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2009

REM's Michael Stipe declares T In The Park a 'different kind of challenge'

Watch tonight's (July 13) headliner speaking exclusively to NME.COM

Michael Stipe – frontman of REM, who are set to headline the T In The Park festival tonight (July 13) – has spoken exclusively to NME.COM just hours before his band's set.

Stipe spoke about the challenge playing to festival crowds poses, how much he enjoys playing songs such as 'Losing My Religion', his love for Holy Fuck and The Zutons and his plans for his own band's the future.

Watch the exclusive REM video on the NME festival blog now. Or click below.

Keep up with all the action from T In The Park and Oxegen Festival this weekend (July 11-13) as it happens on NME.COM.

For news, pictures and blogs keep checking the NME.COM's T In The Park and Oxegen pages.

Plus make sure you get next week's issue of NME – on UK newsstands from July 16 – for the ultimate T In The Park and Oxegen Festival review.

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