I really wish that this was just all just a nightmare and that I would wake up tommorrow and it would be gone, but that is not likely to happen. Apparently, drummer Bill Berry has left R.E.M. I am deeply greiving his departure, and I know my sentiments are shared by many others in the online R.E.M. community.
These sites have all the info. I will add more as I find them.
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