Influential music group R.E.M. took to their website this morning to announce their break up after 31 years of working together. What could have happened after all this time of it working?! Hmm! Read their statement below and stay tuned to IFWT for updates on the break up!

Marisa Mendez

To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.