The 'Collapse' of R.E.M. - New Album Due Spring 2001

The 15th studio album from R.E.M. will be called Collapse Into Now., due Spring 2011 on Warner Bros. Records. The news comes from BBC Radio 6 on its Twitter feed after band manager Bertis Downs revealed the title at the In the City conference.

The upcoming release finds singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills, re-teamed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee, who produced the group's previous studio album Accelerate, and has also worked with U2, Snow Patrol, The Hives, Kasabian, Editors, Aqualung, and Bloc Party.

R.E.M. and Lee recorded Collapse in New Orleans at the Music Shed and also in Berlin's Hansa Studios, the home of legendary albums such David Bowie’s Heroes,U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life,. Additional recording and mixing took place Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

2008’s  Accelerate, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, topped the Alternative, Rock, Digital, and Internet charts in the U.S., and debuted at No. 1 in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. It featured  three hit singles “Supernatural Superserious,” “Hollow Man,” and “Man-Sized Wreath.” The band followed with the two-CD live set R.E.M. Live At The Olympia.

October 26, New West Records will release R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX — a DVD a full live performance for PBS’ Austin City Limits television series, plus three songs that didn’t air on the original broadcast. The 17 songs include several from Accelerate and R.E.M. classics such as “Losing My Religion” and “Man On The Moon,” re-mixed and re-mastered in LPCM stereo and DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound.