R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Returns to The Simpsons for a Special Episode Featuring 'Everybody Kirks'

In the episode, Homer and Milhouse’s father, Kirk Van Houten, run into trouble after joining forces in a business. Stipe ...

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe makes cameo on 'The Simpsons'

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe made a cameo on Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons.The rocker sang a parody of the band’s classic Automatic For the People track “Everybody Hurts,” changed to "Everybody ...

R.E.M. Members Surprise Fans with Partical Reunion Performance in Athens, GA

The supergroup, featuring former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, was joined by his onetime bandmate Mike Mills for Drink the Sea’s cover of R.E.M.’s 1987 hit “The One I Love.” The band also includes ...
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Michael Stipe Goes ‘Out There’ for R.E.M.’s ‘The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite’

As R.E.M. were completing work on their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People, in the late spring of 1992, the quartet’s members grew concerned about the final track listing. For the most part ...
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35 years ago: The making of REM.’s breakthrough ‘Losing My Religion’

A decade in, these alt-rock darlings were suddenly actual pop stars. “This song is beloved around the world – it is,” Stipe later enthused. “It wasn’t our fault. It just happened – and it’s one of ...
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R.E.M.’s Original Lineup Just Performed Live Together For The First Time In Over 15 Years

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 ...