REM – Radio Free Europe
We’re heading back to October 1983 for the first Letterman moment, as the baby-faced members of REM set foot onto the Late Show stage. It was their debut television appearance and Michael Stipe was so nervous that he simply refused to talk, handing over to Mike Mills and Peter Buck. 30 years later it would all come full circle with REM bassist, Mike Mills being the first to leak David Letterman’s retirement news.
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