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 ...

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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 ...

John Lennon revealed what he thought about The B-52’s and their relationship to Yoko Ono’s songs. A member of The B-52’s discussed what she thought of Yoko as a musician. Yoko had a considerable ...

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 ...

Though the set doesn’t include Funplex (released in 2008 on Astralwerks), it still provides new fans with a chance to own all the essential B-52s albums in one place. The vinyl version, limited to ...

Homegrown Collective and Savannah Salutes are putting on A Carnival of Sorts, their second evening of incredible R.E.M. songs performed by some of Savannah’s finest artists.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...