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.

Eisen asked Leary if he was originally asked to star in the video for the single ‘Shiny Happy People’.

Following an ultra-rare, impromptu full-band reunion of R.E.M. ‘s original four members last month in Athens, Ga., as part of ...

Michael Stipe’s group released 'Accelerate', a record explicitly pitched as a back-to-basics guitar record but he had one favourite song.

Final Straw” from Around the Sun and “Bad Day,” a track orignally written during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and later released on the band’s 2003 compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, ...

Guests at Athens’ 40 Watt Club were in for quite the treat Thursday night.

Guitarist Peter Buck, drummer Bill Berry, bassist Mike Mills and lead singer Michael Stipe took the stage with the tribute band Thursday in Athens to give fans a pleasant surprise. This was the ...

The Tibet House Benefit returned to Carnegie Hall for its 38th annual edition on Monday night (3/3), celebrating the Year of ...

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.

During the brief but electrifying set, R.E.M. performed their 1984 classic Pretty Persuasion. Stipe handled lead vocals, Berry played tambourine, Mills contributed backing vocals, and Buck delivered ...

Michael Shannon, center, and Jason Narducy led an all-star band through R.E.M.'s "Fables of the Reconstruction" at First Avenue on Wednesday. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

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 ...