Stipe played six-song set as support to Patti Smith...

REM reveal how they wrote and recorded their 1987 breakthrough track “The One I Love” in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2015 and out now.

Frontman gives interview to US TV Show CBS This Morning...

The clip is from the band's forthcoming DVD compilation...

Set due on December 8...

The former REM frontman wrote: "I am proud to be who I am"...

Yoko Ono celebrated her 80th birthday last night by playing a one-off Yoko Ono Plastic Band gig.

Courtney Love and REM's Michael Stipe have collaborated on a track for Johnny Depp's forthcoming album of sea shanties – listen to it below. The track, titled 'Rio Grande', will appear on the pirate-themed album 'Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys', which is set for release on February 18. The album is being put together by Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and producer Hal Willner and follows their similar 2006 effort, 'Rogue's Gallery'.

Uncut presents REM: The Ultimate Music Guide. In the wake of their split, we celebrate the greatest American rock band of the past 30 years.

REM guitarist Peter Buck is currently working on his debut solo album, according to his friend Scott McCaughey.