R.E.M. Post Two Videos For Brand-New Song

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and co-director Dominic DeJoseph (who has directed previous films for R.E.M.) recruited actress Kirsten Dunst to star in one of the videos for “We All Go Back To Where We Belong.” Dunst is a Golden Globe-nominated performer who has starred in such movies as Sophia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Eternal Sunshine [...]

R.E.M. Calls It a Day

(ATHENS, GA) – Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe announced today, “As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band.” “During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective; we started to ask ourselves ‘what next?’,” commented Mike Mills. [...]

R.E.M. Premiere New Video

R.E.M. premiered the video for “Every Day Is Yours To Win” on the YouTube homepage today, a video composed entirely of footage from YouTube. As a bonus, lead singer Michael Stipe and the video’s co-director Jim McKay have posted an intro video featuring a list of their favorite YouTube clips. The “Every Day Is Yours To Win” video [...]

R.E.M. Announce Street Date for Upcoming Album

(BURBANK, CA) – R.E.M. have announced that Warner Bros. Records will release their upcoming new album, Collapse Into Now, on March 8th, 2011. The full-track-listing, which was revealed on R.E.M.’s official website on November 25th, is below. Yesterday, a free download of “Discoverer” was made available to fans that signed up for R.E.M.’s email list [...]

R.E.M. Announce New Album Title

(Burbank, CA) – Best-selling rock band R.E.M. have revealed that the title of their 15th studio album will be Collapse Into Now. The album will be released in Spring 2011 by Warner Bros. Records. BBC Radio 6 broke the news on its Twitter feed after R.E.M.’s manager Bertis Downs revealed the title at the In [...]

R.E.M. Complete Recording 15th Studio Album

(Burbank, CA) – R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills have just finished recording their 15th studio album, which will be released in Spring 2011 by Warner Bros. Records. The band has re-teamed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee, who produced R.E.M.’s acclaimed previous album Accelerate. He is also noted for [...]

R.E.M. Launches iPhone/iPod Touch Application

(Burbank, CA) – As part of its ongoing desire to give fans multiple ways to hear their music in the digital age, R.E.M. have launched a new iPhone/iPod Touch application that will be available to users free of charge. R.E.M. iPhone is the official app that enables fans to stay up-to-date on all the latest [...]

R.E.M. Presents Nationwide Sneak Preview Screenings Of Concert Documentary

(Burbank, CA) – Warner Bros. Records and R.E.M. have teamed up with theatrical distributor Cinema Purgatorio to present a series of sneak preview screenings of the band’s concert documentary This Is Not A Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin. The 60-minute film, which includes concert and backstage footage shot at the Irish capital’s Olympia [...]

R.E.M. To Release Brand-New Double Live Album

(BURBANK, CA) – R.E.M. will release a brand-new double live album, entitled R.E.M. Live At The Olympia on October 27th, 2009 on Warner Bros. Records. The two-CD set, produced by Jacknife Lee, features 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s “working rehearsals” at Dublin’s fabled Olympia club during which singer Michael Stipe, [...]

R.E.M. to Release Live Digital EP 'Reckoning Songs from the Olympia'

(BURBANK, CA) – R.E.M. will release a live digital EP, entitled Reckoning Songs From The Olympia, through iTunes and all digital service providers on July 7th, 2009. The EP features live versions of four songs from the band’s beloved second album Reckoning that were recorded during R.E.M.’s “working rehearsals” at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre in July [...]