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• Stars Turn out for Philip Glass' 75th Birthday

  02 Feb 2012

  Music legends Lou Reed, Michael Stipe and Paul Simon turned out in New York on Sunday night (29Jan12) to celebrate composer PHILIP GLASS' 75th birthday.

  

• Stipe Attacks Youtube Bosses Over Perfume Genius Video Ban

  27 Jan 2012

  Ex R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has waded into a new decency debate after a video promoting Perfume Genius' new album was pulled from YouTube.com.

  

• Michael Stipe Was Careful to Keep R.E.M. Split Off the Web

  28 Nov 2011

  Recentlyretired rockers R.E.M. fought to ensure their split remained a secret before their big announcement i...

  

• R.E.M. planned split since 2008

  25 Nov 2011

  R.E.M. had been planning their split since 2008, when they toured their 'Accelerator' album.

  

• Michael Stipe cured Snow Patrol writer's block

  04 Nov 2011

  Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has revealed REM's Michael Stipe gave him a ''boost of confidence'' to help him get over a spell of writer's block last October.

  

• Michael Stipe confirms R.E.M split

  03 Nov 2011

  Michael Stipe has confirmed that R.E.M. have no plans to ever return to the stage, insisting that ending the band was 'liberating'.