“No novelty, the B-52s may be the most subversive band America ever gave us…Campy? Yes. Colorful? Yes. Fun? Very much so. But none of this should take away from their value as vanguards”- Salon
“The greatest white dance band in the world”- Interview
Magazine
Now over 20
million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why The B-52s
remain one of rock music’s most beloved and enduring bands. As The B-52s gear
up to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, what better way to celebrate then
hitting the road with Grammy Award winning legends Boy George and Culture Club
for a major 2018 U.S. summer tour. The Life Tour: starring Boy George &
Culture Club and The B-52s, will visit 40+ cities across the U.S. kicking off June 29 in St. Augustine, FL
going thru October 3rd. Tickets are on sale now! Click HERE to purchase.
Today, The B-52s announce they will be offering a VIP
Preshow Party Mix Package. Come join the band for a 40th anniversary toast
pre-show and meet and greet. Packages are limited, so don’t miss this once in a
lifetime opportunity to hang with the band! VIP packages are on-sale now,
please click HERE to purchase.
The B-52s will also be playing solo dates beginning May
27th. These dates kick off in Cincinnati,
OH at Taste of Cincinnati and go
through June 10th. Listing of the full tour dates below!
THE B-52S 2018 TOUR DATES
DATE CITY VENUE
May 27** Cincinnati,OH Taste of Cincinnati
June 1** Philadelphia,
PA SugarHouse Casino
June 2** Hampton
Beach, NH Hampton
Beach Casino Ballroom
June 3** Portland,
ME Aura
June 5** Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield
Playhouse
June 8** Grand Rapids, MI Meijer
Gardens Amphitheater
June 9** Madison, WI The Orpheum Theater
June 10** Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee PrideFest at Henry Maier
Festival Park
June 29 St. Augustine,
FL Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
June 30 Tampa,
FL USF Sun Dome
July 1 Pompano, FL Pompano
Beach Amphitheatre
July 11 Grand
Prairie, TX Verizon
Amphitheater
July 12* Tulsa,
OK River Spirit Casino Resort
July 13* Memphis,
TN Live at the Garden
July 15 Houston, TX Smart Financial at Sugar Land
July 17 Cary,
NC Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 18 Vienna,
VA Wolf Trap
July 20 Charleston,
SC Volvo Car Stadium
July 21 Charlotte,
NC PNC Music Pavilion
July 22 Atlanta, GA Chastain
Park Amphitheater
July 26* Verona,
NY Turning Stone Casino
July 27 Boston,
MA Wang Theatre
July 28 Forest Hills, NY Forest Hills Stadium
August 19** Lake
Buena Vista, FL House
of Blues
August 28 Lewistown,
NY Artpark
August 30 Detroit,
MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 31 Chicago,
IL Ravinia Festival
September 1 Chicago,
IL Ravinia Festival
September 3 St. Paul, MN Minnesota
State Fair
September 6 St.
Louis, MO Fox Theatre
September 7 Kansas
City, OH Starlight
Theatre
September 8 Denver,
CO Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
September 15 Portland,
OR Theatre of the Clouds
September 16 Murphys, CA Ironstone Amphitheatre
September 18 Saratoga,
CA The Mountain Winery
September 19 Saratoga,
CA The Mountain Winery
September 21 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik
Center
September 22 Reno, NV Reno
Event Center
September 23 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara
Bowl
September 28 Cabazon,
CA Morongo
September 29 Las Vegas, NV Downtown
Las Vegas Event
Center
September 30 Phoenix,
AZ Talking Stick
October 3 Los
Angeles, CA The Greek
Theatre
October 6** San
Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
Note:
All dates and venues subject to change. The lineup will
feature Boy George & Culture Club and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey for all
dates unless otherwise noted below:
* B-52s and Boy George & Culture Club
**B-52s only
About the B-52s
It is well known that the B-52s are The World’s Greatest
Party Band. Nearly 40 years and over 20 million albums into their career, there
can be no doubt as to why they remain one of rock music’s most beloved and
enduring bands. Any mystery concerning the band’s longevity and ongoing appeal
is immediately solved when exposed to a B-52s concert experience. From
groundbreaking songs like “Rock Lobster,” “Dance This Mess Around,” “Private
Idaho,” “Roam” and “Deadbeat Club” to chart-topping hits like “Love Shack,” to
their thrilling reemergence on the pop scene with their 2008 CD Funplex, which
bowed at #11 on the Top 200. The B-52s’ unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a
party every time their music begins.
Formed on an October night in 1976 following drinks at an Athens, GA,
Chinese restaurant, the band played their first gig at a friend’s house on
Valentine’s Day 1977. Naming themselves after Southern slang for exaggerated
'bouffant’ hairdos, the newly-christened B-52s (Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson,
Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson) began weekend road trips to New York City for gigs at
CBGB's and a handful of other venues. Before long, their thrift store aesthetic
and genre-defying songs were the talk of the post-punk underground. A record
deal soon followed and their self-titled debut disc, produced by Chris
Blackwell, sold more than 500,000 copies on the strength of their first
singles, the garage rock party classic “Rock Lobster,” and “52 Girls.” The
album placed at #152 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and
#99 on VH1’s “Greatest Albums of All Time.” The B-52s began to attract fans far
beyond the punk clubs of the Lower East Side —
galvanizing the pop world with their 'stream-of-consciousness' approach to
songwriting and outrageous performance. They had clearly tapped into a growing
audience for new music that was much larger than anyone could have anticipated.
1989’s watershed Cosmic Thing elevated them to another
galaxy altogether. It moved 5 million-plus units and spawned a string of Top 10
smashes in the form of GRAMMY®-nominated “Roam” and “Love Shack”—which Rolling
Stone lauded as “Single of the Year” and also #246 on the “500 Greatest Songs
of All Time.” “Love Shack” also earned the MTV Moonman that year for “Best
Group Video.” Their marathon tour in support of the record would be highlighted
by an Earth Day gig at Central Park for
750,000 fans.
As they take their party-music revolution into the 21st
century, the B-52s show no signs of slowing down, serving up their own unique
blend of music and showmanship to millions of fans around the world.
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