17:27 on September 22 2011
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January 1980 - September 2011
Here are the 111 Best Songs By R.E.M.:
Country Feedback (Out of Tim...
more info 00:16 on September 22 2011
Guardian Music — One of the world's most significant rock bands have announced they are splitting after 30 years
more info 00:36 on September 22 2011
ContactMusic — Rockers from The Strokes and The Futureheads are leading tributes to R E M after the band announced its splitting after 31 years together on Wednesday 21Sep11 Michael Sti...
more info 08:07 on September 22 2011
MTV.co.uk News — US rockers R.E.M. have announced they are splitting up after 31 years together.Michael Stipe and Co confirmed the news on their official website yesterday, leaving fans o...
more info 06:34 on September 22 2011
Gigwise — Remembering the band's legacy...
more info 11:40 on September 22 2011
BBC 6 Music — Band say "the time just feels right"
more info 12:24 on September 22 2011
Guardian Music — REM boasted a mix of commercial reach and off-the-wall creativity – few artists pull off such a delicate balancing actLongevity can be cruel. If REM had parted ways aft...
more info 12:29 on September 22 2011
NME — NME.COM users are saddened by the trio ending their 31-year career
more info 14:46 on September 22 2011
Guardian Music — Following the band's split, let us know your highlights from their 30 year career - and vote for your favourite REM albumAdam Boult
more info 11:27 on September 22 2011
Gigwise — They react to news of band's split...
more info 18:41 on September 21 2011
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 a...
more info 21:58 on September 22 2011
Guardian Music — Some will say that REM's breakup is long overdue – but we should remember the great contributions they made to rock musicThere were, predictably, those who observed tha...
more info 01:48 on September 23 2011
Culture Bully — A cut from New Adventures in Hi-Fi as performed by the band and Thom Yorke at the '98 Tibetan Freedom Concert.
more info 14:05 on September 23 2011
Stereogum — R.E.M. is no more, but the insanely influential band still has a few things left to share with us. As Consequence Of Sound points out, R.E.M. will release a new greatest-...
more info 15:23 on September 23 2011
NME — 'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982 – 2011' is set to feature new tracks from final recording sessions
more info 16:10 on September 23 2011
Pop Candy — Whitney Matheson lays it all out there in open letter to Stipe and company.
more info 21:50 on September 23 2011
Perez Hilton — Good news for all the devastated fans out there!
Following the news of the break-up, R.E.M. has decided to release a greatest hits compilation.
The album, Part Lies, Pa...
more info 23:32 on September 23 2011
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With Michael Stipe’s poetic, often cryptic lyrics and Peter Buck’s ringing guitar lines, REM leaves behind a legacy of radio hits, sleeper favorites, aged chestnuts, ...
more info 08:38 on September 24 2011
Gigwise — Set to feature new tracks...
more info 19:57 on September 21 2011
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 stunn...
more info 17:18 on September 21 2011
The Quietus — Stipe & co no more
more info 14:07 on September 21 2011
Gigwise — Michael Stipe and co part ways...
more info 18:40 on September 21 2011
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...
more info 18:38 on September 21 2011
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 Wednesda...
more info 18:46 on September 21 2011
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 rele...
more info 19:23 on September 21 2011
Guardian Music — The group of childhood friends once hailed for taking indie music into the mainstream are to split after three decadesFor three decades, R.E.M. were considered one of the...
more info 19:18 on September 21 2011
CNN Showbiz — It's the end of the R.E.M. as we know them and they feel fine, according to a statement from the group posted online Wednesday.
more info 18:46 on September 21 2011
The Telegraph — Legendary band members release statement saying "as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day".
more info 19:03 on September 21 2011
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 & C...
more info 17:56 on September 21 2011
Stereogum — For reasons presumably unrelated to Michael Stipe’s dick flicks, R.E.M.
more info 20:34 on September 21 2011
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 a...
more info 20:37 on September 21 2011
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.
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more info 21:04 on September 21 2011
NME — The band have announced they're quitting after 31 years and 15 albums
more info 21:31 on September 21 2011
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 22:09 on September 21 2011
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Statement: "We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished."Statement: "We walk away with a great sense of gra...
more info 21:50 on September 21 2011
Perez Hilton — Oh boy!
We really hope this isn't the real reason why R.E.M. broke up!
Poppa Bear Michael Stipe posted a video of himself on his Tumblr exposing his peen for all the worl...
more info 22:10 on September 21 2011
Chicago Tribune — On the day of R.E.M.'s break-up , a quick guide to the group's essential albums:
more info 23:06 on September 21 2011
Guardian Music — How best to remember REM? A true fan checks out YouTubeOn Wednesday night, the band who made me love music broke up. R.E.M. were a band that transported me – and many o...
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