How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared
Every generation has their “our childhood heroes are how old now?” moment — jaws surely dropped when Rita Hayworth turned 65, ...
Michael Stipe calls for Meta social media boycott
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is leading a boycott of Meta platforms, alleging they are promoting far right views. The tech ...
Michael Stipe on the “psychic energy” it required to play stadium-sized shows with R.E.M. every night
It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game ...
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe calls for Facebook and Instagram blackout in protest against advance of American far right
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe has encouraged people to boycott Facebook and Instagram over their role in “helping advance the far right in America”.
How distortion, chaos and a world gone mad shaped R.E.M.’s game-changing album Document album
On 1988’s Document album, ‘the thinking person’s rock band’ ditched the jangling guitars for distortion, power chords and arena rock singles ...
‘The Name of This Band is R.E.M.’ Review: Indie Rock’s Georgia Pioneers
A low-key quartet from a southern college town, R.E.M. didn’t look like the type to blaze a whole new path for pop music.
10,000 Maniacs’ Dennis Drew On Band’s Early Years With Natalie Merchant
Believe it or not the alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs has been around for four decades. Here we look back at the early ...
I got a breezy message from author Neil Gaiman's babysitter - then a trail of horror unfolded. The sordid things women told me he did to them are profoundly disturbi…
SOME stories take time. It's been over a year since the author Neil Gaiman's nanny, Scarlett, then 22, contacted me via ...
Was 1975 the fourth best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?
Given how many outstanding albums were released in 1975, how can any respectable music critic claim it was an inferior year ...
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One of world’s most valuable guitars takes star turn at new Athens arena
One of the world's most valuable guitars is included in a music collection on display in Athens, Georgia at Akins Ford Arena.
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Dana White insists ‘nothing is holding up’ Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall after shutting down $30million rumor
Following Joe Rogan's claim that Jon Jones is insisting on a $30m payday to fight Tom Aspinall, Dana White has insisted ...