HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- R.E.M. has teamed with Capitol/I.R.S. for the July 12 release of an expanded 25th Anniversary 2CD and digital edition of the band's 1986 album, Lifes Rich Pageant.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- R.E.M. has teamed with Capitol/I.R.S. for the July 13 release of an expanded 25th Anniversary 2CD and digital edition of the band's 1985 album, Fables Of The Reconstruction.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Reckoning "confirms R.E.M. as one of the most beautifully exciting groups on the planet," wrote NME in 1984.

Michael Stipe, Stanley Tucci and Mario Batali have agreed to help out with the Food Bank for New York City's 6th annual Can-Do Awards Dinner, organizers said. Rocker Jon Bon Jovi and the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger are to be honored at Tuesday's event at Abigail Kirsch's Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers

By RICK MASSIMO MANSFIELD, Mass. -- Bands who haven't been around as long as R.E.M.