18 Oct 2026
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Watch Michael Stipe join members of The National for R.E.M.’s ‘E-Bow The Letter’
The surprise collaboration came during a weekend celebrating Aaron and Bryce Dessner's 50th birthdays
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18 Oct 2026 10:40am GMT
U2 to skip Chile on Latin American tour for first time after negotiations reportedly fall through
The band have played in the country on all four of their previous visits to the region, but their 2027 tour will only stop in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina
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18 Oct 2026 9:35am GMT
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan calls Blink-182’s Travis Barker the “most influential” drummer of the last 30 years
"You have influenced more popular drummers in the last thirty years than any drummer I can think of"
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18 Oct 2026 8:29am GMT