MIchael Stipe will be signing copies of R.E.M.: Hello at McNally Robinson (52 Prince Street). Here's the details.......

June 15th, 2008. 6pm David Belisle, photographer of R.E.M: Hello (Chronicle) with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

Over the past six years, photographer David Belisle traveled with the band R.E.M., and captured their on- and off-stage lives with unprecedented access. His new book R.E.M: Hello has 175 color and black and white photographs, with handwritten captions by the band and an introduction by Michael Stipe. Belisle will appear with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe for this exclusive book signing. Please note: this event is a signing only, not a reading. Only copies of the book purchased at McNally Robinson will be signed.

R.E.M. plays Jones Beach on June 14th and Madison Square Garden on June 19th........