Shannon and Narducy Plan R.E.M. Document Tour

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy are returning to the R.E.M. catalog for the 40th anniversary of Document. The new tour will begin February 3 at Summit Music Hall in Denver and end May 15 at the National in Richmond, Va. The tour will also return to R.E.M.’s hometown of Athens, Ga., for shows at 40 Watt Club on May 8 and 10.

Jon Wurster will play drums, John Stirratt will play bass, Dag Juhlin will play guitar and Vijay Tellis-Nayak will play keyboards on the tour. Mike Mills and Peter Buck joined Shannon and Narducy at shows in Athens, while Michael Stipe sang two songs at the Brooklyn show.

The project developed from Shannon and Narducy’s 2023 performance of Murmur at Chicago’s Metro. It later became a touring series covering Murmur, Fables of the Reconstruction, Life’s Rich Pageant and Document. Shannon says Document was the album that introduced him to R.E.M., while Narducy says his connection to the album dates to his youth and that it was the first R.E.M. recording he bought. He says he was immediately taken by the opening track, Finest Worksong.

Shannon and Narducy have been performing complete albums by artists they love at Chicago clubs for 13 years. Tickets for the Document shows will go on sale Friday, October 2.