Devo and the B-52’s are hitting the highway for a co-headline tour this autumn. Billed as a continuation of the farewell tours each bands introduced earlier within the decade, the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour will take the bands from Toronto to Houston between late September and early November. Lene Lovich helps. Try the itinerary under.
In a press launch, a number of band members had one thing to say, beginning with the B-52’s’ Fred Schneider: “In 2022, I swore I’d by no means get on a tour bus once more,” he stated. “However we had been cautious to say to our followers that we might nonetheless carry out in particular conditions that don’t require all the terrible tour journey. Our Vegas residency goes nice, and once we had been provided the possibility to do a small run of exhibits with Devo, all of us stated that is a rare alternative we could not say no to.”
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh stated, “The B-52’s had the most effective sounds of any of the bands on the market within the late ’70s early ’80s—‘Rock Lobster’ is one in every of my favourite songs—Devo used to sing it to Booji Boy after Devo exhibits. 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!”
Added the B-52’s’ Kate Pierson, “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 liked all the brand 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 in every of our first exhibits—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 flooring. Later, Brian Eno went onto to provide Devo’s unimaginable first album… and now we’ll align once more! So put in your wig hats and Devo bonnets and prepare to social gathering! That is going to be wild.”
Stated Cindy Wilson, “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 exhibits. Consider or not, we’ve by no means carried out greater than a pageant or two collectively in all this time. This can be wonderful and I can’t watch for the B-52’s to share these phases with Devo!”
And Devo’s Gerry Casale added, “Devo and the B-52’s on tour collectively! That it took nearly 50 years to occur is quite mind-blowing. However higher late than by no means. We every did one thing proper in several ways in which withstood the take a look at of time. Now we’re right here to show we will nonetheless ‘deliver it’ as they are saying!’
Learn Pitchfork’s Sunday Evaluations of Devo’s Duty Now for the Future and the B-52’s’ self-titled debut.
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The B-52’s & Devo:
09-24 Toronto, Ontario – Budweiser Stage ^
09-25 Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre ^
10-02 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Middle ^
10-04 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Financial institution Arts Middle ^
10-05 Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Seashore Theater ^
10-16 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre ^
10-18 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ^
10-24 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion ^
10-25 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre ^
11-01 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance coverage Amphitheater ^
11-02 Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ^
^ with Lene Lovich
