
R.E.M's Michael Stipe gives blessing for ant species to be named after late friend Charles Ayers
The new ant species has been named after Stipe's late friend Charles 'Jeremy' Ayers

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe criticises Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: "That platform allowed Trump a voice"
“It’s so upsetting to me"

The best songs from the 'Deutschland 89' trilogy – TV's most underrated soundtrack
Rave it up Berlin-style with these Euro-bangers from telly's best German-language thriller

Watch Rick Astley rock out to The Strokes and Slipknot classics
He's also shared a cover of R.E.M.'s 'The One I Love' on TikTok

R.E.M. mark MLK Day with video of Michael Stipe reading Martin Luther King's 'Strength To Love'
The frontman reads directly from the 1963 collection of King sermons in the clip

Michael Stipe shares fresh insight into his upcoming new solo album
“I can’t play an instrument, so that makes composing for me that much more thrilling"

What do Donald Trump and Joe Biden's election campaign songs tell us about them?
Let's try and make sense of this

‘Song Exploder’ podcast to debut as Netflix documentary series
To be released globally on October 2

Michael Stipe labels Donald Trump a "sack of lies" and calls for better Covid-19 strategies
He claims Trump only became president because he was a reality star

Soundtrack Of My Life: Russell Howard
Motor-mouthed comedian and Hamilton Leithauser stan