Starpulse — The list of musicians unhappy with politicians using their music is growing, and R.E.M. is the newest addition to that list. Only they are not complaining to a politician but to a whole network. F... more info

411 Mania — No one got permission... more info

Prefix — R.E.M. may be broken up, but that hasn't stopped the band from sending Fox News a cease-and-desist letter ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/rem-tells-fox-news-to-stop-using-losing-my-religio/68807/ more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It especially doesn't make sense when you realize that "Losing My Religion" isn't actually about abandoning your faith. More » Post from: Crushable more info

Brooklyn Vegan — R.E.M., who recently described "why President Obama's vision is essential to the notion of equality and democracy in America", posted the following note today:R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" was used in the Fox News coverage of the Democratic National ... more info

ContactMusic — R E M star Michael Stipe has blasted editors at Americas Fox News network for using the bands hit song Losing My Religion during its coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night 05Sep12 Bosses behind the TV chan... more info

Guardian Music — John Harris finds out why a magical band broke up"From the beginning," writes Tony Fletcher, "the Smiths sensed greatness, and to realise that greatness meant a refusal to accept confinement to the margins."The point is undeniably true, in so many wa... more info

ContactMusic — New Zealand band The Checks have split after almost 10 years together The rockers formed in early 2003 and found fame after Michael Stipe asked them to support R E M on tour in 2005 The Checks who also opened for acts including The Kille... more info

Guardian Music — Hirsute, heavy and homegrown, Reading festival gets underway with Deaf Havana, Future of the Left and Hadouken!And so to Reading and Leeds, the no-frills Big Gig in a Field that acts as the solo-squealing encore for the UK festival season. It sneers ... more info

Time — REM behavior disorder has been very mean to Mike Birbiglia. This violent form of sleepwalking, in which the sufferer acts out his dreams, once compelled Birbiglia to climb a chest of drawers and leap from it. Another night, at a La Quinta hotel in Wa... more info