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  Mar 10, 06:30 PM

  R.E.M. Launching New Album On iLike

  

  ...Forget the traditional radio premiere: R.E.M.'s new album, "Accelerate," is set to debut on the social networking application iLike.
  
  The roll-out, the first of its kind for a major act, will allow fans to stream and share "Accelerate" in its entirety beginning March 24, a week ahead of the album's April 1 release date.
  
  "It was one of those ideas that was presented to us and it seemed like a good one so we ran for it," R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe tells Billboard.com. He also noted that the way people embrace music "has certainly changed in the last 5 or 10 years. I think you can either go with it or sit back and watch it happen, and I would rather be out on the field than in the bleachers."
  
  Accompanied by an exclusive video of the band talking about the album, the iLike launch will make the 11-song set freely available to anyone using iLike.com, Facebook, iTunes or any of the other social networks and sites that offer an iLike application for their platforms.
  
  The iLike premiere of "Accelerate" is R.E.M.'s latest example of using direct-to-listener online initiatives to present their music. As previously reported, the band recently launched a Web site of raw footage and invited visitors to edit their own video for the album's first single, "Supernatural Superserious." The trio has also been doling out downloadable glimpses of the new material one day at a time via Ninetynights.com...

  -Jessica Letkemann, N.Y. for Billboard.com
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  Jan 28, 11:34 AM

  R.E.M. 2008 North American Tour

  REM NORTH AMERICAN TOUR with Modest Mouse and The National 

  We are thrilled to announce that R.E.M. will tour North America this May and June in support of   Accelerate , their new record, set to be released on April 1.   The band will be joined on the tour by Modest Mouse and The National in Canada and the United States.

  Please stay tuned to remhq.com for more details.

  Vancouver
  5/23 - DEER LAKE PARK
  Los Angeles
  5/29 - HOLLYWOOD BOWL
  Berkeley
  5/31 - THE GREEK THEATRE
  Denver
  6/03 - RED ROCKS
  Chicago
  6/06 - UNITED CENTER
  Toronto
  6/08 - MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE
  Raleigh
  6/10 - WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATRE
  Washington DC
  6/11 - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
  Boston
  6/13 - TWEETER CENTER
  Long Island
  6/14 - JONES BEACH THEATER
  Philadelphia
  6/18 - MANN CENTER
  New York City
  6/19 - TBA
  Atlanta
  6/21 - LAKEWOOD AMPHITEATRE