Michael Stipe says R.E.M. is not getting back together

Sep 27, 2021

LONDON – JULY 02: (L to R) Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Peter Buck performs on stage at “Live 8 London” in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow and Johannesburg. The concerts precede the G8 summit (July 6-8) to raising awareness for MAKEpovertyHISTORY. (Photo by **Jo Hale**/**Getty Images**)

Despite it being R.E.M.‘s 40th anniversary this year, frontman Michael Stipe said the band — who split in 2011 — is done for good…

“We will never reunite. We decided when we split up that that would just be really tacky and probably money-grabbing, which might be the impetus for a lot of bands to get back together. We don’t really need that, and I’m really happy that we just have the legacy of the 32 years of work that we have.”

Source: NME

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