REM Partners With MySpace For Promo

They have trouble getting played on corporate radio these days. but still talented multiplatinum alternative rockers R.E.M. have found a home on the web. They’ve partnered with social netorking portal MySpace.com to preview their new album starting yesterday.

For the next two weeks, visitors to MySpace will be able to play tracks from R.E.M.’s upcoming Warner Bros. release “Around the Sun” for free. The preview also has links to tour dates, an iTunes clips sampler, photos mobile ring tones and wallpapers on a dedicated site powered by m-Qube.