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Michael Stipe performed his new song on the Kimmel stage
Michael Stipe performed 'I Played The Fool' with Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The song is the theme music for the Rooster series...
Michael Stipe performed 'I Played The Fool' live on the Jimmy Kimmel Live stage together with Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer. The former R.E.M. lead singer presented this new song, released after three years, to the television audience.
The track was released in March as the theme music for the HBO Original series Rooster. It is known that the series is created by Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and stars Steve Carell.
Highlights
- Michael Stipe performed 'I Played The Fool' live on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
- He was accompanied on stage by Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer.
- The song was released in March as the theme track for the HBO series Rooster.
- Travis Barker from Blink-182 played drums on Stipe's studio recording.
- This performance was the stage version of Stipe's first new work in three years.
The live performance lineup attracted attention
Chad Smith played drums during the show, while Klinghoffer switched to keyboards. The guitarist lineup also included Troy Van Leeuwen and Chris Chaney. The performance stood out with its energetic tempo and Stipe's distinctive vocals.
This stage was noted as one of the first major television appearances related to Stipe's new solo era. The artist had previously introduced his second new song, 'The Rest Of Ever,' on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April.
New album preparation continues
Stipe had previously announced that his first solo album is expected to be released within this year. He said he has been working on the album for several years and is making the final touches.
Describing the sound world of the album, the artist expressed that one of the songs sounds like "the voice of a tree hearing itself for the first time." In the same explanation, he also shared that the sound of a tree recorded in his garden in Georgia inspired him.
Among Stipe's solo singles are the 2019 'Your Capricious Soul,' the following year's 'Drive To The Ocean,' and 'No Time For Love Like Now,' released with Aaron Dessner's Big Red Machine project.
Maintains connection with R.E.M.
It is noted that Stipe maintains good relations with his former R.E.M. bandmates Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry. The group members reunited when they were inducted together into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the summer of 2024.
Earlier this year, Stipe also appeared as a guest at one of Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy's Lifes Rich Pageant tour concerts in Brooklyn. That night, performances of R.E.M.'s 'These Days' and 'The Great Beyond' were delivered. A year earlier, he had sung 'Pretty Persuasion' with the same group.
Context: 'I Played The Fool' was released in March as Stipe's first new song in three years and quickly brought expectations about the artist's solo era back into focus.
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