Will everyone please stop stealing everyone else's guitars? In fact, it's not just guitars. Iron Maiden had a guitar stolen recently, but The Stooges had all their gear and their van thieved, Orange Amps had £50,000 of new amps whipped out from under their noses and someone made off with Ian Curtis' gravestone earlier this year. Now someone has pinched Peter Buck's famous Rickenbacker guitar, which he has been using since 1982, after a gig in Helsinki.
In a statement on their official website, the band said: "Needless to say, this instrument means a great deal to Peter and to REM. It is our sincere hope that whoever is responsible for the loss, or whoever has information which can help recover the guitar, will come forward to receive a generous reward, no questions asked".