Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Announce Tour Covering R.E.M.’s Document For Its 40th Anniversary

At this point, it's an annual tradition: The acclaimed, intense, Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon heads out on tour with his indie rocker buddy Jason Narducy, and they pay tribute to a different classic IRS Records-era R.E.M. album. Actual members of R.E.M. sometimes join them. A couple of times, this has led to unofficial R.E.M. reunions. In the past few years. Shannon and Narducy have taken Murmur, Fables Of The Reconstruction, and Lifes Rich Pageant on tour. They'll hit the road again in 2027, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Document.Document is R.E.M.'s fifth album, and it was their last for IRS before making the jump to Warner Bros. It was the first R.E.M. album to go platinum, and it gave them their first true crossover pop hit in the form of the widely misunderstood singalong "The One I Love." Document is also the R.E.M. record with "Finest Worksong" and "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." At their shows, Shannon and Narducy end up playing tons of R.E.M. songs, so they presumably won't limit themselves to Document, but that's still a record worth saluting.When Shannon and Narducy hit the road, they'll play with a band that includes Mountain ...