All REM fans out there should check out Across The Line (BBC Radio Ulster) on October 1 at 10pm.

The ever-popular band will discuss their new album, Around the Sun and also the extensive REM back catalogue in an hour-long interview with the ATL crew. Other topics to be covered include the upcoming US elections and music from contemporaries such as The Thrills, Rufus Wainwright and Big Star.

So if you want to listen to the wise outpourings of Stipe and co., tune in Friday October 1, at 10pm, or be forever out of time.