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It's been more than three years since R.E.M. went their separate ways and, up until last night, it had been that long since Michael Stipe had made his way back to a stage.

We've got your chance to win a massive vinyl box set full of R.E.M.'s earliest recordings with I.R.S.

"It was a typical Athens story," Bill Berry says in an old MTV interview. "Four guys meet at a party and want to play at other parties and drink beer and have fun."

R.E.M.'s entire catalog -- the I.R.S. albums, the Warner Bros. albums -- has been remastered and is now available on iTunes.

Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. unveiled their sixth studio effort, ‘Green,’ which included such well-known hits as ‘Pop Song 89,’ ‘Stand’ and ‘Orange Crush.’ The 1988 album gained worldwide acclaim and arguably became the defining record of their career. Now, the band has announced plans to release a special 25th anniversary edition of album, along with an exclusive live EP.

After more than 30 years together, during which time they rose from critical alternative-rock favorites to international pop superstars and eventually Rock and Roll Hall of Fame status, R.E.M. announced Wednesday they have “called it a day as a band.”

Have you taken a listen to R.E.M.'s new album 'Collapse Into Now'? It's out and we've got the review.

Download the Free Track "Discoverer" R.E.M. have announced that their upcoming new album, Collapse Into Now, will be released on March 8th, 2011, by Warner Bros. Records. They have also revealed that the album features a host of very special guests: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Peaches and Eddie Vedder and The Hidden Cameras frontman Joel Gibb.