Jason Isbell and Michael Stipe - in his first public live appearance in five years - performed a set of music together Friday at a Pittsburgh fundraiser for the Harris-Walz campaign, with the duo playing R.E.M. songs that Stipe hadn't sung since before the band's breakup.
The singers were introduced by Second Gentleman and noted music fan Doug Emhoff, who welcomed the pair to the Schenley Plaza stage. "So honored and just geeking out, nerding out and geeking out that I'm about to introduce Michael Stipe and Jason Isbell," Kamala Harris' husband said.