Few bands break up as gracefully as R.E.M. The alt-rock band called it quits in September 2011, writing on their website, “We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of ...

Although R.E.M. broke up a decade ago, the Athens, Georgia, band’s music endures thanks in no small part to the deluxe 25th anniversary reissues that arrive with each passing year. In late October, ...

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 ...

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.'s most topical album yet just kept getting more intense. "Finest Worksong" opened Document by using the then-current economic situation in America as subtext. "Welcome to the Occupation" took ...

You've likely heard R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" hundreds or thousands of times in your lifetime and almost always naturally assumed it was an autobiographical tale penned by singer Michael Stipe.