That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tickets are now available for the highly anticipated tour, which includes a stop in Denver on February 11, 2026. The tour ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Stipe attends Focus Features' "The Phoenician Scheme" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New ...

I had never done a tour before. Jason nudged me after the Murmur set in Chicago at Metro. Now it’s all I want to do. I’m happy this one is twice as long. The last one was too short. This music is ...

Not long after wrapping the tour in support of their debut, R.E.M. returned to the North Carolina studio where they made Murmur. With Don Dixon and Mitch Easter once again producing, the sessions for ...

On April 9, 1984, R.E.M. released Reckoning. The album’s first single, “So. Central Rain,” is a darker version of the Athens, Georgia, band’s jangly rock and roll. Though it’s now a classic song, it’s ...

What was R.E.M.? It depends on who you are. Outside of U2, the Athens, Ga., quartet was the biggest rock band on the planet in the 1990s. But for those who followed its early career as America’s most ...