R.E.M. TO APPEAR ON THE TODAY SHOW APRIL FOOLS DAY


The band will appear on the Today Show next Tuesday, April 1st, the same day ACCELERATE is released in North America. The guys are scheduled to play two songs, one at 8:45AM and the second at 9:45AM. This is no April Fools Day joke…

For more information about air times

ROCKLINE APPEARANCE ON MONDAY!


Peter, Mike, and Michael will be the featured guests on Rockline, the nationally syndicated radio show with host Bob Coburn, on Monday March 31 at 11:30PM ET/8:30PM ET. You can call to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).

For a station near you and for information about the

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iTunage


As promised, here is the final postcard for the day as the band closes out their whirlwind tour of London. The rain poured on Regent Street as the lucky fans lined up outside the Apple store. Inside, the guys prepared the setlist on a stage so small that it reminded

COLBERT REPORT GUEST APPEARANCE NEXT WEEK!


The band may or may not get the chance to go mano-a-mano with Stephen Colbert, after all, it wouldn’t be fair since they outnumber him 3 to 1, but R.E.M. will most certainly be on the CR next Wednesday, April 2nd, the day after the domestic release of ACCELERATE.

BBC BREAKFAST SHOW SEGMENT THURSDAY


Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning to catch a segment on the band on the BBC Breakfast show Thursday AM. For more information about the program schedule, please click HERE

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POSTCARD FROM LONDON VIA CHRONICTOWN


For those of us not fortunate enough to be at the RAH show in London last night, there was a great back up plan for punters from afar: the fantastic live stream of the show brought to you by the good people at BBC RADIO 2

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POSTCARD FROM LONDON-TOWN


The spring day dawned crisp and clear this morning in central London, but it is now flurrying snow, so our mid-winter’s promo-tour continues after a rare and welcome day “off” here in the capital a week before ACCELERATE is finally released (not counting the iLIKE.com stream that

BBC RADIO WEBCAST UPDATE


For those of you following the action from London’s Royal Albert Hall today from home, the Radio 2 webcast goes live around 5:30 EDT HERE.

An archive page will be up from around 6:30 ET tonight HERE while the 6 Radio interview Steve Lamacq conducted

LISTEN TO ACCELERATE ON ILIKE.COM


ACCELERATE premieres tomorrow, March 25th, one week before its street date, on iLIKE.com. The record will be streaming for an entire week, from March 25-March 31, so be sure to visit iLIKE.com and have a listen…

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NINE DAYS OF NINETY NIGHTS TO GO


It’s night 81 of NINETYNIGHTS.COM which means that ACCELERATE is a mere 9 days from release. R.E.M.’s 14th studio record continues to rack up impressive reviews in papers and magazines everywhere. With so many reviews and interviews to choose from, we’ve rounded up a

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FRIDAY ROUNDUP FROM LONDON


The band arrives this weekend in London for Monday’s big show at the Royal Albert Hall after a concert earlier this week at the Rolling Stone Club in Milan for an invited audience that included R.E.M. Fan Club members. While in London, R.E.M. will also play a set at