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R.E.M. broke up

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  • GD274660GD274660 Posts: 514
    I feel fine.
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  • cippociappocippociappo Posts: 692
    This sucks :(

    I've loved the last two albums.
    Makes me ache, makes me shake...
    ...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    At least they knew when to call it a day. I wish U2 would think about taking a long break.
    Bono said they're going to take a break.
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  • PJ212PJ212 Posts: 822
    World half crushed... My two favorite bands have been REM & Pearl Jam since I was 12.
    2000: CLT, Greensboro, 2003: MSG 1 & 2, 2008: MSG 1 & 2, 2009: LA 2 & 3, 2011: Vancouver, 2012: Missoula, 2013: Wrigley, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Voodoo, SD, LA 1 & 2, OAK, PDX, Vancouver, SEA, 2014: Cincy, ACL1, Tulsa, Lincoln, Memphis, Moline, St. Paul, MKE, DEN, Bridge 1 & 2, 2015: GCF, Mexico City, 2016: FLL, MIA, TPA, Greenville, Hampton, Columbia, MSG 1 & 2, Bonnaroo, Telluride, Fenway 1 & 2, Wrigley 1 & 2, 2017: ROHF, 2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Wrigley 1 2021: SHN, Ohana 2 & 3, 2022: LA 1 & 2, PHX, OAK 1 & 2, Fresno, MSG, BNA, B&B, STL, OKC, DEN, 2023: MSP 1 & 2, CHI 1 & 2, DFW 2, AUS 1 & 2, 2024: Vancouver 1 & 2, LV 1 & 2, SEA 1 & 2
  • The RockThe Rock Posts: 1,439
    This is sad news indeed :(

    However, it's kinda nice that they called it a day on their own terms with no falling out or any hostility. They just collectively decided they've given enough and it's time to move on. I suppose there's no better way for a band to end.

    Collapse Into Now is such a fantastic record, it's a shame we'll get no more. I feel lucky to have seen them twice, in 2005 and then in 2008. The latter show absolutely blew my mind.
    2006: London Astoria, Lisbon I & II, Paris, Verona, Milano
    2007: Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009: Manchester
    2010: Belfast, Berlin
    2012: Manchester I & II
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes
    2018: Amsterdam I, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, London
    2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
  • Paulina87Paulina87 Poland Posts: 3,303
    What?! :(
    They were soooo good live
    Damn :evil:
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    loveontwolegs wrote:
    One of the greatest shows I have ever been to. Very sad to hear.
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    :cry:

    Thanks for all the great music. Maybe Ed will pay hommage to them tonight by throwing in an REM tag.
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
  • dottlesdottles Posts: 9,176
    :(
    Very sad to hear tbh, glad it seems to be a consensus decision though
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • embraceembrace Posts: 849
    :( and I woke up singing "hello I saw you, I know you, I knew you...I think I can remember your name"
    got a car...got some gas...oh let's get out of here-get out of here fast...
    I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
    I want to go but I want to go with you.

    Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. -MT

    I've had enough, said enough, felt enough. I'm fine, still in it.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    :cry: Thank You R.E.M. for getting me through the late 80's.
  • William WallaceWilliam Wallace Posts: 553
    One of the greatest bands.
    Ever.

    Thanks for many great live shows and some of the best songs / albums in music history!
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,092
    Desperately miserable news

    Fuck that's depressing.

    :(
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    This is quite the bummer.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Well ain't that a son of a bitch. I feel like I've just been kicked in the nuts.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Their best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA57Pafq_NU
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Well ain't that a son of a bitch. I feel like I've just been kicked in the nuts.

    +1 I've got that horrible end of an era feeling going on. dammit.....
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I hate to hear this. I started liking R.E.M. before Pearl Jam, but I must admit I haven't kept up with them since the 90's. I loved New Adventures In Hi-Fi, but haven't cared for any of their output since. I still haven't listened to Collapse Into Now, even though I bought it 5 months ago.

    So, while I haven't been following them closely, it was always good to know they were out there, and I had always planned on seeing them live one day. But I guess I missed out. If I had actually kept up with them over the past 15 years instead of just listening to their 80's and 90's stuff I would probably be more crushed.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • little_wishlittle_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    That's such a shame to hear this news, wish it wasn't true...
    20-04-2006 04-09-2006 05-09-2006 11-09-2006 16-09-2006 17-09-2006 18-06-2007 21-06-2007 26-06-2007 28-06-2007 17-08-2009 20-05-2010 21-05-2010

    "The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I'm seeing Pearl Jam in Calgary tonight. $20 says they play an R.E.M. tune.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,541
    Sad news. Collapse Into now is a great album and I was looking forward to more like that in the future, but I guess their decision not to tour in support of it should have been a red flag.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,889
    Thank you for Automatic for the People, part of the amazing treasure trove of early 90s albums.

    I have plenty of time to catch up on the back catalog now, of a band I've never listened to enough (aside from the album noted above).
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  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    thats bad news, but the good point i guess is that it seem it was a group decision and not a nasty bust up.

    gone but never forgotten.
    Glasgow cathouse-1992-2-23, San diego sports arena-1995-11-06 & 07, Glasgow secc-2000-06-03, Tampa st petes times forum-2003-04-13, London O2 arena-2009-08-18, Belfast odyssey arena-2010-06-23.Leeds 2014 - 07-08
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    "It's been a bad day..."

    Well I guess we now know who officially is the greatest American rock band that's still kickin' it! ;)
  • bobasfeetbobasfeet Posts: 1,163
    So torn up about this and I just know Ed is a little sad too.
  • loveontwolegsloveontwolegs Posts: 501
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    "It's been a bad day..."

    Well I guess we now know who officially is the greatest American rock band that's still kickin' it! ;)


    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers??
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Big bummer. I hane't followed them so much in the last few years but LOVE Automatic for the People, never saw them live & so :cry::cry::cry:
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    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    damn.
    too bad
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    To be completely honest, I never even considered this to be possible. R.E.M. just seemed to me like a band that would be forever, or until one of them passed.

    This is sad news, and for me personally even more sad as I was hoping to one day be able to see them live. :cry:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    direwolf74 wrote:
    I'm seeing Pearl Jam in Calgary tonight. $20 says they play an R.E.M. tune.

    I would not bet against that. :)
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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