The members of R.E.M. met in college. The bassist was influenced by his mom's love of music. The drummer used to fall asleep with a CDplaying as a teenager. R.E.M. began performing at Cafeteria, a local bar. The group was influenced by Aerosmith.

R.E.M. will take a break after the tour, to allow the band members to work on other projects. The group just finished their new release, and they are already thinking of their next move.

R.E.M. was discovered while putting on a show at at Bunch, a local club. The band plays plenty of arenas, but would rather play in the smaller venues in which they started.

R.E.M. realized that they could really have a career in music in 1990, after the band's first fan club was started by Pamela Emerson. The fan club may have just started out with a few members that followed the band when the played in small clubs, but it quickly grew to thousands after the group released its first album and started touring nationally.

Urbana has always been a haven for the band, so they are sure to schedule a show there every time they tour. TheSeats.com’s comprehensive site has concert seating charts and touring schedules tickets, making TheSeats.com the best one site stop for your R.E.M. tickets.