ContactMusic — Former R E M star Mike Mills is convinced singer Michael Stipe will shun offers to record a solo album in favour of a career in sculpture and photography The Everybody Hurts hitmakers stunned fans last month Sep11 by announcing they were splitting up... more info

NME — Band post the promo for their farewell single online more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s greatest-hits collection Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982- 2011 arrives next month, and it features the new single “We All Go Back To Where We Belong,” which the band recorded just before breaking up. The band has n... more info

E! Online — Kirsten Dunst has certainly perfected the pixie-like, ethereal actress thing—The Virgin Suicides or Melancholia, anyone? Now, she's using her charming superpowers in a... more info

411 Mania — Will Lil Wayne really retire when he hits 35? Are we interested in Lady Gaga's Born This Way remix album? Is REM's last single a fitting finale for the band? Could Mylo Xyloto be Coldplay's best album? 411's David Hayter and Tony Acero debate the... more info

411 Mania — He got a text message... more info

NME — Singer reveals friendship with REM frontman and hails Georgia band's influence more info

411 Mania — Check out "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"... more info

Perez Hilton — This is a moment. Take it in. After over 30 years together, R.E.M. has decided to go their separate ways and just a few weeks ago, announced that the band was splitting up for good. Now, we have a first listen to the last single ever to be released f... more info

Time — "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" sounds like a song about a failed romance. Or a band's breakup. Probably both. more info