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XFM has posted the final installment in their five part documentary on the band at XFM.co.uk. Please click here to view the interview.

We all fly back to the USA today after a stupendous, tour-ending, one-of-a-kind FREE concert in Athens, Greece, at the original Olympic Stadium, Kallimarmaron Panathinaiko (the “beautifully marbled”), last night. It’s truly hard to think of another setting which tops this one…the only stadium in the world built out

Blue Leach, R.E.M.’s mega-talented tour video director (you’ve seen the screens!), has directed a VIDEO for Man-Sized Wreath, the hard-charging third single from ACCELERATE. The live video was produced by Emer Patten of Splinter Films, longtime R.E.M. collaborator, who, among other things, previously worked with the band

On the way to Istanbul, so not much time to update today . . . Madrid was magical, the place LAS VENTAS (very Verona Arena-like in dimensions and shape and crowd, but okay maybe not quite as old!) is the premier bullring in Spain and quite a

R.E.M.’s show in Murcia, Spain, tonight coincided with drummer Bill Rieflin’s birthday, which was duly noted and celebrated on stage with a fabulous birthday cake garnished with drum sticks. Happy Birthday, Bill!

It’s hard to believe it, but the band’s European tour, which began back on July 2nd in Amsterdam, comes to a close Sunday following two shows in Spain this week and weekend shows in Istanbul, Turkey, and Athens, Greece. The first of the tour’s final four stops is Murcia,

A little slow getting going this morning since we were up til all hours watching Round One of the Presidential Debates– a good opportunity for both candidates to show their stuff. We scored it even– kidding! Check out Progressive Blog Digest and Memeorandum

Tonight the band plays its final show in Switzerland for this tour, with an appearance at Hallenstadion in Zurich, and if recent indications are any sign, it should be a fantastic show. The guys are playing better than ever and the setlist is still growing almost 60 shows into

Tonight the band plays its final show in Switzerland for this tour, with an appearance at Hallenstadion in Zurich, and if recent indications are any sign, it should be a fantastic show. The guys are playing better than ever and the setlist is still growing almost 60 shows into

MTV will celebrate the launch of its latest incarnation, MTV Greece, with a free concert in Athens at Kallimarmaro Panathinalko Stadium on October 5th. R.E.M. will headline the special “MTV GR Day” concert with support from the Kaiser Chiefs, Gabriella Cilmi, and C:Real. Doors are at 5:30PM and

XFM.co.uk has posted part three of their five-part documentary on the band. You can view the new episode as well as previous ones at XFM.co.uk.

Photo: Vivian Johnson

It has been an eventful week, with the rounding up of Peter’s guitar consuming many of us–when a commuter plane carrying Dewitt and the Beloved Rickenbacker, showed up early yesterday morning here in Luxembourg, the task was complete and we were ready for what promised to be a great show