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Wed to the web

Radiohead, The Raconteurs, REM, Gnarls Barkley ... everyone is looking for a fresh way to spin their latest album.

ON Easter Monday, REM performed a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, carried live on BBC Radio 2. The band played the old favourites, of course, but they also dipped into their new album, Accelerate. It wasn't in the shops at the time of the concert.