Tag archive for ‘R.E.M.’
R.E.M. Returns To Top With Accelerate
After more than 10 years of seeming to fade from relevance, R.E.M. returned to its rock roots and to the top tiers of the music charts with their new release “Accelerate.” The CD came in at number 2 on the Billboard charts in its first week of release, selling 115,000 copies. Their last release, [...]
R.E.M. Skips Radio
In yet the latest sign that the times are indeed changing, R.E.M. has announced that its new release, titled “Accelerate,” will bypass the traditional route of releasing a single to radio a few weeks in advance of the retail date, and will instead introduce the entire CD via the social networking application iLike. The [...]
R.E.M. announce release date
R.E.M. have somehow found time between releasing their first ever live album, and getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to sneak off to Ireland and record a follow up of new music to 2004’s “Around The Sun.” The new recording has been produced by Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol, Bloc party), and [...]
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