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 ...

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 ...

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Fred Schneider of the B-52's told 'Vulture' in September 2025 that he doesn't care whether or not the B-52s get into the Rock ...

The brilliant career of New Wave icons the B-52’s will be chronicled in a lavish new box set, The Warner and Reprise Years, which will bring together the nine albums they recorded for the label from ...

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 ...

So much for retirement. DEVO and The B-52s, two new wave titans who had already announced their “final” tours, are joining forces for the Cosmic Devolution tour which will happen this fall, with Lene ...

Quirky, outlandish and way, way over the top, The B-52s could be called the Mad Hatters of rock. But don't dare call the band's music "campy," said the group's co-lead singer and front man Fred ...

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 ...

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 ...