A Moment To Remember For Michael

Michael Stipe of R.E.M., left, performs with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam after Vedder introduced R.E.M. "R.E.M.'s music is truly all-encompassing," said Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, who inducted them. "They used every color on the pallette, they invented colors on their own and they put up this huge mural of music and sound and emotion."

Stipe said his late grandmother once grabbed him by the arm and said what R.E.M. means to her is "remember every moment. And this is a moment I shall never forget."

Out of Athens, Ga., R.E.M. largely invented the college radio scene in the 1980s with songs like "Radio Free Europe," then became mainstream stars behind hits "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts." R.E.M performed again Monday with its original quartet, welcoming back drummer Bill Berry, who had left the band in 1997 after suffering an aneurysm onstage two years earlier. They tackled a couple of songs from R.E.M.'s early years: "Begin the Begin" and "Gardening at Night."

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M.C.'s For 2007's Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony Are

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder will help induct honorees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12.

Richards will induct The Ronettes, one week before jury selection begins in the murder trial of producer Phil Spector, who produced the group and was once married to lead singer Ronnie Bennett. Spector is accused of killing actress Lana Clarkson three yeas ago at his California mansion.

Vedder will induct rock band R.E.M. while other inductors will be Jay-Z for Grandmaster Flash, Velvet Revolver for Van Halen and Zach De La Rocha of Rage Against The Machine for Patti Smith. Aretha Franklin will sing as part of a tribute to late record mogul Ahmet Ertegun, the Atlantic Records co-founder who was instrumental in setting up the Hall of Fame.