R.E.M. gave a rare live performance on Thursday night, playing their 1984 song "Pretty Persuasion" at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens, Georgia. The last time R.E.M. performed together was ...

R.E.M. surprised fans recently with a rare live performance in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, February 27. The band kicked off a stunning set at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown, and they whipped out ...

Less than a day after bassist Mike Mills declared it would take “a comet” for the four founding members of R.E.M. to play together again, the quartet took to the stage for a surprise performance ...

In a recent interview with “CBS Mornings,” R.E.M. joked that it would take a “comet” and “super glue” for them to get back together. The interview, the quartet’s first in 30 years, aired hours ahead ...

Ahead of being inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, R.E.M. vowed that they would never reunite. “It’d never be as good,” Peter Buck said. They must have meant a full-blown reunion, with a new ...

It’s been 17 years since all four founding members of R.E.M.—Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills—played together in public, a rarity ever since drummer Berry departed the group in ...

R.E.M. just keep reuniting. Thursday night, Feb. 27, the band that has repeatedly insisted they'll never do a full-fledged reunion, took the stage at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia to perform ...

“Writing songs and having a catalog of work that we’re all proud of — that is out there for the rest of the world for the rest of time — is hands-down the most important aspect of what we did,” said ...

Unreleased recordings by R.E.M., MJ Lenderman, the War on Drugs, Feist, Waxahatchee, and more than 100 other artists make up a newly released benefit compilation, Cardinals at the Window. Proceeds ...