R.E.M. DROPPED CLUES ABOUT SPLIT ON FINAL ALBUM
Rocker MICHAEL STIPE was surprised die-hard R.E.M. fans didn’t anticipate the band’s recent split - because the trio dropped a handful of clues before making its official announcement.
The rockers shocked the music world in September (11) by declaring they were to disband after more than three decades together.
But Losing My Religion hitmaker Stipe reveals observant fans should have seen the split coming in the titles and lyrics of their final studio album Collapse Into Now.
He explains, "The three of us kind of arrived at it, around the same time, kind of organically. When we were on tour in 2008, it became a option. It wasn’t like there was a day, or a moment, when one of us just sat down and said, ‘OK, that’s it, we’re going to call it a day.’ "That record, I think, was filled with (hints). I mean it’s called Collapse Into Now. You know, I’m waving goodbye on the cover of it. But no one got that."
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