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Michael Stipe Teams Up With Andrew Watt For Late Night Performance of ‘I Played The Fool’: Watch

Stipe and Watt performed “I Played the Fool,” the theme song for the new Steve Carrell HBO comedy "Rooster."

What happened

According to Billboard’s source item, Michael Stipe Teams Up With Andrew Watt For Late Night Performance of ‘I Played The Fool’: Watch, Stipe and Watt performed “I Played the Fool,” the theme song for the new Steve Carrell HBO comedy “Rooster.”

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Primary source: Michael Stipe Teams Up With Andrew Watt For Late Night Performance of ‘I Played The Fool’: Watch via Billboard. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.

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