With Neil Young celebrating his 80th birthday today (Nov. 12, 2025), the music world is reflecting on his incredible impact and influence throughout the decades. For many Gen Xers, Young was dubbed ...

The post Michael Stipe Reveals Correct Lyrics to R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” appeared first on Consequence. It only took 38 years, but Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has shared the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Michael Stipe, the former lead singer of R.E.M., is speaking at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia on Wednesday. Stipe is speaking as the 2025 Honoree for the McNair ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

Michael Stipe onstage with Mike Mills and Michael Shannon at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2024 (photo: Cameron Flaisch) On Feb. 27-28 at the 40 Watt Club in R.E.M.’s ancestral Athens, ...

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe celebrated his 66th birthday on Sunday, January 4. For 30 years, Stipe led the influential alternative-rock band from Athens, Georgia, which began as college-radio ...

Just four days after his surprise reunion with R.E.M. at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, Michael Stipe performed at the annual Tibet House benefit at New York’s Carnegie Hall on a packed bill ...

If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition. Since last year, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor has taken on an interesting new role: ...

Ahead of a new 25th anniversary reissue, the R.E.M. singer digs deep into the songs on the band's final album with drummer Bill Berry. I have a theory about R.E.M.'s tenth album, New Adventures In ...

As part of R.E.M., Stipe was one of the forefathers of what was once called "college rock," the alternative music played on college radio stations throughout the country. The success of "Radio Free ...