Digital Digest: R.E.M, Paul McCartney, Spotify

The biggest news online over the past 24-hours has of course been the break up of R.E.M. The seminal US band who paved the way for so many made the announcement on their official website.

Have a look at the blog we posted about it late yesterday afternoon, and find out how to get involved in our R.E.M. special show tomorrow evening.



And this is what Michael Stipe uploaded to his Tumblr.



Elsewhere, the six hour charity song, I Found This Star on the Ground, with Sean Lennon is up on Soundcloud. Fans were able to pay $100 a track to get their name included, it comes on a USB stick from a Strobo Trip Light Phase Illusion Toy – its of course The Flaming Lips. Have a listen at One Thirty BPM.



You can now watch a preview of Paul McCartney’s long awaited ballet, Ocean's Kingdom, on YouTube with members of the New York City Ballet.



The NJ Underground have uploaded Jamie xx’s remix of Radiohead’sBloom to Soundcloud and a surge of people are heading over to have a listen.



Music Ally are reporting Spotify have reached 2million subscribers – meaning an extra 500,000 since their US launch two and a half months ago.



And the trailor for the U2 documentary on Achtung Baby has been released to YouTube. Called From the Sky Down it will be screened on October 9.