REM

Peter Buck's R.E.M. release panic

Music Gossip

14 Nov 2011

Peter Buck used to "panic" every time R.E.M. released an album. The guitarist - whose group announced in September they were to disband after 31 years - admits he has always been "driven and ambitious" and is constantly striving to make "great" new…

Michael Stipe won't go solo

Music Gossip

28 Oct 2011

Michael Stipe's R.E.M. bandmate does not expect him to launch a solo career. The 'Everybody Hurts' group announced last month that they are to separate after 31 years together but bassist Mike Mills thinks the singer will concentrate on other…

REM's geek pride

Celebrity Gossip

26 Jul 2008

REM are proud to be geeks. The band's frontman Michael Stipe is happy he and his bandmates are not considered cool. He said: "We are always going to be an imperfect, weird and geeky outfit. We were that way to begin with and, to a large degree…

Rock of Ages

3 Jul 2008

In a bid end that long-standing argument about just how old that guy from The Prodigy really is, Josie Balfour digs out the birth certificates of those appearing at T in the Park.

T Break 2008 line up announced

5 Jun 2008

16 new and unsigned bands will be performing at the T in the Park music festival at Balado on the 11th, 12th and 13th July. The bands, selected from 48 acts playing in the qualifying heat gigs held in Edinburgh and Glasgow earlier this year, now…

REM - Accelerate

10 Apr 2008

ROCK (Warners) Returns to form don’t come much better or more surprising. Written off as an increasingly irrelevant force this millennium (particularly following 2004’s mediocre Around the Sun), REM now breeze in with a startlingly youthful record.

REM's prehistoric company

Celebrity Gossip

27 Mar 2008

REM take dinosaurs on tour so they don't get lonely. The US rockers have revealed they always keep plastic figures of the extinct giant reptiles with them for moral support. Guitarist Peter Buck said: "We travel all the time and it's nice to have…

T in the Park line-up

28 Feb 2008

This year’s T in the Park line-up features seasoned acts such as Rage Against The Machine, The Verve, REM, Stereophonics, Prodigy and Chemical Brothers alongside more recent success stories The Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, and Glastonbury headliners Kings…

REM, The Verve and Rage Against the Machine top T in the Park bill

15 Feb 2008

REM, The Verve and Rage Against the Machine have been announced as the headliners for this year’s T in the Park according to Rage Against the Machine’s official website www.ratm.com. The festival, now in its 14th year, will play host to tens of…

Music DVD Round-Up

15 Nov 2007

Oasis show their capacity to entertain remains undiminished on Lord Don’t Slow Me Down (Sony) ••• which follows Noel and Co round the world on the tour to support Don’t Believe the Truth. More accurately it shows the relentlessness and tedium of touring…

REM announce live album

28 Aug 2007

REM are to release their first ever live album. The two-CD, one-DVD collection having been was recorded at the The Point in Dublin in February 2005. The band, from Atlanta, Georgia, are currently working on their new studio album.