Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeR.E.M. fans, Michael Stipe doesn’t have encouraging news when it comes to ever seeing the seminal rock band ever together again.
In a new interview for New York public radio station WNYC, Stipe was clear about his take on the future — or lack thereof — for R.E.M.: “We will never reunite.”WNYC’s “All of It with Alison Stewart” featured Stipe on its Sept.
21 episode, which happened to coincide with the 10th anniversary of R.E.M.’s breakup, on Sept. 21, 2011. Why not take the route so many bands of yore have chosen — from KISS to Pavement to Swedish House Mafia?
Stipe told Stewart: “We decided when we split up that that would be really tacky and probably money grabbing, which might be the impetus for a.
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