A rare solo outing sees him deliver 'The Man Who Sold The World' on The Tonight Show

In a rare solo performance since leaving the band, former REM frontman Michael Stipe took to the stage on The Tonight Show to deliver a beautiful cover of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World. Check it out below.

Now, complete with a thick beard after REM split in 2011, Stipe is set to perform at a Bowie tribute concert in New York this week - where he will sing as well as deliver a poem he penned in honour of the Thin White Duke following his death.

Ahead of the event, Stipe performed a beautiful, tender and piano-led cover of Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' - exposing the bare bones and tenderness that lay at the heart of the track.

Stipe will be performing alongside the likes of Blondie, Mumford & Sons, Patti Smith, Pixies, Cat Power, Debbie Harry and The Roots across two Bowie tribute shows at Carnegie Hall on Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April, at two shows that will be streamed online.

Fallon meanwhile, recently unveiled a cover of 'Life On Mars' with Coldplay's Chris Martin, ahead of unheard 1970 Bowie demo 'To Be Love' appearing online.

Glastonbury are also set to honour Bowie by screening his classic full set from Glasto 2000 in full at the festival.