“Early on, just to put food on the table, we had to write songs as fast as we could.” It doesn’t look like a reunion is on ...

Michael Stipe’s group released 'Accelerate', a record explicitly pitched as a back-to-basics guitar record but he had one favourite song.

REM performed 'Pretty Persuasion' during a concert held at 40 Watt in their hometown Athens, Georgia. Watch the moment here.