REM bolted out of the blocks with an instantly delectable and experimental sound, but which bands proved pivotal to them in their early days? Find out here.

Considering it’s the city responsible for launching bands including R.E.M., The B-52s, and Widespread Panic, it should come as no surprise that Athens is home to a new exhibit showcasing Georgia’s ...

ATHENS — The guitar draws people in ... There’s a music stand used by R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe. James Brown’s red velvet cape. Wigs and clothes worn by Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson of ...

State lawmakers have to face the unpleasant reality that the cost of home insurance — and subsequently ... Will Leitch writes that he really respects Michael Stipe and his bandmates for doing ...

With songs like “Drive” and “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M. used delicate instrumentation to say something powerful. But on the follow-up, Monster, the Athens, Georgia, band chose to get loud. However, for ...

Going onstage each night on a tour that took in arenas and then stadiums across the globe was an experience that Stipe described as “nerve-wracking” but he said at every show, by the third ...

Stipe has detailed his plan to take part in the 'Lights Out Meta' campaign from Jan. 19 – 26. By Tyler Jenke R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe has urged his social media followers to join him in a ...

Michael Stipe turned 65 right after New Year’s ... It will have been 14 years this March since R.E.M. — an Athens, Georgia, foursome that for a stretch of about five years in the 1990s ...

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is leading a boycott of Meta platforms, alleging they are promoting far right views. The tech company's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced changes to its ...

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe has encouraged people to boycott Facebook and Instagram over their role in “helping advance the far right in America”. The singer has called for people to log out from ...

Meanwhile R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe is taking a “break” from Instagram due to changes to the company’s fact-checking programme. The backlash towards social media continues after the weekend ...

Among them are Michael Stipe of R.E.M. (who already quit X last fall), Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s, and Carole King. King directed followers to her Bluesky account. It will be interesting to see ...