The original members of REM reunite to perform for the first time since 2007

Less than A A day after guitarist Mike Mills announced that the four founding members of REM would need a “comet” to play together again, the quartet took to the stage for a surprise performance celebrating their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night.

Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Bill Perry appeared at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, and according to the band’s Instagram, game Their highest hit is “Losing My Religion”. In another post, the group shared a photo of this moment, and commented: “Another moment…oh life.”

This performance was the first time the four members appeared together since their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

“Writing songs and having a catalog of work that we’re all proud of — that will be available to the whole world for the rest of time — is the most important aspect of what we’ve done as a band,” Stipe said. The group also accepted the honor. “The second is that we have been able to do this all these decades and remain friends, and not just friends, but dear friends – friends for life.”

The band leader continued: “We are four people who decided, very early on, that we were going to own our masters. We will split our royalties and songwriting credits equally. We were all for one and one for all.”

“We set out to do our job accordingly,” Stepp said. “It turned out to be good, sometimes great, and what a ride it has been.”