We're not sure whether authorities listened to our suggestion of a musical Interpol (Minterpol?) to track down equipment thieves, but there was nevertheless a victory this week for musical law and order. Peter Buck's stolen Rickenbacker guitar has been returned, allowing REM to continue sounding the way they always have. Buck's guitar went missing after a Helsinki ...

Enough is enough! REM became the latest in a spate of high-profile instrument robberies when Peter Buck's beloved guitar was stolen at a Finnish gig on Tuesday. Clearly, it's time for the world to organise a sort of musical Interpol (Minterpol?), with crime-solving super-soldiers who will hunt down the instrument thieves. REM have reluctantly joined a club including ...

The credit crunch has claimed three more victims: the members of REM, whose just-completed British tour attracted smaller crowds than the American pillars of college rock were used to. In Cardiff, they downsized from a stadium to an arena; at Old Trafford, a large section of unsold seats was cordoned off; and when they hit the stage at Twickenham at ...

R.E.M. have offered a "generous" reward for the return of one of PETER BUCK's most treasured guitars after it was stolen at a concert in Finland.
The Losing My Religion rockers say Buck's cherished Rickenbacker was taken from the stage following their show in Helsinki on Tuesday night (09Sep08).
Buck has owned the instrument for years ...