Near the end of the gig in R.E.M.’s hometown, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Bill Berry joined Shannon and Narducy for a performance of the Reckoning track “Pretty Persuasion.” Mike Mills completed ...

R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction (photo: Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images). R.E.M.’s original four members Michael Stipe, ...

Oscar nominee Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy will perform R.E.M.'s "Life's Rich Pageant" at the 40 Watt in February.

I grew up on the music of Athens, Georgia band R.E.M., so maybe I’m a little biased. They first blew up in the early ‘80s with the catchy song “Radio Free Europe” that was extremely popular around ...

R.E.M. is turning 45 years old this Saturday, which is a perfect time to take a trip to its hometown. Let's just say, you can get there from here. All it takes is the right frame of mind. You don't ...

The “I Believe” video was created by R.E.M.’s longtime art director, Chris Billheimer, a fellow native of Athens, Georgia. The black-and-white clip uses a stop-motion technique to show the lyrics of ...

“The song is written in Neil Young’s tuning – not that he owns it,” Buck told Melody Maker in 1992. “But the Es are tuned down to D, like in ‘Cinnamon Girl.’ I admit it; he’s the one I learned that ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...