Guardian Music — Fans increasingly opting to buy albums as downloads, but overall music sales drop more than 11% in third quarterBritish music fans are increasingly opting to buy their albums as digital downloads, but overall sales declined in the third quarter.The m... more info

Starpulse — After R.E.M. ignited the blogosphere on September 21st with the news that they had decided to "call it a day as a band" via a statement on their website, the beloved band have announced that the... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - THE HUMANS, brainchild of actress/singer Toyah Willcox (wife of Robert Fripp) are an innovative, three-piece, contemporary rock band comprising Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin (ex R.E.M.) and Chris Wong. The group brings together three lifet... more info

ContactMusic — Radiohead paid tribute to R E M in New York last night 28 09 11 The Reckoner groups frontman Thom Yorke played the first verse of The One I Love by the US indie group - who announced their split last week - partway through their first set i... more info

NME — Oxford band covered 'The One I Love' at Roseland Ballroom more info

Guardian Music — We run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info

ContactMusic — Much has been written in the past few days regarding Rems split after 31 years and 15 albums While the majority of tributes and retrospectives have looked at their musical influence there is another legacy that the band has left for many people in th... more info

ContactMusic — R E M will release three final tracks The band announced they were splitting up after 31 years together last week but will release the last tracks they recorded together alongside a greatest hits package The songs We All Go Back To Where... more info

Perez Hilton — Like the rest of their fans, Coldplay's Chris Martin was beyond upset to hear R.E.M. had called it quits last week. So to show how much the band meant to him and the band, they covered Everybody Hurts during their stop in Atlanta on Saturday. Check o... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It was with great sadness that we brought you news of R.E.M.'s breakup last week, and it's with great ambivalence that we now bring you Coldplay's cover of "Everybody Hurts." Chris Martin and his gang performed the song at a show in Georgia, the stat... more info