A concert show honouring Patti Smith has been announced, with a line-up of performers that include Karen O, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon ... of the touchstones in my life”.

For rock fans of a certain age this may be hard to believe, but it’s been more than 40 years since R.E.M. scored their first Billboard Hot 100 hit with “Radio Free Europe.” The scrappy band from ...

Having played to tens of thousands of people all over the UK and Europe, and not least to Michael Stipe himself on the ... this timeless material played live with love and care.

Michael Stipe, legendary musician and founder of the band R.E.M., has spent the years following the close of his band’s monumental career exploring his first love, photography. In previous ...

As lead singer Michael ... his entire life and career into one encompassing cosmic jest. A perennial trickster, often mystifying, always captivating, he made an ideal subject for an REM song.

While any strong emotion can work as inspiration, bands used these songs to lob a few jabs back at their contemporaries.

Journalist Peter Ames Carlin has written about some of the biggest names in rock music: his bibliography includes works about ...

Guy Chambers, Beveley Knight, Graham Gouldman and Robin Gibb had the arduous task of choosing the winner of the competition ...

Jannik Sinner has opened up about how Michael ... live race. The first memory is of Schumacher. When he had his skiing accident, it was a huge blow for me. That episode made me realise that life ...

Michael Barrymore has moved to Spain for "a new life" after years of unanswered questions around the mystery death at his Essex home. Our exclusive pictures show him strolling around the town of ...

Boy George joined a who’s who of British and Irish hitmakers — from Sting, Bono and George Michael to Phil Collins ... World” and the Geldof-helmed Live Aid following in 1985.

“Tangled” is the latest Disney movie to get the live-action treatment ... “The Greatest Showman” filmmaker Michael Gracey is in talks to direct the film from a script by Jennifer Kaytin ...