R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Brings Stunning David Bowie Cover to 'Fallon': Watch

Thursday and Friday will mark two classy, sold-out New York City concerts in memory of the late, great Ziggy Stardust. The Music of David Bowie will hit Carnegie Hall on March 31 and Radio City Music Hall on April 1. For a little taste of what to expect, R.E.M. frontman/new beard legend/Instagram master Michael Stipe hit The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

His choice was one we haven't really seen making the tribute rounds since Bowie's Jan. 10 death, as he sprung for the 1970 song "The Man Who Sold the World." Stipe also took a very different approach to the title track of Bowie's third album, opting to sing over a melancholy piano.