WE ARE HERE WITH MICHAEL STIPE, OUR DEAR FRIEND.

MICHAEL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION, WHEN TOM YORK WAS HERE

RECENTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW HIM, HE WAS ON THE SHOW.

>> I DID SEE HIM.

>> Stephen: I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS FAVORITE REM SONG IS.

MICHAEL STIPE, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIOHEAD SONG?

>> THE SONG I WOULD COVER, PYRAMID SONG, HANDS DOWN.

>> Stephen: THERE IT IS.

( APPLAUSE ) >> TOM IS AN ARTIST HIMSELF.

HE.

>> Stephen: HE CAME ON AND PLAYED A SONG.

>> TRAFFIC.

THAT WOULD BE MY TOM YORK SONG.

>> Stephen: YOU WOULD DO THAT SONG?

>> I WOULD COVER PYRAMID SONG.

>> Stephen: YOU SHOULD PUT GET TOGETHER.

>> PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WRITE SOMETHING.

( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: INCREDIBLE.

YOU'VE GOT TWO NEW SINGLES OUT WHICH IS YOUR FIRST SOLO MUSIC

SINCE REM BROKE UP.

WHY NOT?

WHY WAS NOW THE TIME FOR YOU TO DO THIS MUSIC?

>> I WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE GROUP EXTINCTION REBELLION WHO HAD A

BIG WORLDWIDE EVENT IN EARLY OCTOBER AND I HAD THESE SONGS I

RECORDED AND I COMPOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I WAS EXCITED TO

GET BACK INTO MUSIC.

IT'S LIKE SCRATCHING AN ITCH OR BREATHING.

IT FEELS GOOD AND NATURAL AND RIGHT AND I LOVE MY VOICE, AND,

SO, I DECIDED TO RELEASE THAT FIRST SINGLE AND GIVE ALL THE

PROCEEDS TO EXTINCTION REBELLION FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND I'VE

JUST RELEASED A SECOND SINGLE CALLED "DRIVE TO THE OCEAN" ON

MY 60th BIRTHDAY WHICH WAS JANUARY 4th.

I'M 60 NOW.

>> Stephen: HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: YOU CAN LISTEN TO

"YOUR CAPRICIOUS SOUL" AND "DRIVE TO THE OCEAN" ON ALL

STREAMING SERVICES, AND HIS BOOK "OUR INTERFERENCE TIMES" IS

AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW.

MICHAEL STIPE, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.