That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Stipe attends Focus Features' "The Phoenician Scheme" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New ...

NEW YORK — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn’t sound like a typical R.E.M. album. “Up,” the band’s 11th album, which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging ...

In Athens, Georgia, the home of R.E.M., there’s a diner called Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods with a sign that reads: “Automatic for the People.” R.E.M. named their eighth studio album after this ...