R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe covers "The Man Who Sold The World" by David Bowie
31 March 2016, 14:17
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Laurence Day
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Michael Stipe, the frontman of R.E.M., has covered David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World".
The stripped-back rendition, featuring just Stipe, his beard, and a piano, was performed on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
Stipe will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall this weekend at the star-studded Bowie tribute concerts; the latter concert is being streamed live across the world via Skype.
Watch the cover below.
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