space Oddity (w/ HoLY HoLY)
HoLY HoLY: Width Of A Circle
Jakob Dylan: Sorrow (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Esperanza Spalding: If You Can See Me (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Donny McCaslin Group, Mark Guiliana, Jason Lindner, Tony Visconti: Lazarus
Ron Pope: Moonage Daydream
Kyp Malone & Grey Gersten: The Bewlay Brothers
J. Mascis & Sean Lennon: Quicksand - Whatever's Cool With Me
Michael Stipe: Ashes To Ashes (w/ Karen Elson & Paul Cantelon)
Pixies: Cactus
Joseph Arthur: The Man Who Sold The World
Polyphonic Spree: Slip Away - Memory Of A Free Festival
Amanda Palmer, Jherek Bischoff, Anna Calvi & Kronos Quartet: Blackstar
Mumford & Sons: It Ain't Easy
Cat Power: Five Years (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Rickie Lee Jones: All The Young Dudes (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Perry Farrell: Rebel Rebel (w/ HoLY HoLY)
Blondie: "Heroes"
The Flaming Lips: Life On Mars?
Choir! Choir! Choir! w/ the New York City Children's Chorus: Space Oddity
notes: 'The Music Of David Bowie' at Radio City Music Hall Benefit Concert. Michael Stipe performed 'Ashes To Ashes' with Paul Cantelon on piano & Karen Elson on backing vocals. The concert was in aid of the Melodic Caring Project, Grammy In The Schools, Young Audiences New York, Church St. School For Music And Art, The Orchestra Now, The Center For Arts Education, Little Kids Rock, D'Addario Foundation, Sonic Arts For All.

6-14 April 2016 - Type Foundry, Portland, OR
tracks recorded included: Horizontal / Heartbeat Smile / Sunday Morning Feeling / Suit Of Lights / Redemption Blues / Shave The Cat / Johnny Volume / Beauty Of Your Smile / End Times Are Coming / I Don't Want To Play Guitar Anymore / Beauty And The Buzz / Luna De Miel / Farewell To The Good Times / Thought I'd Let You Know
notes: Recording Sessions for Alejandro Escovedo's 'Burn Something Beautiful', with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, John Moen & Peter Buck, & also Kelly Hogan, Corin Tucker & Steve Berlin, produced by Peter Buck & engineered by Adam Selzer.

24 April 2016 - Ballroom, The Secret Society, Portland, OR
supporting: Wesley Stace
set included: It's Beautiful Here
notes: Scott McCaughey, joined by Peter Buck on guitar. Scott also joined Wesley Stace during his headlining act.

24 April 2016 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
set 1 included:
Pat Sansone: Watch The Sunrise (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins & Skylar Gudasz)
Dan Wilson: The Ballad Of El Goodo (w/ Luther Russell, Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
Mike Mills: In The Street (w/ Pat Sansone & Brett Harris)
Skylar Gudasz: Thirteen (w/ Brett Harris & Django Haskins)
Dan Wilson: Give Me Another Chance (w/ Django Haskins, Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
set 2 included:
Pat Sansone: Kizza Me (w/ Chuck Prophet)
Jody Stephens: Blue Moon
Mike Mills: Jesus Christ (w/ Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
Ira Kaplan: O Dana (w/ Django Haskins, Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
Ira Kaplan: Take Care (w/ Luther Russell & Django Haskins)
Jody Stephens: For You (w/ Luther Russell)
Mike Mills & Skylar Gudasz: You Can't Have Me
Brett Harris: Kanga Roo
All: Thank You Friends
encore 1 included:
Pat Sansone: I'm In Love With A Girl
Jody Stephens: Way Out West
Mike Mills: September Gurls (w/ Pat Sansone & Samantha Perez)
encore 2 included:
Pat Sansone: You And Your Sister (w/ Brett Harris)
Chuck Prophet: Till The End Of The Day
notes: Big Star's Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of Third, featuring Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Dan Wilson, Chuck Prophet, John Vanderslice, Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey, Ira Kaplan, Pat Sansone, Django Haskins, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Ralph Carney, Samantha Perez, and Special Guests.

26 April 2016 - Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
Robyn Hitchcock: The Letter (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins, Jessica Pratt & Skylar Gudasz)
notes: Big Star's Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of Third, featuring Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Dan Wilson, Chuck Prophet, John Vanderslice, Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey, Ira Kaplan, Pat Sansone, Django Haskins, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Ralph Carney, Samantha Perez, and Special Guests.

27 April 2016 - Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
set 1:
Pat Sansone: I'm In Love With A Girl
Pat Sansone: Watch The Sunrise (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins & Skylar Gudasz)
Jon Auer & Ken Stringfellow: Back Of A Car
Dan Wilson: The Ballad Of El Goodo (w/ Jon Auer & Ken Stringfellow)
Jeff Tweedy: When My Baby's Beside Me (w/ Pat Sansone)
Ken Stringfellow: Feel (w/ Jon Auer, Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
Skylar Gudasz: Thirteen (w/ Brett Harris & Django Haskins)
Ira Kaplan: The EMI Song (Smile For Me)
Dan Wilson & Skylar Gudasz: Give Me Another Chance (w/ Django Haskins & Brett Harris)
set 2:
Django Haskins: Nature Boy
Jeff Tweedy: Kizza Me (w/ Django Haskins)
Jon Auer: O Dana (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins & Skylar Gudasz)
Jody Stephens: For You (w/ Luther Russell)
Jeff Tweedy: Nightime
Mike Mills: Jesus Christ (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins & Skylar Gudasz)
Ira Kaplan: Take Care (w/ Django Haskins)
Jon Auer & Jessica Pratt: Big Black Car (w/ Ken Stringfellow)
Ken Stringfellow: Stroke It Noel
Jody Stephens: Blue Moon
Jessica Pratt: Femme Fatale (w/ Brett Harris & Skylar Gudasz)
Robyn Hitchcock: Downs (w/ Ira Kaplan, Ken Stringfellow & Mike Mills on bouncing basketball)
Skylar Gudasz: Dream Lover (w/ Ken Stringfellow)
Django Haskins: Holocaust (w/ Peabody Southwell)
Mike Mills & Skylar Gudasz: You Can't Have Me
Brett Harris: Kanga Roo
All: Thank You Friends
encore 1:
Pat Sansone: You And Your Sister (w/ Brett Harris)
Mike Mills: In The Street
Jon Auer: I Am The Cosmos
Mike Mills: September Gurls (w/ Pat Sansone, Ken Stringfellow & Jeff Tweedy)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Letter (w/ Brett Harris, Django Haskins, Jessica Pratt & Skylar Gudasz)
Mitch Easter: Till The End Of The Day
encore 2:
Jody Stephens & Luther Russell: Way Out West
notes: Big Star's Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of Third, featuring Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Dan Wilson, Chuck Prophet, John Vanderslice, Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey, Ira Kaplan, Pat Sansone, Django Haskins, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Ralph Carney, Samantha Perez, and Special Guests.

29 April 2016 - The Hamilton, Washington, D.C.
set included: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Hope In A Hopeless World / Jumpin' Jack Flash
notes: Phil And The Busters (Chuck Leavell, Mike Mills, John Bell & Paul Riddle), rehearsal for the White House Correspondents' Jam II, which took place in The Hamilton Restaurant.

29 April 2016 - White House Correspondents' Jam II, The Hamilton Live, Washington, D.C.
support: The Prowlers, The Native Makers, The Mooncusslers, The Sequioas
The Sequioas set: It Won't Be Long / I Saw Her Standing There / Cry Baby / All My Loving / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Six Days On The Road / Rock And Roll / Don't Stop Believin' / Piece Of My Heart / Gimme Shelter
Phil And The Busters set included: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Hope In A Hopeless World / Tumbling Dice / Jumpin' Jack Flash
notes: Phil And The Busters, band including Chuck Leavell, John Bell, Paul Riddle & Mike Mills. Mike Mills also played on guitar with The Sequoias on their cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Rock And Roll'.

3 May 2016 - Studio A, The Hallowed Halls, Portland, OR
songs recorded included: Seasons
notes: Recording Sessions for The Verner Pantons new album, produced by David Streit. Peter Buck recorded 12 string guitar tracks for the song 'Seasons'.

6 May 2016 - Unbridled Eve Derby Eve Gala, Grand Ballroom, Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY
set included:
Wynonna Judd: Rock Bottom / No One Else On Earth
Dennis DeYoung: Lady / Babe / Come Sail Away
John Elefante: Point Of No Return / Dust In The Wind / Carry On My Wayward Son / I Want To Know What Love Is
Bob Guiney: Hard To Handle / Folsom Prison
JD Selburne: Friends In Low Places / Wagon Wheel / Roadhouse Blues / Twist And Shout
Robin Thicke: Give It 2 U / Rock With You / Let's Stay Together / Blurred Lines
notes: Mike Mills joined John Elefante, Bob Guiney, JD Selburne on tambourine & backing vocals, backed by The Louisville Crashers.

9-13 May 2016 - Plyrz Studios, Valencia, CA
tracks recorded included: Horizontal / Heartbeat Smile / Sunday Morning Feeling / Suit Of Lights / Redemption Blues / Shave The Cat / Johnny Volume / Beauty Of Your Smile / I Don't Want To Play Guitar Anymore / Beauty And The Buzz / Luna De Miel / Farewell To The Good Times / Thought I'd Let You Know
notes: Mixing Sessions for Alejandro Escovedo's 'Burn Something Beautiful', with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, John Moen & Peter Buck, & also Kelly Hogan, Corin Tucker & Steve Berlin, produced by Peter Buck & engineered by Adam Selzer.

2 June 2016 - Treehouse Cafe, Bainbridge Island, WA
set: A Song For Me / The Friend Song / Trail Of Seasons / Iron Mountain / Last Song Of Maddie Hope / Lost And Found / Catch The Wind / Dirty Angels / Time / Roll Away The Song / MacDougal Blues / Honeysuckle Blue / Wrapped In Sky / Which Jesus - Straight To Hell / Hope I'm Not Just Passing Through / Here Comes A Regular
notes: Kevn Kinney show. Joined by Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey on guitar.

10 June 2016 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set:
The Plague: Cocaine And Whiskey / If You Want To Be My Woman
Frank Mason: Farmers Blues / Sing A Sad Song
Frank Mason & Bill David: Branded Man
Jack Logan: Big City
William Tonks: If We Make It Through December
Scott Baxendale: Sing Me Back Home
Bo Bedingsfield: I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
Andrew Brown: Misery And Gin
Todd McBride: Footlights
Sayward Evans & Kevin Lane: Too Used To Being With You
John Neff: That's The Way Love Goes / I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
Bob Fernandez: Mama Tried
Redneck GReece: Honky Tonk Night Time Man
Clayton Leverett: The Way I Am / Workin' Man Blues
Clayton Leverett & Mike Mills: C.C. Waterback
Don Chambers: The Bottle Let Me Down
Dave Marr: Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am / Kern River
Clayton Leverett & Dave Marr: Yesterday's Wine
Don Chambers & Dave Marr: Silver Wings
notes: 'Merle Haggard - A Celebration Of The Life, The Man And His Music', featuring Scott Baxendale, Bo Bedingsfield, Andrew Brown, Don Chambers, Bill David, Sayward Evans, Bob Fernandez, Redneck GReece, Doug Hollingsworth, Kathy Kirbo, Kevin Lane, Clay Leverett, Jack Logan, Paul Lombard, Dave Marr, Frank Mason, Todd McBride, Mike Mills, John Neff, The Plague, Brandon Reynolds, William Tonks & Joe Willy, performing the music of Merle Haggard. Mike Mills joined Clay Leverett on vocals on 'C.C. Waterback'.

16 June 2016 - Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
set:
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes: Rehearsal for the World Premiere of the Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks & the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Peter Oundjian.

17 June 2016 - Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
program:
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Movement I: Allegro Con Brio / Movement II: Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai / Movement III: Scherzo: Allegro Vivace / Movement IV: Finale: Allegro Milto)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: World Premiere of the Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks & the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Peter Oundjian. (Mike Mills on bass & piano, John Neff & William Tonks on guitar & Patrick Ferguson on drums). The Toronto Symphony Orchestra performed Beethoven's 'Symphony No.3 'Eroica'', conducted by Peter Oundjian. Before the show on the Roy Thomson Hall Patio, the 15-piece Massey Hall Band performed the music of R.E.M.

24 June 2016 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
other acts performing: DJ's Scott Drake & Thom Sullivan, Karaoke From Hell, Beyond Veronica, The Reverberations, The Pynnacles, Eyelids, Flamin' Groovies
set: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better / I Go Wild / Behind That Locked Door / I Can Hear The Grass Grow / Halloween
notes: 'Nuggets Night 2016. A Tribute To Lost Gems Of The '60's To Benefit KISN Radio 95.1 FM'. Eyelids show, performing a cover set with songs by The Byrds, The Three O'Clock, George Harrison, The Move & The Dream Syndicate. Peter Buck joined on guitar on 'Halloween'.

27 June 2016 - Salone Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes: Rehearsal for Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Bill Tonks & John Neff, with Levi Mitze, Julia Brandenburg, Luca Sanzo, Mary Grace Bender, Reed Sarusa Tucker & Elizabeth Pridgen. This was open to the public which took place from 4:30-6:30pm.

28 June 2016 - Salone Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes: Rehearsal for Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Bill Tonks & John Neff, with Levi Mitze, Julia Brandenburg, Luca Sanzo, Mary Grace Bender, Reed Sarusa Tucker & Elizabeth Pridgen. This was open to the public which took place from 4:00-6:00pm.

29 June 2016 - Salone Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes: Rehearsal for Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Bill Tonks & John Neff, with Levi Mitze, Julia Brandenburg, Luca Sanzo, Mary Grace Bender, Reed Sarusa Tucker & Elizabeth Pridgen. This was open to the public which took place from 3:00-5:00pm.

30 June 2016 - Salone Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes:Final Rehearsal for Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Bill Tonks & John Neff, with Levi Mitze, Julia Brandenburg, Luca Sanzo, Mary Grace Bender, Reed Sarusa Tucker & Elizabeth Pridgen. This was open to the public which took place from 3:00-5:00pm.

30 June 2016 - Rome Chamber Music Festival, Salone Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
program:
Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet In F Major, Op. 96, 'American' (Movement I: Allegro Ma Non Troppo / Movement II: Lento / Movement III: Molto Vivace / Movement IV: Finale: Vivace Ma Non Troppo)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Bill Tonks & John Neff, with Levi Mitze, Julia Brandenburg, Luca Sanzo, Mary Grace Bender, Reed Sarusa Tucker & Elizabeth Pridgen. Ekatarina Valiulina, Bethany Moss, Luca Sanzo & Antonio Lysy performed Dvorak's 'String Quartet In F Major, Op. 96, 'American''.

8 July 2016 - The Foundry, Athens, GA
other acts performing: Dylan Brady, Randall Bramblett
Rich Fowler Band set included: Skeletons In The Closet / Running From The Truth / Road To Nowhere / House Of The Rising Sun
notes: Camp Twitch And Shout Benefit Concert. Rich Fowler Band, with Bill Berry on guitar on 'Skeletons In The Closet', Randall Bramblett on 'Road To Nowhere', & Neal Priest on vocals on 'House Of The Rising Sun'.

13 July 2016 - La Colombe d'Or, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
set: Losing My Religion
notes: Bertis Downs 60th Birthday party. Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe perform an off-the-cuff 'Losing My Religion' in celebration of Bertis' birthday.

The Baseball Project - Midwest Summer Swing Tour (26-31 July 2016)

26 July 2016 - Michael Gomoll's House, Sun Prairie, WI
support: Wooldridge Brothers
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills).

27 July 2016 - Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI
set: The Star-Spangled Banner
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn & Linda Pitmon), sing the United States National Anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner' just prior to the start of the Milwaukee Brewers vs Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.

27 July 2016 - Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company, Milwaukee, WI
support: Wooldridge Brothers
set: 1976 / Long Before My Time / The Death Of Big Ed Delahanty / They Are The Oakland A's / 13 / Fair Weather Fans / The Yankee Flipper / Harvey Haddix / Monument Park / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / Pascual On The Perimeter / They Don't Know Henry / The Straw That Stirs The Drink / ¡Hola America! / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
encore: Larry Yount / The Babe / Panda And The Freak
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills).

28 July 2016 - 'The Steve Dahl Show', WLS-AM 890, WLS-AM 890 Studios, Chicago, IL
notes: Radio interview with Mike Mills & Scott McCaughey by Steve Dahl, Brendan Greeley & Dag Juhlin, talking about Baseball, The Baseball Project, & Mike's Concerto. Also Mike vs Scott in 'The Rock Challenge' in which Dag played & sang snippets of songs which the guys had to guess. Scott won the challenge which included Scott correctly guessing 'Amy Grant', a Young Fresh Fellows song (which he wrote!) & Mike got 'Disturbance At The Heron House' which he also should get!.

28 July 2016 - FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
support: Wooldridge Brothers
soundcheck: Don't Call Them Twinkies / Stuff
set: Monument Park / Long Before My Time / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / The Death Of Big Ed Delahanty / ¡Hola America! / Box Scores / Pascual On The Perimeter / 13 / Fair Weather Fans / Stuff / 1976 / From Nails To Thumbtacks / The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads / Harvey Haddix / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams / Past Time
encore: The Yankee Flipper / The Closer / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills).

29 July 2016 - Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa, IA
support: Wooldridge Brothers
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills).

30 July 2016 - Grand Plaza, Point Ruston, Ruston, WA
set included: Brown-Eyed Girl / Gloria / Wild Thing
notes: Family-Friendly Summer Celebration. Peter Buck performing with The Beatniks as part of Mark Linquist's Campaign Fundraiser. Mark Linquist joined Peter & The Beatniks on guitar on 'Gloria' & 'Wild Thing'.

30 July 2016 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
support: Pylon 1983 Last Show Video, Swimming Pool Q's
supporting: Pylon Reenactment Society
set: A Trip To The Museum / Sixty Degrees Below / Wheel Of Pleasure / Chilly Damn Willy / Fat Birds / Motorcade / Turbulence / Hairy Beat / Tropical / Buy Me A Million Dollars
notes: Pylon 'Live' Release Party. Fuck Truck (Armistead Wellford, Jay Gonzalez, Bryan Poole & Joe Rowe), David Barbe played electric guitar on 'Motorcade' & Bill Berry 12 string acoustic guitar on 'Turbulence'. Bill Berry also introduced Pylon Reenactment Society at the start of their set, stating Pylon was the best band to come out of Athens.

30 July 2016 - Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
support: Wooldridge Brothers
set: Past Time / Long Before My Time / Box Scores / They Don't Know Henry / ¡Hola America! / The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads / Rain Delay / Monument Park / Pascual On The Perimeter / Stuff / Ichiro Goes To The Moon / 13 / Don't Call Them Twinkies / Harvey Haddix / From Nails To Thumbtacks / Jackie's Lament / To The Veteran's Committee / Ted Fucking Williams
encore: 1976 / Fair Weather Fans / Aw Shit Man / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Amphetamine
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills).

31 July 2016 - Minnies & Paul's, Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
before game - set 1: Monument Park / Box Scores
break:
before game - set 2: Don't Call Them Twinkies / Past Time
before game: The Star-Spangled Banner
before top of 2nd Innings: Ted Freaking Williams (part)
before bottom of 2nd Innings: They Don't Know Henry (part)
before bottom of 4th Innings: ¡Hola America! (part)
before top of 5th Innings: Ichiro Goes To The Moon (part)
before bottom of 6th Innings: 1976 (part)
7th Innings stretch: Take Me Out To The Ball Game
notes: The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon & Mike Mills), performing 2 short sets just prior to the start of the Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox baseball game. They also lead the crowd in singing the United States National Anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner', & at points during the game performing shortened versions of songs & also performed 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' during the 7th innings stretch game break.

10 August 2016 - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
support: The Mother Hips
set: Mission Accomplished / Dope Is Dope / Stomp And Holler / Something Else / Roman Candles / Run A Mile / Half Ass Moses / Ascending Into Madness / Throwing The Goats / Guaranteed / Blackland Farmer - The One I Love - Blackland Farmer / High Price Of Inspiration - Burn Out Shoes - Another Train / Is This Thing Working - Train
encore: The Waker (Solo) / Straight To Hell / School Days
notes: Hard Working Americans show. Peter Buck joined Todd Snider & the band on guitar on 'Straight To Hell' & 'School Days'.

11 August 2016 - Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra
notes: Final Rehearsal for Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks & the Aspen Music Festival And School Orchestra, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by William Kunhardt.

11 August 2016 - Aspen Music Festival, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op. 48 (Movement I: Pezzo In Forma Di Sonatina / Movement II: Valse / Movement III: Elegia / Movement IV: Finale: Tema Russo)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: An Eclectic Evening with Robert McDuffie and R.E.M.'s Mike Mills - Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Elizabeth Pridgen, & Aspen Music Festival And School Orchestra with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud, conducted by William Kunhardt. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & Robert McDuffie & the Aspen Music Festival And School Orchestra, conducted by Willaim Kunhardt, performed Tchaikovsky's 'Serenade For Strings In C Major'.

17 August 2016 - The Clive Davis Theater, GRAMMY Museum, Pierre Cossette Center, Los Angeles, CA
set: Lucky Guy / Ordinary / The Cube / Never Goodbye / Fool Of Myself / Thirteen
notes: Ardent Studios: 50 Years Of Music History. Featuring Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Jesse Valenzuela, Luther Russell & Adam Hill. Panelists discuss their experiences & Ardent Studio's recording history with moderator Scott Goldman, followed by a performance of The Lucky Wrongs (Jody Stephens & Luther Russell), with Mike Mills joining on vocals on 'Thirteen'.

22 August 2016 - R.E.M.'s West Clayton Street Studio, Athens, GA
songs rehearsed included: Radiation / Sonic Tornado / Passing Through
notes: Kevn Kinney rehearsal with Tim Nielsen, Bill Berry, & Peter Buck. They rehearse Peter's new song 'Radiation', & work on music to go with Kevn Kinney's lyrics to come up with the song 'Sonic Tornado'.

22 August 2016 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set:
Kevn Kinney, Peter Buck, Tim Nielsen & Dave Johnson: Trail Of Seasons / Last Song Of Maddie Hope / Chico & Maria
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen, Johnson & John Keane: Gotta Get Out Of Here
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Johnson: The House Above Tina's Grocery - That's All Right - Mystery Train / Iron Mountain
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen, Amanda Kapousouz & Bill Berry: Lost And Found
Kinney, Buck, Kapousouz, Berry & David Barbe: Passing Through
Buck, Kinney, Berry & Barbe: Radiation
Kinney, Buck, Berry & Barbe: Sonic Tornado
Kinney, Kapousouz, Barbe & Johnson: This Train Don't Stop At The Millworks Anymore
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Johnson: With The People - King Of Birds / MacDougal Blues
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen, Kapousouz, Keane & Johnson: Not Afraid To Die / Hey Landlord (Meatloaf And Fishsticks)
encore:
James 'JB The Polish Sausage Man' Brown: A Change Is Gonna Come (a capella)
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Johnson: Honeysuckle Blue
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen, Berry, Barbe, Keane, Kapousouz & Johnson: Straight To Hell
notes: Kevn Kinney featuring MacDougal Blues w/ Peter Buck and special guests. The main band was Kevn Kinney, Tim Nielsen, Dave Johnson & Peter Buck (who played guitar, mandolin & dulcimer), joined by John Keane on guitar, David Barbe on bass, Amanda Kapousouz on violin & Bill Berry joined on drums on 'Lost and Found', 'Passing Through', 'Radiation', 'Sonic Tornado' & acoustic 12 string guitar & backing vocals on 'Straight To Hell'.

23 August 2016 - City Winery, Atlanta, GA
set:
Kevn Kinney, Peter Buck, Tim Nielsen & Dave Johnson: Trail Of Seasons / Last Song Of Maddie Hope / Chico & Maria
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen, Johnson & Tyler Neal:Gotta Get Out Of Here
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Amanda Kapousouz: Iron Mountain / Indian Song / Lost And Found
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Johnson: The House Above Tina's Grocery - That's All Right - Mystery Train
Col. Bruce Hampton, Neal, Nielsen & Johnson: Spoonful / Got My Mojo Working
Hampton, Kinney, Neal, Nielsen & Johnson: Ain't Nothing You Can Do
Kinney, Buck, Kapousouz, Nielsen, Johnson & David Barbe: This Train Don't Stop At The Millworks Anymore
Kinney, Buck, Nielsen & Johnson: Sonic Tornado / MacDougal Blues
Kinney, Buck, Kapousouz, Nielsen, Johnson & Barbe: Hey Landlord (Meatloaf And Fishsticks)
encore 1:
Kinney, Buck, Kapousouz, Nielsen, Johnson, Barbe & Neal: A Good Country Mile / Straight To Hell / Here Comes A Regular
encore 2:
Kinney: Goodnight Rhyme
notes: Kevn Kinney August Residency featuring MacDougal Blues w/ Peter Buck and special guests. The main band was Kevn Kinney, Tim Nielsen, Dave Johnson & Peter Buck (who played guitar, mandolin & dulcimer), joined by David Barbe on bass & guitar, Amanda Kapousouz on violin, Tyler Neal on guitar & Col. Bruce Hampton on guitar & vocals.

2-4 September 2016 - Studio A, Tree Sound Studios, Norcross, GA
songs recorded:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Recording Session for Mike Mills - 'Concerto For Violin & Rock Band And String Orchestra' with Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Elizabeth Pridgen & the McDuffie Center For Strings Ensemble (string section from the Robert McDuffie Center For Strings from Mercer University), conducted by Ward Stare. They also recorded John Adams's 'Road Movies' & Philip Glass's 'Symphony No.3'.

8 September 2016 - 'Front Row', BBC Radio 4, BBC Studios, New York, NY
notes: Radio interview with Mike Mills & Michael Stipe by John Wilson discussing the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'. This was broadcast on 7 November 2016.

9 September 2016 - 'The Spectrum', SiriusXM, SiriusXM Studios, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
notes: Radio interview with Mike Mills & Michael Stipe by David Fricke discussing the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'. This was broadcast on 17 November 2016.

9 September 2016 - 'Sunday Today With Willie Geist', NBC, The Iroquois New York, New York, NY
notes: Television appearance by Mike Mills & Michael Stipe on 'Sunday Today With Willie Geist' on NBC. Interview with Mike Mills & Michael Stipe by Willie Geist discussing the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'. This was broadcast on 19 November 2016.

19 September 2016 - City Winery, New York, NY
other acts performing: Nicole Atkins, Martha Wainwright, Jesse Paris Smith & Rebecca Foon, Suzzy Roche, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Techung & Rinzing Wangyal, Xylouris White, David Johansen & Mercury Rev
set:
Jeff Horowitz: Pathway To Paris Introduction
Jesse Paris Smith: Speech
Jessica Foon: Speech
Magdy Soliman Martinez: Speech
Isabella Lovin: Speech
Michael Stipe: Song Of Nature (w/ Jesse Paris Smith & Rebecca Foon)
Patrick Watson: Lighthouse
Martha Wainwright: Around The Bend / Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole / Factory
Xylouris White: Medley
Tendor Dorjee: Speech
Techung & Rinzing Wangyal: Kham Lu / Mother Earth / Changshae
Michael Stipe: Bill McKibben Introduction
Bill McKibben: Speech
Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Roche: El Condor Pasa
Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche: Cold October Day / Bleecker Street / It's Not Easy Being Green
Bill McKibben: Wendell Berry Introduction
Wendell Berry: Speech
Bill McKibben: Manifesto - The Mad Farmer Libertation Front (w/ Jesse Paris Smith & Rebecca Foon)
Nicole Atkins: A Little Crazy / Listen Up / Memories Come And Go (w/ Jim Sclavunos)
Jesse Paris Smith: Empire State Building
Jesse Paris Smith, Foon, Wainwright, Atkins, Suzzy Roche & Wainwright Roche: Imagine
David Johansen & Mercury Rev: The Moon Shines On The Moonshine / Totalitarian State
notes: 'Maintaining The Momentum: A Call To Action On Climate Change'. Fundraiser for climate change to help put pressure on leaders to maintain the Paris climate agreements, with proceeds going to 350.org & United Nations Development Programme Digital Platform. This event started off Climate Week NYC. Included speeches by Jesse Paris Smith, Jessica Foon, Magdy Soliman Martinez, Isabella Lovin, Tendor Dorjee, Bill McKibben & Wendell Berry. Michael Stipe read a piece called 'Song Of Nature' backed by Jesse Paris Smith on piano & Rebecca Foon on cello.

4 October 2016 - 'The Vinyl Lunch', WLS-AM 890, WLS-AM 890 Studios, Nashville, TN
set: Interview / Losing My Religion / Interview / Near Wild Heaven / Time After Time (Annelise) - Red Rain (Muziekcentrum Vredenberg, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14 September 1987) / Interview / Texarkana
notes: Radio interview with Tom Truitt, Bill Lloyd (The Long Players) (both in the studio), Sig Sigworth (from Concord Bicycle on phone in Los Angeles) & Bertis Downs (on phone from Decatur, GA) by Tim Hibbs, discussing the Out Of Time 25th Anniversary reissue, the 'Who Knew..... Celebrates R.E.M.'s Out Of Time' City Winery Nashville show & the bands legacy. All tracks played were album tracks, apart from 'Time After Time'.

5 October 2016 - 'Dan Buckley', Lightning 100, WRLT 100.1FM, ONErpm Studio, Lightning 100 Studios, Nashville, TN
notes: Radio interview with Tom Truitt & Mike Mills by Dan Buckley discussing the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time' & the 'Who Knew..... Celebrates R.E.M.'s Out Of Time' City Winery Nashville show.

7 October 2016 - City Winery, Nashville, TN
set:
Craig Havighurst & Mike Mills: Interview & Q&A
Tommy Womack & Dez Dickerson: Radio Song
Joe Blanton: Losing My Religion
Jace Everett: Low
Mike Mills: Near Wild Heaven (w/ Mike Vargo & Carmella Ramsey)
Bill Lloyd: Endgame
Tommy Womack: Shiny Happy People (w/ Mike Mills & Carmella Ramsey)
Dez Dickerson: Belong
Webb Wilder: Half A World Away
Robin T. Zander: Texarkana (w/ Mike Mills)
Warren Pash: Country Feedback
Scott Laurent: Me In Honey (w/ Carmella Ramsey)
encore:
Joe Blanton: Radio Free Europe
Jace Everett: Finest Worksong
Scott Laurent: Fall On Me (w/ Mike Mills)
Warren Pash: Everybody Hurts
Robin T. Zander: Superman (w/ Mike Mills)
Mike Vargo: So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Dez Dickerson: Stand
Webb Wilder: The One I Love (w/ Mike Mills)
Tommy Womack: Driver 8 (w/ Mike Mills)
Mike Mills: Strangers In The Night (a capella) (part) / (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (w/ all Performers)
notes: Who Knew..... Celebrates R.E.M.'s Out Of Time, with Mike Mills interviewed by Craig Havighurst, The Long Players performing 'Out Of Time' & some of R.E.M.'s greatest hits, with Webb Wilder, Tommy Womack & others. Proceeds to benefit Notes for Notes, a non-profit organization that designs, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios inside Boys & Girls Clubs offering youth the opportunity to explore, create, and record music for free. The Long Players were Bill Lloyd, Steve Allen, Brad Jones, Steve Ebe, Paul Snyder, Ross Rice & Jim Hoke.

14 October 2016
event: 'Mike Mills & Robert McDuffie - Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra' is released worldwide Digitally & on CD on Orange Mountain Music

16 October 2016 - 5th Annual Mario Batali Foundation Honors Dinner, Private Restaurant, Del Posto, New York, NY
notes: 5th Annual Mario Batali Foundation Honors Dinner. Co-hosted by Jim Gaffigan, with performances by Mike Mills & Chris Stills. Michael Stipe was also present at the dinner.

20 October 2016 - Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center For The Performing Arts Of Miami-Dade County, Miami, FL
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
encore: Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

20 October 2016 - The Sunset, Seattle, WA
set 1: Cowboy Man / Searchin' U.S.A. / Lamp Industries / Carrot Head / This Little Mystery / Hang Out Right / Unimaginable Zero Summer / Becky Doll / Middle Man Of Time / Halloween 247 / Motorbroke / The Guilty Ones - Go Blue Angels Go / Hillbilly Drummer Girl / When I'm Lonely Again / One Day You Die
set 2: The Next Big Thing / Taco Wagon - Picture Book / Two Guitars Bass And Drums / Everytime I See Your Face / Tad's Pad / If You Believe In Cleveland / How Much About Last Night Do You Remember? / Still There's Hope / In My Own Ink / Suck Machine Crater / 99 Girls / Male Model / My Friend Ringo / I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down / Back Room Of The Bar / Topsy Turvy Theme
encore included: Teenage Dogs In Trouble
notes: 'An Evening With Young Fresh Fellows'. Young Fresh Fellows show. Peter Buck joins on drums on 'Teenage Dogs In Trouble' during the encore.

21 October 2016 - The Mahaffey Theater, Duke Energy Center For The Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

24 October 2016 - Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, The University Of Georgia, Athens, GA
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

25 October 2016 - Newberry Opera House, Newberry, SC
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

27 October 2016 - Great Hall, Macon City Auditorium, Macon, GA
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

28 October 2016 - Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall, Donna & Marvin Schwartz Center For Performing Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

29 October 2016 - Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

30 October 2016 - Memorial Hall, The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Cancelled)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen.

1 November 2016 - Diamonstein Concert Hall, Ferguson Center For The Arts, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

3 November 2016 - Music Center At Strathmore, North Bethseda, MD
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
encore: Movement III: Sonny Side Up
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

4 November 2016 - Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA (Cancelled)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor, Elizabeth Pridgen & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen.

5 November 2016 - The Palladium, The Center For The Performing Arts, Carmel, IN
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Christopher Taylor (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

6 November 2016 - Music Hall Center For The Performing Arts, Detroit, MI
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Christopher Taylor (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

7 November 2016 - Joan W. And Irving B. Harris Theater For Music And Dance, Millenium Park, Chicago, IL
program:
John Adams: Road Movies (Movement I: Relaxed Groove / Movement II: Meditative / Movement III: 40% Swing)
Philip Glass: Symphony No.3 (Movement I / Movement II / Movement III / Movement IV)
Mike Mills: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra (Movement I: Pour It Like You Mean It / Movement II: On The Okeefenokee / Movement III: Sonny Side Up / Movement IV: Stardancers' Waltz / Movement V: Nightswimming / Movement VI: You Can Go Home Again)
notes: Concerto For Violin, Rock Band And String Orchestra, written by Mike Mills for Robert McDuffie, featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, John Neff, Patrick Ferguson, William Tonks, Christopher Taylor & the Fifth House Ensemble, with arrangements & additional music by David Mallamud & conducted by Eli Chen. Robert McDuffie (violin) & Christopher Taylor (piano) performed John Adam's 'Road Movies', & the Fifth House Ensemble, conducted by Eli Chen, performed Philip Glass' 'Symphony No.3'.

15 November 2016 - The Know, Portland, OR
supporting: Loch Lomond, The Minders
set: In A Lonely Coffin / Adios Half Soldier / Aw Shit Man / It's Beautiful Here / In The Ground / Lies Of The Living Dead / Blue Rickenbacker / Guns / My Generation / Circle Sky
notes: The Minus 5 (Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, Jim Telstra & Ezra Holbrook).

18 November 2016
event: 'Out Of Time' 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is released worldwide via Concord Bicycle

18 November 2016 - The Borderline, London, England
notes: Interview with Michael Stipe & Mike Mills by John Harris in front of a live audience & live broadcast by The Guardian on their website & also on Facebook, talking about the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'.

18 November 2016 - 'The Andrew Marr Show', BBC One, Studio B3, New Broadcasting House, London, England
notes: Television appearance by Michael Stipe & Mike Mills on 'The Andrew Marr Show' on BBC One. Interview with Michael Stipe & Mike Mills by Andrew Marr, talking about the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time' & the US Presidential Election. This was broadcast on 20 November 2016.

18 November 2016 - 'Jo Whiley', BBC Radio 2, Studio 6C, Wogan House, London, England
set: R.E.M. - Radio Song / Interview / Talking Heads - Burning Down The House / Interview / Maurice Jarre - Lara's Theme From 'Doctor Zhivago' / Interview / Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen / Interview / Ella Fitzgerald - Oh Holy Night
notes: 'An Evening With R.E.M.', Radio interview with Michael Stipe & Mike Mills by Jo Whiley, talking about the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time', memorable parties, party music (Michael's choice - Talking Heads - Burning Down The House), their retirement, memorable R.E.M. shows & favourite Christmas songs. This was broadcast on 23 November 2016.

18 November 2016 - 6 Music Live Room, BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 6 Music Studios, Wogan House, London, England
notes: Radio interview with Michael Stipe & Mike Mills by Matt Everitt, talking about the 25th Anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'. This was broadcast on 21 May 2017.

20 November 2016 - Alice Hand Callaway Vistor Center & Observatory, State Botanical Garden Of Georgia, Athens, GA
set included:
Michael Stipe: Nature Boy (w/ Andy LeMaster) / Desiderata
notes: Jeremy Ayers Memorial Service. Private memorial service for Jeremy Ayers at the Georgia State Botanical Gardens. Michael Stipe sings 'Nature Boy' & also read Max Ehrmann's poem 'Desiderata'.

21 November 2016 - Morton Theatre, Athens, GA
set included:
Jill Carnes: Happy Trails
Nico Isaac, Cal Clements & Daniel Nelson: Canray Poole reading
Robert Ayers: Speech
David Levitt: Speech
Kai Reidl: Speech
Michael Stipe: Nature Boy (w/ Andy LeMaster)
Cal Clements: Speech
Maria Taylor, Will Taylor, Nye Taylor, Sunny Taylor, Melissa Colbert-Taylor: Reading / Hallelujah
Will Taylor: Once
David Wallace: Performance
Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson: Reading from Keith Strickland / 52 Girls
Steven Scurry: Jeremy's Garden reading
Cooper Holmes & Flournoy Holmes: Dance
notes: Jeremy Ayers Memorial Service. Public memorial service for Jeremy Ayers. Michael Stipe performed 'Nature Boy' with Andy LeMaster. Both Michael & Bill Berry were present at the service to remember their good friend.

27-29 November 2016 - Space Rehearsal & Recording, Austin, TX
songs rehearsed included: Heartbeat Smile / Sunday Morning Feeling / I Don't Want To Play Guitar Anymore / Johnny Volume / Luna De Miel / Horizontal / Thought I'd Let You Know (w/ Burn Something Beautiful Children's Choir) / Always A Friend / Beauty Of Your Smile / Castanets / Suit Of Lights / Sensitive Boys / Farewell To The Good Times / Beauty And The Buzz / Shave The Cat /
notes: Alejandro Escovedo & The Burn Sonething Beautiful Band (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, John Moen) with Karla Manzur, Kelly Hogan & the Burn Something Beautiful Band Choir, rehearsals for the upcoming Austin City Limits TV taping.

30 November 2016 - 'Austin City Limits', Austin City Limits Live At The Moody Theater, Austin, TX
set: Heartbeat Smile / Sunday Morning Feeling / I Don't Want To Play Guitar Anymore / Beauty Of Your Smile / Castanets / Suit Of Lights / Sensitive Boys / Farewell To The Good Times / Beauty And The Buzz / Shave The Cat / Johnny Volume / Luna De Miel / Horizontal
encore: Thought I'd Let You Know (w/ Burn Something Beautiful Children's Choir) / Always A Friend / Beauty And The Buzz
notes: Alejandro Escovedo & The Burn Something Beautiful Band (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch & John Moen, with Karla Manzur & Kelly Hogan on backing vocals.) This was a television recording for 'Austin City Limits', which was live streamed over the internet.

3-13 December 2016 - Destination: Universe!, Portland, OR
songs recorded: Slow It Goes / Falling Eyes / Camelot / Maybe More / Tell Me You Know / Moony / Don't (Please) Come Around Here / My Caved In Mind / Ghost Ghost Ghost / (I Will) Leave With You / Masterpiece (Wanna Die) / 23 (Years) / Furthest Blue / You Know I Gotta Reason
notes: Recording Sessions for Eyelids album 'OR', produced by Peter Buck. Peter recorded mandolin on 'Ghost Ghost Ghost'.

3 December 2016 - Rock 'N' Bowl, New Orleans, LA
set included: Ohio
notes: Bonerama show. Mike Mills joins on vocals on 'Ohio'.

5 December 2016 - Riverside Church, New York, NY
set:
Amy Goodman: Welcome Speech
Juan Gonzalez: Welcome Speech
Harry Belafonte: Speech
Tom Morello: Flesh Shapes The Day / This Land Is Your Land
Nermeen Shaikh: Noah Chumsky Introduction
Noah Chumsky: Speech
Goodman, Gonzalez, Belafonte & Chumsky: Discussion
Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan & Jesse Paris Smith: Peaceable Kingdom - People Have The Power / People Have The Power (w/ Michael Stipe)
Danny Glover: Speech
Amy Goodman: Thankyou Speech
Karen Ranucci: Goodbye Speech
notes: Democracy Now!'s 20th Anniversary Celebration. Michael Stipe joined Patti Smith on backing vocals on 'People Have The Power'.

8 December 2016 - CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
notes: Artist Talk - Michael Stipe & Rick Herron. Preceding the 'Mentors' Exhibition Opening, (of which Michael Stipe was participating in), Michael & curator Rick Herron participated in a conversation about Michael's role as an artist & experiences with art. As the exhibition showed works which reference or are inspired by their respective mentors, Michael picked John Giorno (known from one of the 'We All Go Back To Where We Belong' video versions). One of Michaels pieces was a video installation of the video, with Michael's actual vocal track that he used when filming the video with John Giorno & Kirsten Dunst, played in the gallery. Other pieces by Michael included his bronze cassettes & the 'Escape Hatch Case' book. The exhibition continued to 5 January 2017.

8 December 2016 - Whiskey a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA
support: The Pandoras
set: A Hazy Shade Of Winter / Live / Manic Monday / Restless / James / He's Got A Secret / Mary Street / I'm In Line / The Real World / Want You / Going Down To Liverpool / Silent Treatment / If She Knew What She Wants / September Gurls / Dover Beach / Open My Eyes / In Your Room / Hero Takes A Fall
encore 1: Walk Like An Egyptian / Pushin' Too Hard / How Is The Air Up There? / 7 And 7 Is
encore 2: Eternal Flame
notes: The Bangles show. Mike Mills joins on vocals & tambourine on 'September Gurls' & Fred Armisen on drums on 'Going Down To Liverpool'.

15 December 2016 - 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert', CBS, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY
other guests appearing: James Franco, Gad Elmaleh
set: It's The End Of The Year As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Television appearance by Michael Stipe on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' on CBS. Michael joined Stephen Colbert & James Franco, singing a modified version of 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), with lyrics about the events that happened in 2016. Michael later was interviewed by Stephen Colbert, discussing his last appearances on the show, what he's doing at present (music & visual), including his 'Escape Hatch Case' book; & the 25th anniversary reissue of 'Out Of Time'.

30 December 2016 - Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
set: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo - Gloria (Version) / Redondo Beach / Birdland / Free Money / Kimberly / Break It Up / Land: Horses - Land, Of A Thousand Dances - La Mer (De) - Gloria / Elegie / Astronomy / Jesus Is Just Alright / My Little Red Book / 7 And 7 Is / Happy Birthday To Patti Smith / Priviledge (Set Me Free) / Dancing Barefoot / Beneath The Southern Cross / Pissing In A River / People Have The Power (w/ Michael Stipe)
encore: My Generation
notes: Patti Smith show, with her band (Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan, Jackson Smith & Andy York) celebrating Patti's 70th Birthday. Michael joins Jesse Paris Smith & Karen Elson to sing Happy Birthday to Patti Smith with a birthday cake presentation & Michael (as well as Jesse Paris Smith & Karen Elson) joins Patti Smith on backing vocals on 'Power To The People'.

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