R.E.M. Reunited, Inducted
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R.E.M. may have lost their religion, but at least for one night   they regained their drummer.
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Country star Vince Gill, singer and humorist Mel Tillis and television and radio personality Ralph Emery were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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When R.E.M. went into the studio last  year to record its 15th album, the influential rock band didn't  set out to make political statements or tributes to Sept. 11  victims, but a recent first listen to "Around the Sun" revealed  that is exactly what they did.
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Irish rockers U2 and legendary R &amp;B group The O&#39;Jays are among the five acts to join this year&#39;s class in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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It was just like old days -- except for the absence of booze and cigarettes -- as former Faces members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Ian McLagan reunited in a rare on-stage performance during Stewart's concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday.
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Pop star Madonna, folk rock singer songwriter Leonard Cohen, rock hit John Mellencamp, pop group The Dave Clark Five and instrumental rockers The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
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By Paul Cole, Amardeep Bassey, Simon Cole, Jack Daniels & David Brookes  WIN the new REM rock retrospective - on CD, DVD and t-shirt!   That's the Preview pop prize offer for all fans of Michael Stipe & Co.
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The Statler Brothers, the Winans, Phil Keaggy, Larnelle Harris and Joe Moscheo will be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the hall announced Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Multiplatinum  alternative rockers R.E.M. have partnered with MySpace.com to  preview their new album beginning today. This represents the  first such initiative involving a social networking portal.
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The original members of 1980s glam metal band Motley Crue, famous for their wild lifestyle and songs like Smokin&#39; in the Boys&#39; Room and Girls, Girls, Girls, has announced a reunion tour.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy  Sledge, and the O'Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll  Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held  March 14 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's shaping up to be a banner week   for the original four members of R.E.M., who have reconvened to   rehearse for a three-song performance at their Saturday   induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
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The newest members of the Country Hall of Fame are Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, the Statler Brothers and the late Ernest "Pop" Stoneman.
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The band R.E. M. releases its 13th major album, "Around the Sun" Tuesday -- but for hundreds of thousands of fans, there's no suspense. They've already listened to the entire album for free on the Internet, and with the band's label's encouragement. -The Washington Post
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Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet from 1980s group Yazoo are to get back together for the first time in more than 25 years.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R.E.M. hopes to get up close and  personal with fans by staging its most intimate North American  tour in 15 years.
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Irish rockers U2 are set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Organisers announced yesterday (13.12.04) the band - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - will be honoured at the prestigious event in March, in New York.