EW Michael Stipe played a very vocal part in the Vote for Change Tour.
Having Their Sway EW rates the Vote for Change tour -- Here are the musical highlights and lowlights of the star-studded swing state tour staged to encourage people to vote in the presidential election. Number of References to Bush or Need to Oust Bush Other than Michael Stipe's Kerry T-shirt, the music did most of the talking, with an emphasis on songs heavy on social commentary, from R.E.M.'s ''World Leader Pretend'' to Springsteen's ''Lost in the Flood'' and Bright Eyes' life-during-wartime tune ''Trees Get Wheeled Away.''