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Michael Stipe and Patti Smith Play San Francisco

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Michael Stipe and Patti Smith Play San Francisco

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Michael Stipe has definitely been laying low in the last couple of years since the breakup of R.E.M. He made a quick appearance with Chris Martin at the Concert For Sandy Relief in 2012 and just four other short sets, rarely longer than five or six songs, since that time.

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