r.e.m. on final tour in 2008
in 2010, r.e.m. released video album r.e.m. live austin, tx—a concert recorded austin city limits in 2008. group recorded fifteenth album, collapse (2011), jacknife lee in locales including berlin, nashville, , new orleans. album, band aimed more expansive sound intentionally short , speedy approach implemented on accelerate. album debuted @ number 5 on billboard 200, becoming group s tenth album reach top ten of chart. release fulfilled r.e.m. s contractual obligations warner bros., , band began recording material without contract few months later possible intention of self-releasing work.
on september 21, 2011, r.e.m. announced via website calling day band . stipe said hoped fans realized wasn t easy decision : things must end, , wanted right, our way. long-time associate , former warner bros. senior vice president of emerging technology ethan kaplan has speculated shake-ups @ record label influenced group s decision disband. group discussed breaking several years, encouraged continue after lackluster critical , commercial performance of around sun; according mills, needed prove, not our fans , critics ourselves, still make great records. uninterested in business end of recording r.e.m. band members finished collaboration assembling compilation album part lies, part heart, part truth, part garbage 1982–2011, released in november 2011. album first collect songs r.e.m. s i.r.s. , warner bros. tenures, 3 songs group s final studio recordings post-collapse sessions. in november, mills , stipe did brief span of promotional appearances in british media, ruling out option of group ever reuniting.
in 2014, unplugged: complete 1991 , 2001 sessions released record store day. digital download collections of i.r.s. , warner bros. rarities followed. later in year, band compiled video album box set remtv, collected 2 unplugged performances along several other documentaries , live shows, while record label released box set 7in—83–88, made of 7 vinyl singles. in december 2015, band members agreed distribution deal concord bicycle music re-release warner bros. albums. continuing maintain copyright , intellectual property legacies, in march of 2016, band signed new music publishing administration deal universal music publishing group, , year later, band members left broadcast music, inc., had represented performance rights entire career, , joined sesac.
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