R.E.M. by Planet 8

Valencia’s indie faithful are about to get a shot of Athens, Georgia magic. On Friday, October 25, Sala Moon hosts R.E.M. by Planet 8, a tribute that doesn’t just play the hits—they channel the restless, jangly soul of one of alt-rock’s most quietly revolutionary bands.

Planet 8 aren’t weekend warriors in college-rock cosplay. They’ve carved a name across Spain for the way they inhabit both the early IRS-era clatter and the stadium-sized glow of the Warner years. Expect the chiming guitars of Murmur, the shadowy drama of Automatic for the People, and enough Monster crunch to rattle the room’s vintage mirrors.

Valencia’s Moon is the perfect crucible: a low-ceilinged sweatbox where “Radio Free Europe” can still sound like a manifesto and “Losing My Religion” hits like a hymn for the disenchanted. If you ever wondered what it felt like to be there when R.E.M. rewired rock from the inside out, this is the closest you’ll get without a time machine.

PLANET EIGHT is a trio formed by Òscar Briz (vocals, guitar), Sílvia Martí (drums, vocals) and Xavier Alaman (electric bass) who interprets a repertoire of Anglo-Saxon pop and alternative rock from the 1980s. For lovers of the genre, an unbeatable repertoire for the breadth and depth of it, interpreted with total professional solvency by a trio praised for the sonic wall they are able to produce and the fidelity to the original sound of the time in their versions.

Òscar Briz is a song author with an extensive diskography behind him and numerous prestigious awards, as well as a music lover and great connoisseur of large plots of pop and historical rock.

Xavier Alaman and Silvia Martí have been part of his live band, for almost two decades the first and a little less the second. The two have worked for other soloists and musicians (Ximo Tébar, Alberto Tarín, OnaNua, Mo Antón, Pau Viguer, etc.) both in album recordings and live.

Don’t sleep—tickets are already buzzing through the local scene. Grab one, lean into the feedback, and let Planet 8 remind you why Stipe & co. made the underground feel infinite.

Tickets available from: Moving Tickets