Or at least they were there for a combination of the two. Shannon, guitarist Jason Narducy and a backing band performed R.E.M.’s 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction” in its entirety in Chicago in ...

REM's early career wasn't anywhere near as filled with success as their output in the late-1980s and '90s, but the band may not have existed if it was.

and the rest of the band aren’t aiming to be a facsimile of everyone’s favorite jangle-pop outfit from Athens, Ga. They’re just performers with a deep affection for the albums of R.E.M. and ...

It was just Michael Shannon and I doing this thing every 10 years where we play albums that we love, and this particular one ...

with tour drummers and studio musicians helping on later R.E.M. albums and concerts after Berry's departure. The band was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, with Berry ...

Berry exited the band in 1997 due to serious health problems, and after 14 years, the remaining members also decided to disband, having sold more than 90 million albums globally. Their chart ...

The performance included a rare collective cameo appearance from all four members of R.E.M. Still feeling the gravity of R.E.M.’s pull, Narducy, Shannon and band have worked up an encore tour ...