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Catching Up With… The B-52s

The B-52s played their first show at a Valentine's Day party in Athens, Ga. in 1977. The love just kept on pouring in. They released the first of their seven full-length records two years later, continuing on to build a legacy out of...  read more

B-52s: Funplex

Direct hit or off target? Two writers debate...  read more

The B-52s go on tour, leave large hair behind

Break out your pink stockings and Aqua Net, because the B-52s are soon heading to a town near you. This year brings the “World’s Greatest Party Band” out to promote Funplex, its first full album of new material in 16 years. The record will be released by Astralwerks on March 25, but the B-52s will be headed out in April for a bunch of club dates. Here is a preview of what fans can expect on the upcoming tour: Dates: April 23- Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club 25- Philadelphia, Pa. @ TLA 26- Washington, D.C. @ 930 Club 28-...  read more

B-52's set date, track list for Funplex

Live videos of new B-52’s songs have been popping up on YouTube for months, with Fred Schneider’s usual over-emulating voice mega-compressed to muddled gobbledy-gook. But, even if they were pure-quality files, the tunes likely still wouldn’t be tired by February 28 – the day Astralwerks releases the band’s first album in 16 years, Funplex. Valentine's Day house parties should be pushed back two weeks for appropriate music’s sake, because guitarist Keith Strickland describes the record as “loud, sexy rock and roll for your pleasure zones, with the beat pumped up to hot pink." Produced by Steve Osborne (New Order, Happy...  read more