In 1997 during recording sessions in Hawaii Bill Berry announced he was leaving R.E.M but said that he would only quit if the remaining members continued the band in his absence. They did and eventually released 'Up' in 1998. The album failed to live up to previous efforts however, selling only 2 million copies worldwide by mid-1999.
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