R.E.M. News

During a performance in Paris on Monday, Smith injured his right arm, tearing his bicep.

If Weird Al spoofed REM's "Losing My Religion" with a tribute to Bernard Madoff, and if the classic Jewish lyrical satirist was completely tone deaf, he might sing a song like the one above .

REM have announced the sale of a digital live EP ahead of the release of a full concert album later this year.

Scott McCaughey w/ Eugene Mirman @ The Bell House Bassists/guitarist Scott McCaughey and guitarist/bassist Peter Buck collaborate quite a bit.

Four-song EP will give fans a taste of upcoming 2-CD live album. From the e-mail press release grab bag: " R.E.M. will release a live digital EP, entitled 'Reckoning Songs From The Olympia,' through iTunes and all digital service providers on July 7." The EP features live versions of four songs -- from the classic album "Reckoning" -- that were ...

June 23, 2009 R.E.M. R.E.M. has announced a new two-disc set, Live From The Olympia , due out in October.

Throughout AthFest, you can escape the heat and standing-room-only crowds and duck into the cool, dark climes of a movie theater - and still get your fill of music.

Vic Chesnutt got a wakeup call from R.E.M.'S Michael Stipe. Vic Chesnutt experiences moments of epiphany like you and I eat breakfast.

R.E.M. is readying a new double CD, Live From The Olympia that is slated for release this October.

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The Broadway House site in Wimbledon is being redeveloped by Durkan Group and launched under the name Chorus.

THE MINUS 5, a Rock Collective Featuring Members of R.E.M. and the Posies to Appear at UNION COUNTY MUSICFEST 2009 By County of Union 6/23/2009 The Minus 5, a rock group founded in 1993 by underground pop icon Scott McCaughey, was created as pop/rock collective with the intent of using different lineups with each new record.

Chicagoan Dave Reidy jammed with a "hobby" band right after college at Notre Dame, and he took Suzuki method violin lessons for many years as a kid.

Going bald hit R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe hard. An intensely shy individual, in the early days his floppy fringe gave him... Georgia Theatre burns to the ground The Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA has been gutted in a fire which ripped through the building in the early hours of this morning .

The fire started in the historic Georgia Theatre on Lumpkin Street in Downtown Athens Friday morning.

During their current North American summer tour, Aerosmith is performing their classic album Toys In The Attic live from front to back, along with an array of Aerosmith hits.

The CD/DVD set consisting of live tracks and performance footage from their Love On The Inside Tour will be sold exclusively at Walmart and www.walmart.com. Filmed in high-definition in Lexington, Kentucky by director Shaun Silva with 20 cameras, the duo's live show comes to life on the DVD with 16 songs and over an hour of live performance ...

The Pacific Northwest can boast a good deal about its influence on popular music.

Atlanta-based Regent Partners, LLC, the developer of Sovereign, a 635-foot 50-story mixed-use tower on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, recently unveiled 20 new pieces of art designed and created by internationally acclaimed artist Todd Murphy, the building's curator.

Life's Rich Pageant R.E.M. In the long series of R.E.M.'s evolution, this album showcases their ability to capture on tape what had been happening in the live for years: heartfelt, sweat-filled performances that just Wolfmother Wolfmother Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges.