REM have ordered Fox News to stop playing their song Losing My Religion in association with its coverage of this week's Democratic National Convention in the US.

The controversial news network has been using the song during its reporting from the Democrat party's rally, which took place earlier this week and featured a speech from ex-president Bill Clinton.

In a strongly worded statement, the band said: "REM's Losing My Religion was used in the Fox News coverage of the Democratic ...