REM will be taking over Sirius' Spectrum channel, and temporarily renaming it to "Radio REM" for an entire week to celebrate the release of the band's 14th studio album Accelerate.

"Radio REM" will be hosted by band members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills. You'll hear insight from the band on the inspiration for each song on Accelerate, as well as intimate conversations ranging from the state of the band to their personal worldviews.

Interestingly enough, while the new album will be released on April 1st, Accelerate has already debuted on the popular Facebook application iLike.

The channel debuts on Monday at 7am ET on The Spectrum (ch 18).

Sirius today has kicked off some incredible coverage from the 2008 Winter Music Conference - pumping out five days of heart thumping live broadcasts from Miami starting today.

The Winter Music Conference, which now in its 23rd year, is considered the premier international event for dance music.

Sirius is also hosting (and broadcasting) an exclusive party from famed Club Nikki at Nikki Beach hosted by the renowned Paul van Dyk and Paul Oakenfold. The exclusive event, which is airing on Sirius' Area 33 (ch 33), will feature special DJ sets from George Acosta, Murk, Scumfrog, Utah Saints of Ministry of Sound, Ivano Bellini and Liquid Todd.

(If this all sounds too familiar, that's because XM will begin broadcasting from the WMC tomorrow and Sirius/TSS Radio held a contest for the party at Club Nikki not too long ago.)

Area 33 will also broadcast from Sirius Music Lounge at the historic Raleigh Hotel each day  from 12pm to 4pm ET through March 28th. The live broadcast will include interviews with a who's who in the dance music world including Danny Tenaglia, Todd Terry, Junkie XL, Oscar G., Sasha & John Digweed, BT, Tommy Lee & DJ Aero, and others. In addition the Sirius Music Lounge will feature guest DJ sets from Junior Sanchez, Marco Bailey, Cedric Gervais, among many others.

Other Sirius broadcasts from various locations at the 2008 Winter Music Conference will include DJ sets from Paul van Dyk, Victor Calderone, the King Street Sounds Party featuring Legendary House Music DJ Frankie Knuckles, Porterhouse with Steve Porter, and Pure Behrouz with Global DJ Behrouz.

The Sirius Satellite Radio show Blog Radio has retained its crown as the "Best Specialty Show" at this year's Plug Independent Music Awards, having won the distinction for the 2nd year in a row.

The show, which airs on Sirius' underground/indie channel Left of Center (ch 26) Mondays through Saturdays at 12pm ET, gives listeners the inside scoop on the indie rock scene from some today's most popular music bloggers. Encores air at 12am ET on the same days.

The Plug Independent Music Awards was created by a community of artists to recognize the achievements and talents of musicians who flourish in the margins of mainstream culture. Blog Radio won the Plug Award last year.

Blog Radio shows are hosted by: Gorilla Vs. Bear, My Old Kentucky Blog, Brooklyn Vegan, Product Shop NYC, Aquarium Drunkard and It's A Trap. Congrats, once again, to the bloggers for a job well done.

Grammy winning hip-hop artist and star of the upcoming film Street Kings, Common, will perform live at Sirius' Rockefeller Plaza studios in New York City tomorrow.

The performance will be broadcast on the Eminem produced Shade 45, and will feature songs from Common's Grammy winning album "Finding Forever" as well as some classic hits.

Tune in to Shade 45 (ch 45) on Tuesday, March 18th at 7:30pm ET to hear the performance.

Strap in kids, because Sirius is bringing back Rolling Stones Radio, starting tomorrow.

The 100% 'Stones channel, which originally made its debut on Sirius in 2005, is returning to celebrate the Martin Scorsese film entitled Shine A Light which chronicles the concerts from the band's 2006 "A Bigger Bang Tour." (In a twist of fate, it so happens that the original debut of Rolling Stones Radio was to celebrate the release of the "A Bigger Bang" album. Who'da thunk it?)

Shine A Light, a Paramount Classics release produced in association with Concert Productions International (CPI) and Shangri-La Entertainment, opens in select US cities on April 4.

In addition to the regular massive catalog of music and interviews that we've come to expect from these types of channels, Rolling Stones Radio will also preview the 22 track "Shine A Light" album being released with the film.

Rolling Stones Radio will air on from March 18th through April 15th on Sirius channel 12.

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, both Sirius and XM will be running special programming to bring a little luck of the Irish to your weekend celebrations.

Sirius Disorder (ch 70) will feature plenty of Irish music to keep everyone's eyes smiling. Saturday, Dubliner Paddy Casey stops by "Celtic Crush," the weekly show hosted by Black 47 frontman Larry Kirwan.

Speaking of Black 47, they will perform in Sirius' studios on Monday, and after that, Chieftans singer Paddy Maloney will be making an appearance. If you want something a little harder, head over to Hard Attack (ch 27) for Irish, Celtic, and Gaelic metal. Or check out Faction (ch 28), where Flogging Molly will be hosting the "Hostile Takeover" packed with shamrocks and shenanigans. See more of Sirius' St. Patty's day programming here.

Over on XM, the limited-run channel "XM Green" will once again making its way to the XM Nation, with a full weekend dedicated to Irish and Celtic music. Starting on Saturday, March 15th, XM's Fine Tuning (ch 76) will serve as the home of XM Green, featuring music from The Chieftains, Paul Brady, The Clancy Brothers, Young Dubliners, The Wolfetones and many others to help listeners get into the Irish spirit.

XM Green kicks off on Saturday at 12 midnight ET and continues through Tuesday, March 18th at 3am ET.

Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson is stoked about the release of the band's new album, Warpaint, and to celebrate he's taking over Sirius' Jam_ON for an entire day - today.

Warpaint, the first studio album from the band in 7 years, hit the shelves today to much fanfare (despite Maxim giving it poor reviews... without listening to it). So to commemorate this event, Chris will play tracks off of the album plus some of his personal favorite tunes.

Tune in to Jam_ON (ch 17), today, from 6am ET through 12am ET. If you missed it, you can always catch another takeover on the Grateful Dead Channel.

That's right, Robinson is a hardcore Grateful Dead fan - so he isn't just taking over Jam_ON, but he'll also takeover the Grateful Dead Channel (ch 32). He'll share his memories of the Grateful Dead and play his favorite Dead songs.

Tune in on Thursday at 5pm ET to catch it. Encores will air on March 7th at 9am ET, March 8th at 8pm ET and March 9th at 10am ET.