Two titans of New Wave, the B-52’s and Devo, will staff up this fall for the co-headlining Cosmic De-Evolution Tour.
Though the B-52’s launched into a farewell tour three years in the past — they’ve since confined themselves to a Las Vegas residency — the concept of becoming a member of the “Whip It” troupe on the street proved too engaging to disregard. The 2 bands not too long ago linked up (alongside Fred Armisen) on the all-star SNL 50 live performance and mentioned the enterprise.
“In 2022, I swore I’d by no means get on a tour bus once more, however we have been cautious to say to our followers that we’d nonetheless carry out in particular conditions that don’t require all the terrible tour journey,” the B-52’s Fred Schneider mentioned in a press release. “Our Vegas residency goes nice, and after we have been provided the prospect to do a small run of reveals with Devo, all of us mentioned that is a rare alternative we couldn’t say no to.”
The B-52’s Cindy Wilson added, “When each of our bands carried out on the current SNL 50 live performance at Radio Metropolis, we began speaking and agreed we needed to do these reveals. Consider or not, we’ve by no means completed greater than a pageant or two collectively in all this time. This might be wonderful and I can’t await The B-52s to share these phases with Devo!”
The 11-date Cosmic De-Evolution Tour kicks off September 24 in Toronto and runs by way of November 2 in Houston. Fellow New Waver Lene Lovich will function the trek’s opening act earlier than the 2 headliners take the stage. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public on June 20 at Stay Nation, with pre-sales starting June 16.
As each bands mentioned in statements, the 2 acts have lengthy shared a mutual admiration for one another’s music.
“The B-52s had among the best sounds of any of the bands on the market within the late seventies and early eighties – ‘Rock Lobster’ is one among my favourite songs – Devo used to sing it to Booji Boy after Devo reveals,” Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh mentioned in a press release. “It was both destiny or luck or the SNL anniversary that introduced us all collectively to create this wonderful likelihood to exit on tour. All I can say is Cosmic Devolution is REAL!”
The B-52’s Kate Pierson added, “Once we first got here from Athens to New York Metropolis to carry out, punk was in full power…and New Wave was proper on its tail! We cherished all of the New Wave teams, together with Patti Smith, Speaking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones. We additionally actually dug the far-out weirdness of Devo, which appeared very in tuned to our sensibilities. We keep in mind one among our first reveals — amazed that David Bowie, Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, Speaking Heads and Blondie all got here to see us! Once we opened the Mudd Membership, we partied with Devo and actually hit it off on the dance ground. Later, Brian Eno went onto to provide Devo’s unimaginable first album…and now we are going to align once more! So put in your wig hats and Devo bonnets and prepare to get together! That is going to be wild.”
The B-52’s and Devo’s Cosmic De-Evolution Tour Dates
September 24 – Toronto, ONT @ Budweiser Stage
September 25 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
October 2 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Middle
October 4 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Financial institution Arts Middle
October 5 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Seashore Theater
October 16 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
October 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
October 24 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
October 25 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre
November 1 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance coverage Amphitheater
November 2 – Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion