04/26/2022
Yet another veteran rock act is calling it quits.
The B-52s will embark on their farewell tour later this year. The first date on their calendar is August 22 in Seattle. The tour will ramp up five weeks later on September 29 in Mashantucket, Connecticut and continue through Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, two nights in New York City, Atlantic City, three shows in Las Vegas, two in San Francisco, Los Angeles and their final show will be November 11 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, near their hometown of Athens, Georgia.
The New York City dates will be October 13 and 14 at the Beacon Theatre. KC and the Sunshine Band will open most of the shows, with the Tubes opening in Seattle and San Francisco. There will be no opener in Las Vegas.
Look for the B-52s on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tomorrow night.
The band also announced their much anticipated documentary will be released in early 2023.
The B-52s - Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Keith Strickland, plus Ricky Wilson, who died in 1985 - formed in 1976 in Athens, Georgia. In 1979, they debuted with their album, "The B-52's", which featured "Rock Lobster", "Planet Claire" and "Dance This Mess Around". "Wild Planet", with "Private Idaho", "Give Me Back My Man" and "Party Out Of Bounds", followed in 1980. Two EPs followed the first two albums - the remix collection, "Party Mix!", in 1981 and "Mesopotamia" in 1982. 1983 saw the release of the third album, "Whammy!", followed by "Bouncing Off The Satellites" in 1986, "Cosmic Thing", which included "Love Shack", in 1989 and "Good Stuff" in 1992. The band released what would be their final studio album, "Funplex", in 2008. The live albums - "With The Wild Crowd! Live In Athens, GA", 2011, and "Live! 8.24.1979", 2015 - plus numerous compilations were issued, as well.
Rock & roll greats also confirm career-spanning documentary will arrive early 2023