R.E.M. Releasing New Album in April

Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees R.E.M. have slowly unveiled details surrounding their forthcoming album, including live debuts of the new tunes. Now, frontman Michael Stipe has set a release date for the follow-up to 2004's 'Around the Sun.'

"Let me tell you a secret," he said at a December 6 charity auction in New York. "We have a great f---ing record in the bag. It's a big change. It's coming out on April Fool's Day."

One of the new songs, 'Until the Day Is Done,' debuted on 'Anderson Cooper 360' in October. That tune served soundtrack to the network's 'Planet in Peril' series.