Review: R.E.M. lives on via Hollywood actor and other familiar faces at First Avenue
He’s performed Samuel Beckett on Broadway and memorized scripts for Oscar-nominated movies and Emmy-winning TV shows. So it ...
Denis Leary shares the story about meeting R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe: “I hate ‘Shiny Happy People’ too”
Eisen asked Leary if he was originally asked to star in the video for the single ‘Shiny Happy People’.
Retired rock band R.E.M. makes surprise reunion to perform classic hit
This legendary alternative rock band has only had two public performances since it officially retired in 2011.
Michael Stipe rules out a R.E.M. reunion
Michael Stipe dismisses any possibility of R.E.M. reunion as he attends the New York premiere of “Black Bag.” Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
“None of us would be alive”: Michael Stipe on the record that would have killed REM
REM's early career wasn't anywhere near as filled with success as their output in the late-1980s and '90s, but the band may not have existed if it was.
Local music journalist explores R.E.M's unique path to stardom in new biography
From college rock phenoms in the '80s, R.E.M became global superstars in the '90s — and they did it all on their own terms.
Michael Shannon channels Michael Stipe at passionate R.E.M. tribute concert in Milwaukee
Oscar-nominated actor Shannon and guitarist Jason Narducy jammed with Bob Mould Band, Superchunk and Wilco members at Turner Hall Ballroom Thursday.
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The R.E.M. Lyric That Shows Mercy for the Underdog
Fall on Me,” an incredible track from R.E.M.'s classic 1986 album Life’s Rich Pageant, finds them somewhere in the middle of their development. The song combines a bit more accessibility within the ...