{"id":2810,"date":"2025-06-16T14:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/devo-the-b-52s-make-touring-team\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:42:25","slug":"devo-the-b-52s-make-touring-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/devo-the-b-52s-make-touring-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Devo, The B-52s Make Touring Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/B52-Devo-2025-Image-Photo-Credit-Mary-Ellen-Matthews.jpeg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Devo and the B-52s are extending their combined farewell outings and joining forces for the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour, which will hit 11 North American markets beginning Sept. 24 in Toronto. Lene Lovich will open.<\/p>\n<p>The idea to team up was hatched during the <em>SNL 50<\/em> anniversary concert earlier this year, when the New Wave-era heroes performed alongside more modern acts such as Post Malone, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny. \u201cBelieve or not, we\u2019ve never done more than a festival or two together in all this time,\u201d says the B-52s\u2019 Cindy Wilson..<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/brittany-davis-black-thunder\/\">Brittany Davis Brings The \u2018Thunder\u2019 On New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/noah-cyrus-new-album\/\">Noah Cyrus Welcomes Blake Shelton, Bill Callahan On New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/mary-halvorson-aint-afraid-of-no-ghosts\/\">Mary Halvorson Ain\u2019t Afraid of No Ghosts<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt was either fate or luck or the <em>SNL<\/em> anniversary that brought us all together to create this amazing chance to go out on tour,\u201d adds Devo\u2019s Mark Mothersbaugh. \u201cThe B-52s had one of the best sounds of any of the bands out there in the late \u201970s early \u201980s. \u2018Rock Lobster\u2019 is one of my favorite songs. Devo used to sing it to Booji Boy after Devo shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recalled B-52s singer Kate Pierson, \u201cwhen we first came from Athens to New York City to perform, punk was in full force, and New Wave was right on its tail! We loved all the New Wave groups, including Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones. We also really dug the far-out weirdness of Devo, which seemed very in tuned to our sensibilities. We remember one of our first shows \u2014 amazed that David Bowie, Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, Talking Heads and Blondie all came to see us! When we opened the Mudd Club, we partied with Devo and really hit it off on the dance floor. Later, Brian Eno went onto to produce Devo\u2019s incredible first album, and now we will align again! So put on your wig hats and Devo bonnets and get ready to party! This is going to be wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The B-52s said they were leaving touring behind in 2022, but have since hunkered down for a residency at Las Vegas\u2019 Venetian Theatre. A book, as well as a long-in-the-works documentary directed by Craig Johnson and executive produced by Fred Armisen, will see the light of day at some point as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, I swore I\u2019d never get on a tour bus again, but we were careful to say to our fans that we would still perform in special situations that don\u2019t require all of the awful tour travel,\u201d says vocalist Fred Schneider. \u201cOur Vegas residency is going great, and when we were offered the chance to do a small run of shows with Devo, we all said this is an extraordinary opportunity we couldn\u2019t say no to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Devo, the Akron, Ohio-reared group have their own shows on tap through November, including an Aug. 29 opening slot for My Chemical Romance at Chicago\u2019s Soldier Field. A Chris Smith-directed documentary on the group, <em>DEVO<\/em>, premiered Aug. 19 on Netflix.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-here-are-the-cosmic-de-evolution-tour-dates\">Here are the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour dates:<\/h2>\n<p>9\/24 \u2013 Toronto, ONT @ Budweiser Stage<br \/>9\/25 \u2013 Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre<br \/>10\/2 \u2013 Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center<br \/>10\/4 \u2013 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center<br \/>10\/5 \u2013 Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater<br \/>10\/16 \u2013 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre<br \/>10\/18 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl<br \/>10\/24 \u2013 Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion<br \/>10\/25 \u2013 Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre<br \/>11\/1 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater<br \/>11\/2 \u2013 Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sponsored by Huntsman<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devo and the B-52s are extending their combined farewell outings and joining forces for the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour, which will hit 11 North American markets beginning Sept. 24 in Toronto.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1728,6,24,1729],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devo","category-news","category-pushly","category-the-b-52s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}