Few bands break up as gracefully as R.E.M. The alt-rock band called it quits in September 2011, writing on their website, “We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of ...

On August 24, 1982, R.E.M. released their debut EP, “Chronic Town.” Even today, it’s difficult to categorize the five-song release: Bookended by the ringing, yearning “Wolves, Lower” and the ...

R.E.M. may not be there when you want them. But the band finds a way to pop up exactly when they are needed. Whether that entails helping fans to emotionally cope with a global pandemic or other ...

Will R.E.M. get together again? It's been a year since the four founding members of the Athens-based band reunited on stage for a song, "Pretty Persuasion", at the 40-Watt with Michael Shannon and ...

The song was ready. Everything was there: Bass, drums, extra percussion and a smattering of guitars. The country-rock track, recorded over numerous sessions, was ready to appear on R.E.M.’s new album.

Michael Stipe was dirty, when I first saw him. His band, R.E.M., was playing in Piedmont Park, in Atlanta, with another band called Pylon. Both bands were from Athens, though not yet famously so. They ...

When R.E.M. broke up in 2011, guitarist Peter Buck stayed quiet about the split. It wasn't that the decision he made with with bandmates singer Michael Stipe and bassist Mike Mills was something he… ...

R.E.M. have shared a new benefit EP titled Radio Free Europe 2025. The five-track project includes a new remix of the band’s 1981 debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” reworked by producer and longtime R ...

For Record Store Day today, R.E.M. is releasing a limited-edition four-LP collection, “Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions.” Recorded a decade apart, the two shows have striking differences ...