R.E.M have given the rights to Spotify to stream their brand new album on its website a whole week ahead of its official European release. 

The 12-track record entitled 'Collapse Into Now' will be available for fans in the UK, Norway, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Finland to play in its entirety from Monday, February 28 on the popular music hosting site and the company's Director of Label Relations, Will Hope, said of the partnership:

"We want to give Spotify Premium users the very best exclusives and they don't get much bigger than R.E.M."

Watch the band perform a live version of 'Mine Smell Like Honey', which will feature on their new album, here: