E! Online — Quick! Get yourself into the fetal position in a darkened room and put "Everybody Hurts" on a loop: R.E.M. has officially called time on being a band. Michael Stipe & Co.... more info

The Telegraph — Legendary band members release statement saying "as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day". more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Today's a pretty sad day for music: seminal band R.E.M. has announced their breakup. Michael Stipe and his crew have been around since 1981, and in that time they've released 15 studio albums. People often say that R.E.M. fans are very intense, devot... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Legendary alternative-rock band R.E.M. is calling it quits, according to a statement just posted on their official website. “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a ba... more info

ContactMusic — R E M have split up The legendary Man on the Moon rockers have announced they are to part ways after 31 years and 15 albums together A statement on their website reads To our Fans and Friends As R E M and as lifelong friends and co-co... more info

ContactMusic — Rock icons R E M have split after 31 years together Frontman Michael Stipe guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills announced the news on the bands website on Wednesday 21Sep11 Their statement reads To our Fans and Friends As R E M and... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band R.E.M said they had decided to "call it a day" after more than 30 years of making music together in a posting on Wednesday on the group's official website. more info

Pop Crunch — The end of the world as we know it? After three years in the “bidness,” rockers R.E.M. say they’re “calling it a day.” The band — which includes bassist Mike [...] more info

Detroit Free Press — The end of the road has come for R.E.M., the band that led the indie-rock revolution and helped transform the modern music landscape. more info

Stereogum — For reasons presumably unrelated to Michael Stipe’s dick flicks, R.E.M. more info