When a band writes and records a song about a famous person, and it becomes one of their signature hits, do we really need them to record a second song about the same person? In the case of R.E.M. and ...

There were few bands on the planet bigger than R.E.M. in the mid-Nineties. Their popularity grew every year in the Eighties before they went supernova the following decade thanks to hits like “Losing ...

The 20-track collection features protest songs and pro-democracy-themed tunes by a variety of artists. In addition to Stipe, the album includes recordings by Sierra Ferrell, Wilco, Tyler Childers, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

It's been 15 years since R.E.M. performed live, and 13 since the band broke up. "The thing that makes a band a band is the chemistry that occurs between the three or four people when they're standing ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

FILE - Michael Stipe, of the band R.E.M., center, speaks as he accepts the Video Vanguard award during the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sept. 7, 1995. Standing ...

Michael Stipe finally put to rest a nearly four-decade-long struggle to understand just what he's singing in R.E.M.'s 1987 song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Over the ...

Anthony Mason is a senior culture and senior national correspondent for CBS News. He has been a frequent contributor to "CBS Sunday Morning." Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the ...

We did not see this beef coming, but apparently R.E.M.'s Mike Mills has a bone to pick with pop singer and Wicked film star Ariana Grande and it's playing out in a new song called "My Cologne." Mills, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R.E.M. — Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, and Bill Berry — at the 2024 Songwriters Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. - Credit ...