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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
B-52s lead singer Fred Schneider could live anywhere in the world, but he chose to make Long Island his home base. "I’m in a small town out east," he said in a phone interview. "It’s beautiful here." ...
They ended their official “Farewell Tour” in Athens in January 2023, but the oft-described “tacky little dance band from Athens, Georgia” is far from retired. In fact, the B-52s are headed back to ...
The following is an excerpt from "The B-52s' Cosmic Thing" by Pete Crighton and available now from Bloomsbury.
For a band that announced its farewell tour three years ago, the B-52s are bidding quite the extensive goodbye. The self-proclaimed “world’s greatest party band” recently announced that they will be ...
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 ...
It’s likely a testament to the commitment of the members of the B-52s that each of its remaining long-term members; Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, and Cindy Wilson, has only released two albums apiece ...
It is well known that the B-52s are The World's Greatest Party Band. And thirty six years and over twenty million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why they remain one of rock ...
The B-52s, who made an epic return to the stage at the SNL 50 concert, will perform 11 dates this fall Alamy; Virginia Sherwood/Peacock via Getty The B-52s are hitting the road for a joint tour with ...
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