R.E.M. delivers surprise performance at songwriting gala
New York (AFP) - R.E.M. performed onstage together for the first time in well over a decade Thursday, reuniting to play their classic "Losing My Religion" as they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills broke up in 2011, and the last time all four members played onstage together -- Bill Berry left in 1997 -- was in 2007. But entrance into the who's who of music that is the prestigious songwriting pantheon got the band back together. "Songwriting is the very foundation of why we came together in the first place," lead vocalist Michael Stipes tol...