R.E.M.’s fifteenth studio album, the twelve-song Jacknife Lee-produced Collapse Into Now, is due in early 2011. SPIN spoke with Mike Mills, who says it’ll have a more “expansive” sound than 2008’s Accelerate. Part of that expansion comes via guest spots from Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, and, of cou...

More details are coming out about the new R.E.M. album

'Collapse Into Now' will be released in early 2011

Patti Smith, Cyndi Lauper and Jackson Brown to honour late Beatle

Vedder, Smith, and Depp were in Little Rock, Arkansas last night for a benefit for the West Memphis 3, the three now-adults convicted of killing three children in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993, though most evidence (including recent DNA evidence) points elsewhere. Other performers included Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines, and Ben Harper....