R.E.M. wanted to rock. The delicate, intricate sounds on 1991's Out of Time all but guaranteed that their next album would be bolder, rougher and louder. “We wrote fast songs. But it’s funny: Fast ...

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 ...

Ahead of being inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, R.E.M. vowed that they would never reunite. “It’d never be as good,” Peter Buck said. They must have meant a full-blown reunion, with a new ...

In an interview with 'CBS Mornings', the band opened up about why it would take "a comet" for them to get back together CBS Mornings/YouTube R.E.M. doesn't want to overstay their welcome. In an ...

R.E.M. only played "Shiny Happy People" twice, despite the fact that the song was a Top 10 hit across the board.

Earlier this month, former R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe reiterated to 99X’s Steve Barnes that the band has no plans to reunite for any reason. But that doesn’t stop the Athens-based band from ...

R.E.M. band members (L-R) Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2024 induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York ...

R.E.M. co-founder Bill Berry says he wouldn’t have wanted to make his new album earlier in his career. He’s heard playing drums on The Power and the Glory, the debut LP from the Bad Ends, for which he ...

Michael Shannon has been a big R.E.M. fan for a long time. The actor has been taking that to the next level lately, as he and veteran musician Jason Narducy are in the midst of an R.E.M. tribute tour ...