Michael Stipe just brought new music to late night. The R.E.M. frontman joined producer and musician Andrew Watt on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their new song “I Played the Fool,” backed by a few friends on stage. The collaboration pairs one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices with Watt, the Grammy-winning hitmaker who’s worked with everyone from the Rolling Stones to Ozzy Osbourne, and the result lands with the kind of melodic pull that’s defined Stipe’s best work.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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