During a time when the band faced criticism for their massive Warner Brothers record contract and big expectations for radio ...

The band R.E.M. is helping raise money for the storm-stricken Bahamas by putting out a previously unreleased song that they recorded there. CLICK TO EXPAND: R.E.M. — bassist Mike Mills, singer Michael ...

Oscar nominee James Franco and Nowhere Boy director Sam Taylor-Wood are among the stars who have helmed short films based on songs from REM's new LP. NME reports that a wide-ranging group of artists ...

REM have announced the sale of a digital live EP ahead of the release of a full concert album later this year. The band digitally launch the four-track Reckoning Songs From The Olympia on July 7 and ...

Tribute concert “The Songs of Big Star” happend at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn on Sunday night (11/7). The ensemble included Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, R.E.M.‘s Mike Mills, Yo ...

With a hectic travel schedule this week, I’m going to turn over the dais to readers and get caught up with a few of the many letters I’ve received of late. First up, your views on the mergers ...

After Michael Stipe opens a gate to the abandoned Manhattan storefront that serves as his studio, you find a man easily traversing his past, present and future creative lives. He’s promoting a 25th ...

The track in question is the manically-paced It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), released in 1987 on the group’s Document album. Since the band didn’t print lyrics on the album ...

In the wake of the news that REM have called it quits, DiS reviews editor Andrzej Lukowski shares his thoughts on the band he fell in love with at the age of 15 and charts their glorious decline ...