He may not be the youngest kid in town, But Michael Stipe was pictured on crutches attending NY Fashion week. OK, just forget Marc Jacobs used him as a muse recently, the old rumours are flying, Stipe has "full blown AIDS"(what does that even mean?)Cancer? damn, you mean he has it/them again? Ah that must be the reason REM are about to embark on a world tour, cos like when REM didn't tour with their best selling "out of time & Automatic for the people", insurance companies won't insure a terminally ill patient. Oh that's right, they did tour the "Monster" album. He has a perfectly regular ankle/foot/leg injury, no disease to go with it, except bad taste in clothes, nothing new there then.