So Who Leaked the David-Letterman-Is-Retiring News? It Looks Like It Was Mike Mills of REM
The Late Show is recorded in the late afternoon, so anything that happens on the show becomes public knowledge long before the program airs at 11:35pm ET. So when Dave dropped the retirement bomb late Thursday, there was no way it was going to stay a secret for more than, say, six seconds.
It just so happens that Mike Mills and Peter Buck–you remember them from REM, right?–were on the show backing up musical guest Joseph Arthur. When the Dave made the announcement, one of the first to tweet about it was Mills.
That was followed by this video:
http://youtu.be/X91IwhDWETg
And while we’re on the subject, here’s a list of the top ten musical performances on Letterman. Then again, it might be these five.
(Via Stereogum)
What a tool! He didn’t want to blow David’s news? Really? He figured that since the audience was full of people who might beat him to it, he may as well get the credit, and the attention? Well, if everyone else is going to spill the beans, he can be first? What a tool!