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Singer-songwriter Michael Stipe has known Elton John for more than 35 years. In all that time, he had never once given Stipe’s personal phone number to anyone, especially a musician. Then he decided ...

Steve Carell‘s new HBO series Rooster premiered on Sunday night, and if you watched you may have recognized the voice behind the show’s theme song as former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. The song, ...

A new solo recording by R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is featured on an upcoming compilation titled Democracy Forward that will be released during the first week of July as a two-LP vinyl set. The ...

Michael Stipe has released his first new song in three years, "I Played The Fool," as the theme for HBO's new comedy series Rooster. The track, co-written with Andrew Watt, also features Josh ...

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 ...

Michael Stipe finally put to rest a nearly four-decade-long struggle to understand just what he’s singing in R.E.M.‘s 1987 song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” As fans of ...

Michael Stipe had an unexpected take on who could portray him in a potential biopic. The R.E.M. frontman appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colberton Thursday, April 23, and spoke with the host ...

Last night, Michael Stipe showed up on Stephen Colbert's Late Show with a sick beard. He sat down for a fun little interview and then performed a new unreleased song "The Rest Of Ever" for the first ...

On Saturday night, Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy took the stage at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Brooklyn Steel for the latest stop on their third-annual R.E.M. tribute tour. Just under a month into the ...

City Winery founder and CEO Michael Dorf‘s annual “The Music Of…” benefit show will celebrate Patti Smith on March 26 at Carnegie Hall, and the lineup has been announced. Rolling Stone reports that it ...