News — R.E.M.

Today, Hootie & The Blowfish released an Amazon Original cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music.   Listen To “Losing My Religion” only on Amazon Music: amzn.to/Hootie   "When we were cutting our teeth as a band, almost every night fans would hear us on stage covering R.E.M.," shares Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker from his home in South Carolina. "'Losing My Religion' is a song that when you first listen to it, you can feel the struggle, the back-and-forth. Plus, Peter Buck wrote the song on mandolin, and being...

Happy Anniversary R.E.M!   It was 40 years ago this weekend (April 5, 1980) when the band played their first show at an abandoned church on Oconee Street in Athens for a friend's birthday party. Thanks to these great photos from Sandra-Lee Phipps, we can get a glimpse of what it was like on that momentous occasion. Were you there? Share your memories of what R.E.M. has meant to you during the last four decades on our social media pages on April 5.   Bill Rieflin: 1960-2020  It is with heavy hearts we acknowledge the death of our dear friend and...