Thirty-five years ago, Athens eccentrics the B-52s experienced one of the greatest, if most bittersweet, against-all-odds comebacks in pop music history. After the 1985 death of guitarist Ricky Wilson ...
Just now getting into The B-52s? This new wave dance-rock outfit hit the airwaves back in the latter half of the 1970s and has been delivering oddball, danceable, and campy tunes ever since. Even ...
If you're worried that age has dulled the B-52s, you can rest easy. On "Pump," a standout track from the band's latest album, "Funplex," the lyrics are inescapably sexual. "Rub my belly, I turn to ...
The B-52s are back. The iconic 1980s band best known for the songs “Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire,” “Roam,” and “Love Shack” will join forces with fellow new wavers Devo for the Cosmic De-Evolution ...
The B-52s, the seminal new wave band, are heading out on the road in September for what may be the final time. The band is best remembered for their mega-hits "Rock Lobster" and "Love Shack," but they ...
You've definitely jammed out to these three classic rock and pop songs before, but did you know they were written about real places?
The perfect visual and aural mashup of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Stefan Sanders, and New Wave survivors The B-52s, happened on Wednesday night. The crowd, largely seasoned ...
I'll bet you never thought you'd hear the words The B-52s and "Las Vegas residency" in the same sentence, but here we are. And more dates, for November 2024, have been recently announced. Seriously, ...
Many years ago, a band of hip bohemians was playing for their friends at a house party in Athens, GA. Nobody thought of telling the band that their quirky song about a rock lobster would become a ...
The B-52s and Devo are hitting the road together! On Monday, June 16, The B-52s — who performed the final date of their farewell tour in January 2023 — announced their joint Cosmic De-Evolution Tour ...
The Venetian Theatre is hardly “set way back in the middle of a field.” The opulent 1,800-seat venue, which opened in 2006, was originally designed for performances of “Phantom: The Las Vegas ...