Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s ‘Life's Rich Pageant’

Today, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends are thrilled to announce an Autumn 2026 UK tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s iconic album, Lifes Rich Pageant. After the pairʼs rapturously received run earlier this year honouring the bandʼs famed 1985 album Fables of the Reconstruction, which saw the four original members of R.E.M. join Shannon & Narducy on-stage at their two shows in Athens GA in the US, the Lifes Rich Pageant UK tour will take Shannon & Narducy to stops in Bristol, Brighton, London, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

Kicking off Tuesday Sept 1st at Bristol's Thekla, the tour will see Shannon & Narducy—alongside Jon Wurster (drums), John Stirratt (bass), Dag Juhlin (guitar), and Vijay Tellis-Nayak (keyboards)—playing Lifes Rich Pageant in full each night in addition to many other beloved R.E.M. classics.