Michael Stipe has revealed his first new music since REM split in 2011.
Stipe has soundtracked a film called The Cold Lands, which is directed by his friend Tom Gilroy. "This is, in fact, the first thing that I’ve done musically since REM disbanded. So, of course, I wanted it to be for something that meant a lot to me. That was important... I knew I wasn’t going to sing, so that made it easier," said Stipe to
Ahead of the release of R.E.M. Unplugged 1991 & 2001 - The Complete Sessions, we're delighted to carry this exclusive clip of the band playing "The One I Love" from their 2001 appearance on MTV's Unplugged programme.
The two CD box set and digital download is released on May 19 and is available to pre-order here.
R.E.M's Peter Buck and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney are recording with Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic, it has been revealed.
It was recently announced that Buck and Tucker had formed the band Super-Earth alongside guitarist Scott McCaughey (Minus 5), drummer Bill Rieflin (Swans, Ministry) and guitarist Kurt Bloch. That line-up of the band made their live debut in Portland last week (April 30).
Mike Mills has revealed that there are "zero plans" for an R.E.M. reunion.
Speaking to Rolling Stone ahead of the 25th anniversary re-release of the band's Green album, Mills admitted, "We said we're done and we're done. If we honestly thought there was a chance of a reunion tour, we might have said so at the time."
R.E.M. broke up in September 2011, six months after the release of their fifteenth studio album, Collapse Into Now.
R.E.M. has announced the September 24th release of an expanded 25th Anniversary Edition of the band’s 1987 album, Document.
The new edition features the digitally remastered original album, plus a previously unreleased 1987 concert from R.E.M.’s “Work” tour. The commemorative release also adds new liner notes, with the 2CD package presented in a lift-top box with four postcards. On the same date, the remastered original album will be reissued by Mobile Fidelity on 180-gram vinyl.
The tracklisting for R.E.M.: Document (25th Anniversary Edition) is:
