R.E.M. News

R.E.M. packages 2007 Dublin shows on new album

Aug 25, 2009 8:09 pm PDT

R.E.M.'s "working rehearsals" in Ireland for the band's most recent studio album, 2008's "Accelerate," are the subject of the group's new live album, "R.E.M. Live at the Olympia," which comes out October 27. The two-disc...

Big Star reaches for "Sky" with boxed set

Jun 4, 2009 9:00 pm PDT

Four discs' worth of unreleased demos, alternate takes, rarities and live cuts are on tap for fans of cult rock act Big Star later this year. On September 15, Rhino will release "Keep an Eye on the Sky," a collection of 98 tracks cull...

R.E.M.'s Buck Short a Guitar; Reward Offered

Sep 10, 2008 8:00 am PDT

It's not the end of the world as we know it, but it could be the end of an era. R.E.M. announced today that someone made off with founding member Peter Buck's signature Rickenbacker guitar immediately following their Tuesday night...

Buck, Poehler help indie label celebrate 20 years

Aug 25, 2008 1:00 pm PDT

Peter Buck of R.E.M., "SNL" star Amy Poehler and novelist Jonathan Lethem are among the curators of a limited-edition series of CDs that will mark the 20th anniversary of North Carolina independent label Merge Records. SCORE!, a subsc...

R.E.M. debuts new video clip at concert

Jun 20, 2008 9:00 am PDT

Michael Stipe thinks the music video is a "dead medium" — but the R.E.M. singer still wants the band's songs to be accompanied by some kind of visuals. So instead of hiring a top video director to create a clip for their new song "Ma...