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Members of REM, Yo La Tengo, dB's & more played "The Songs of Big Star" in Brooklyn (pics, video, setlist)

In addition to the songs of Big Star and Chris Bell, the tribute show also had Mike Mills singing REM’s “Don’t Go Back to Rockville.“

'The Songs of Big Star' on BV presale (password here); Chris Bell Big Star book in the shop

“The Songs of Big Star” concert features Big Star drummer Jody Stephens and members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, The Posies, The dB’s and more.

Mems of REM, Yo La Tengo & more playing orchestral Big Star tribute concert in Brooklyn (BV presale)

Members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, The Posies, The dB’s and more will be part of an “The Songs of Big Star,” a “one of a kind acoustic, orchestrated” tribute concert at Brooklyn’s…

Kurt Vile has a new Tom Scharpling-directed video, playing Big Star tribute w/ Sharon Van Etten & others after 4Knots (dates)

Kurt Vile at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) Kurt Vile released his new album, Wakin On A Pretty Daze, this past April. It’s a fantastic double album which takes the style he perfected on 2011’s Smoke Ring For My Halo to new, ambitious heights without ever overdoing it or dragging…