With the release of their new album "Accelerate," a 2008 R.E.M. concert tour schedule has been announced and GoTickets.com has R.E.M. concert tickets available right now. This will be the first R.E.M. tour since the band from Athens, Georgia was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. This album is the first new material since the 2004 release of "Around the Sun," which was met with modest reviews by critics and fans alike. The early word on Accelerate is that it's a "proper rock album," but lead singer Michael Stipe has also told fans that it would be a change compared to the last few albums. You can be there to hear it live with R.E.M. concert tour tickets from GoTickets.com.

Joining Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills on the REM concert tour will be opening acts Modest Mouse and The National. That is sure to make REM concert tickets a hot item, and you can bet that every date on the REM tour schedule will be sold out with fans ready to hear hits like "Stand," "Orange Crush," "Losing My Religion" and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" But GoTickets.com always has concert tickets for sold out shows, and we have REM tour tickets for every date on the schedule.