Chicago Tribune — R.E.M. broke up Wednesday, with an exit nearly as modest as its entrance. more info

Sky News — Grammy-winning US rock group REM have announced they are to split after more than 30 years together where they sold millions of records. more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- No surprise, with the word that former "indie rockers" R.E.M., known to many as "America's Best Rock & Roll Band", have announced today that they're ending their run and will "call it a day" after 30+ years of... more info

Altsounds — Today, REM have announced to their fans that they have called it a day. After 31 years of making music that have touched many people over the world, the band personally thank their friends, their much loved fans and their co- conspirators for their ... more info

NME — The band have announced they're quitting after 31 years and 15 albums more info

Mercury News, California — R.E.M., one of the most popular and influential U.S. rock bands of the past 30 years, announced Wednesday it is calling it quits. Vote: Is R.E.M. the greatest rock band ever from America? more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — R.E.M., the Southern rock band hailing from Athens, Georgia, announced Wednesday morning on its website that the band is calling it quits after 31 years in the business and 15 albums. more info

VH1 Blog — R.E.M.‘s first single “Radio Free Europe” came out less than a month before MTV’s first broadcast, and since then their videos have been by turns innovative, fun, and artistic, in ways that were often uncommon at the time but totally normaliz... more info

Guardian Music — We have lost one of the most influential rock bands of the past 30 years, says Dave SimpsonREM's split is one of those announcements that will leave fans absolutely stunned, and yet, as the dust settles, it has probably been brewing for some time. In... more info

KEXP Seattle — After 31 years of working together, Athens band R.E.M. has announced on their website that the band is no more: “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 band. We walk aw... more info