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The B-52s Announce Farewell Tour: ‘It’s Time for One Last Blowout’

"It has been a wild ride, that's for sure," said Cindy Wilson of the band's decades-long career.

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Love shack or no love shack, The B-52s and their fans have just one more chance to get together in a little old place. After 45 years of performing and more than 20 million albums sold, the new-wave genre-defining group is gearing up to hit the road one last time on a farewell tour late this summer.

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Announced Tuesday (April 26), the tour will see the band’s three surviving members performing at least 15 shows across 11 venues in the United States between August and November, with more dates expected to be added in the next few weeks. Tickets for the tour go on pre-sale Wednesday (April 27) and fully on sale Friday (April 29); VIP meet-and-greet packages will be available on The B-52s’ website .

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“No one likes to throw a party more than we do, but after almost a half-century on the road, it’s time for one last blowout with our friends and family … our fans,” said 70-year-old frontman Fred Schneider in a statement.

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Though it’s The B-52s who are stepping away from the limelight, they still plan on sharing the tour with two other groups: KC and The Sunshine Band and The Tubes are set to make individual guest appearances on select dates. “It’s going to be one hell of a farewell party at these concerts,” Schneider added about the special guests.

It’s not listed on the schedule, but technically, the “Love Shack” bandmates are kicking off the tour with a performance on Hollywood Boulevard with a Wednesday (April 27) performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live . Originally made up of four members who historically formed the group after drinks in an Athens, Ga., Chinese restaurant, The B-52s became famous for their party-perfect hits such as “ Rock Lobster” before guitarist Ricky Wilson died from an AIDS-related illness in 1985.

“It has been a wild ride, that’s for sure,” said Cindy Wilson, B-52s co-founder and Wilson’s sister, in a statement. “We feel truly blessed to have had an amazing career encouraging folks to dance, sing along with us and feel they can be whomever they are with our music.”

Also on the docket for the B-52s’ retirement celebration is a documentary created by MRC Films and Fulwell 73, newly announced to be released in early 2023. Directed by Craig Johnson and executive produced by Fred Armisen, the film will examine the band’s journey and influence and will include personal, never-before-seen photos and films.

“Who knew what started as a way to have some fun and play music for our friends’ at house parties in Athens in 1977 would evolve into over 45 years of making music and touring the world,” stated co-founder Kate Pierson. “It’s been cosmic.”

See the dates for The B-52s’ farewell tour below:

THE B-52S 2022 TOUR DATES

August 22 nd                 Seattle, WA                             McCaw Hall*

September 29 th           Mashantucket, CT                  Foxwoods Casino**

September 30 th           Boston, MA                             MGM Music Hall**

October 1 st                  Washington, DC                     The Anthem**

October 7 th                 Chicago, IL                               Chicago Theatre**

October 13 th               New York, NY                          Beacon Theatre**

October 14 th                New York, NY                          Beacon Theatre**

October 15 th                Atlantic City, NJ                       Ovation Hall – Ocean Casino**

October 19 th               Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 21 st                Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 22 nd               Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 28 th               San Francisco, CA                   The Masonic Auditorium*

October 29 th               San Francisco, CA                   The Masonic Auditorium*

November 4 th              Los Angeles, CA                       YouTube Theater**

November 11 th            Atlanta, GA                             The Fox Theatre**

*with Special Guests The Tubes

**with Special Guests KC & The Sunshine Band

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The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road

Forty-three years after their first album, the band that brought the world “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack” is starting a tour for the last time.

By Rob Tannenbaum

When the B-52’s played “Rock Lobster” on “Saturday Night Live” in January 1980, a few months after releasing their debut album, it was a lightning-strike moment for a generation of young misfits and oddballs.

The band’s uninhibited dancing, statuesque wigs and absurdist lyrics embraced the ecstatic, and its kinetically rhythmic guitar, precise drumming and bursts of Farfisa organ ensured a good time. Many of their campy, catchy songs celebrated people who seemed to be happily dislocated or disconnected from known dimensions (“Planet Claire,” “Private Idaho”). Several of the band’s members were queer and all five considered themselves “freaks.” Over a period of decades, as they grew from a cult band to one with Top 40 hits — most notably “Love Shack” in 1989 — they discovered how many others identified the same way.

“This eccentric, downright lovable quintet,” John Rockwell of The New York Times wrote in 1978, “provides about the most amusing, danceable experience in town.” The B-52’s sustained that vigor through seven studio albums and an EP, as well as the 1985 death of Ricky Wilson, one of rock’s most inventive guitarists. Their spirit can be heard in the work of a wide range of artists who followed, including Deee-Lite, Le Tigre, LCD Soundsystem and Dua Lipa.

Culture made by and for misfits and oddballs is now a billion-dollar industry, but it wasn’t when the B-52’s played their first gig in 1977, in their Athens, Ga., hometown. Maybe that’s why, 45 years after they first played for a small number of friends, they’ve announced a farewell tour , which starts Aug. 20 in Vancouver and wraps with a three-night stand in Atlanta in November. It took a while, but the weirdos have won.

In late July, the singers Fred Schneider, 70; Kate Pierson, 74; and Cindy Wilson, 65, gathered in a SoHo hotel suite for an 80-minute free-for-all punctuated by raucous laughter, as well as somber reflections. Schneider dispensed deadpan punch lines, Pierson spoke with hippie beneficence and Wilson talked movingly about the death of her brother, Ricky. Keith Strickland, 68, a drummer and guitarist who stopped touring with the band in 2012, added his thoughts in a phone interview later.

“I call this our Cher-well tour,” Pierson said, a reference to the singer Cher, who has staged one “farewell” tour after another. “Never say never,” she added and shrugged.

To her right, Schneider looked aghast and resolutely whispered a single word: “ Never. ”

These are edited excerpts from the conversations.

Why did the band decide to quit touring?

PIERSON We’re not quitting — we’re just moving on to the new phase of our lives, which is a documentary. We’ve worked hard on uncovering archival material, like Super 8 footage and photographs.

SCHNEIDER We’ll still do shows, but no more touring. I love being onstage, but I got tired of people with cellphones not paying attention and blocking everyone behind them.

PIERSON All in all, the digital thing was good for us. Having videos on YouTube exposed us to a new audience of young people. On “Rock Lobster,” they go nuts, freak-flag flying, crazy dancing, tearing off their clothes.

SCHNEIDER I don’t know if I want them to tear off their clothes. Maybe just the younger ones.

PIERSON The old ones too! Let’s see it all.

If I told you in 1977, right before you played your first show, that in 45 years you’d be doing a farewell tour, would you have believed me?

WILSON I know. That’s insane.

STRICKLAND A band was just something to do, because in Athens, there was nothing else to do.

SCHNEIDER It was a hobby. We’d jammed once or twice. We didn’t even have the money to buy guitar strings.

PIERSON The miracle, to me, is that no one ever said, “Let’s start a band.” We just hung out with a group of friends who were —

SCHNEIDER Freaks!

PIERSON We’d go to a local disco, dress up and drive everyone else off the dance floors, flailing around and just being punks. People would clear away from us.

SCHNEIDER After our first show, friends started asking us to play at their house. Finally, we played at Max’s Kansas City in New York. I guess anyone can play on a Monday night in December. [Laughter] We got $17.

PIERSON Danny Beard, who put out our first 45, came to New York with us. He said, “Did you ask if they want us back?” So we ran upstairs and asked the booker, Deer France. She said, “Hell yeah.”

SCHNEIDER Because we were like nothing they’d ever seen.

PIERSON In the beginning, we were terrified. We looked fierce because we were so scared. We were each responsible for setting up onstage. I did the patch cords between the guitars and amps.

SCHNEIDER I plugged everything in. [Laughter]

PIERSON Fred would stand there and say, “Where’s the outlet?” until someone came and helped him.

Soon after you started, a bunch of other great bands came out of Athens: R.E.M., Pylon, Love Tractor. Was it the cheap rents that allowed lots of Bohemians to flourish, as they did in New York?

PIERSON Living in Athens was free and easy. We had jobs, sort of. I lived out in the country and had goats.

SCHNEIDER I was meal delivery coordinator for the Council on Aging. You could rent an apartment in Athens for $60 a month. I think Kate paid $15 a month.

PIERSON I was a paste-up artist on the local newspaper, and Cindy worked at the Whirly Q luncheonette counter. We started getting written up in all the magazines — New York Rocker, Interview — and we couldn’t afford to buy the magazines. We’d buy one copy and share it.

At what point did you start to think, “Maybe this band is more than just a hobby”?

PIERSON I knew something was happening when we played Hurrah in New York [in March 1979]. Ricky looked out the window and said, “Why is there such a long line outside?” They said, “That line is for y’all’s show.” What?

What was so different about you?

SCHNEIDER Everyone in New York was standing against the wall in their leather jackets, smoking cigarettes. We were a blast of color. No one would dance. We wanted to entertain people, and we kept it positive and fun.

PIERSON People thought Cindy and I might be drag queens.

SCHNEIDER When we played Max’s, someone yelled, “Is this a queen band?” I misheard, and I said, “Yes, we’re a clean band.” I guess nobody wore wigs in New York.

PIERSON They thought we were from England, because they couldn’t imagine a band coming from Athens. But this was happening all over the country, in little towns. “Let’s start a band,” even if — well, we could play our instruments. People have a misconception that we couldn’t. I played keyboard and bass, and played guitar on two songs.

SCHNEIDER I played keyboard bass on two songs. But I didn’t know which keys I was supposed to hit, so they put black tape on the keys. [Laughter]

When most people start out singing, they imitate someone. I don’t think you guys did.

WILSON I was trying to be Patti Smith.

SCHNEIDER I wish I could sound like Wilson Pickett. But mostly, I was reciting. I talk-sang.

PIERSON None of us were self-conscious.

WILSON Because we were doing it for fun. It was kind of half-joking.

PIERSON And Cindy and I just locked into our harmonies. We never said, “Oh, let’s try this interval.”

STRICKLAND Cindy’s voice can be beautiful, but it has a primal quality at the same time. I used to tell Ricky she reminds me of John Lennon.

Ricky told Keith he had AIDS, and asked him not to tell anyone else. Cindy, did you have any anger toward Keith for not telling you?

WILSON Not at all. Both Keith and Ricky were in this horrible hell, you know? Ricky and I were living together, and he was away a lot. I thought, oh, he’s sick of living with his sister.

STRICKLAND Hearing that breaks my heart.

WILSON A hideous thing happened a day or two before Ricky passed. I got a phone call from a nurse in his doctor’s office. She was smacking gum, and said, “Did you know you’re living with a man that has AIDS?” It was the first time someone had said those words to me.

STRICKLAND It was very difficult. I kept telling him, “You’ve got to tell Cindy.” He was a very private person, and I don’t think he knew how to deal with it. He’d gone into a coma in the hospital, and Cindy confronted me. I knew I couldn’t hide it anymore.

WILSON After he died, I had a nervous breakdown. Keith moved up to Woodstock and became a hermit.

STRICKLAND Ricky was my best friend — we were like brothers. I thought the band was finished, but writing music was a way to console myself. I wrote on the guitar, and I imagined Ricky sitting across from me. One of the first pieces I wrote became “Deadbeat Club,” and there are two guitar parts; I played the chords, and in my head, I imagined Ricky playing the other part.

PIERSON I lived in a house across the pond from Keith, and I’d canoe over to his house. He played me a couple of things, and then we all got together. We said, this is for us, for our healing, and this is for Ricky. It was kind of miraculous that we came back together.

The first album you did after Ricky died, “Cosmic Thing,” had your first hit singles, “Love Shack,” “Roam” and “Deadbeat Club.” Why was that the breakthrough album?

PIERSON When we wrote “Cosmic,” it turned out to be an autobiographical album.

WILSON But how could it not, you know? And we didn’t write the album to be a hit.

PIERSON Yeah, and the songs just came together in a sort of story. It came really directly from the collective heart of the band. And it just poured out, all this stuff about the innocence we had in Athens.

SCHNEIDER We had to beg radio stations to play “Love Shack” because it was unlike anything. Once it went to No. 1 on college and alternative radio, that’s when mainstream radio picked it up. And once that happened, it’s like, oh, my God.

You also used two of the best producers around, Don Was and Nile Rodgers. How did you pick them?

PIERSON We interviewed Todd Rundgren, who said, “I have a mandate. I’m going to tell you what to do, and you’re going to do what I say.” He didn’t say it in that way, but he used the word “mandate,” and we were like, no . [Laughter]

SCHNEIDER We go on man dates, but we don’t put up with one.

PIERSON A friend’s mother, who’s a psychic and doesn’t know anything about music, went through the list of producers and said, “The spirit guides love Nile Rodgers and Don Was too.” She had no idea who they were.

Why has the band recorded only one studio album in the last 30 years?

SCHNEIDER We wanted to wait until people finally stopped buying albums and CDs. [Laughter]

STRICKLAND The way we write is complex and time-consuming, because it’s so collaborative. And it would get contentious at times — you edit out a part and someone says, “That’s my favorite part.” We’ve never been a band that just pumps it out.

Do you think the B-52’s contributed a lot to what people call the queering of American culture?

PIERSON We queered it. We done queered it.

SCHNEIDER Unintentionally, to a degree. A lot of people said seeing us on “Saturday Night Live,” they felt comfortable with themselves, finally, even though they might live in some Podunk town where tolerance is, forget it. We hear those stories all the time. Back then, it was a stigma to even say you were gay, so I would say, “I’m a try-sexual. I’ll try anything.”

PIERSON We not only had a gay sensibility, we also embodied it. We look different, our songs are different, so people identified us from the beginning as different.

SCHNEIDER Everybody’s invited to our party. We always made that one of our premises. Bring your mom. Bring grandma.

Bonus Track: Keith Strickland on Ricky Wilson

“When Ricky played guitar, he sounded like two people,” Cindy Wilson said. Guitar World named Wilson, who often removed one and sometimes two strings from his guitar, one of its 25 All-Time Weirdest Guitarists . In a phone call, Keith Strickland, the B-52’s drummer who took over guitar duties after Wilson died, explained Ricky’s unique style. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

STRICKLAND Ricky and I met in high school at 16 and bonded over music. He was writing songs on guitar, very much influenced by Donovan. He was quite skilled in fingerpicking, which he learned by watching the show “Folk Guitar With Laura Weber” on PBS. The first time all five of the B-52’s jammed, I played guitar and Ricky played congas. But he was a better guitarist and I was a better drummer, so we switched.

On some songs, like “Rock Lobster” and “Private Idaho,” Ricky played alternating parts. He’d play the rhythm on his lower strings, and a counterpoint lead line on the higher strings. It sounds like two guitars. For me, that’s the genius of Ricky’s playing. And he used real heavy-gauge strings, because he kept breaking the thinner ones and we didn’t have guitar techs to change them. [Laughs]

He removed the G string from his guitar, which eliminates some of the midrange frequencies, and he played with only five strings. That happened by accident. When I played the guitar, if I broke a string, I wouldn’t change it — I’d just retune the other strings to an open tuning. I liked how it sounded.

One day, Ricky was annoyed because I hadn’t changed a broken string on the guitar. I said, “You should play it like that.” He scoffed it off. But the next time I went to his house, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, playing and laughing. He said, “I’ve just written the most stupid guitar riff you’ve ever heard.” And it was the “Rock Lobster” riff, played on five strings in an open tuning.

He and I were aware of open tunings because we were both big fans of Joni Mitchell, who used them a lot. People always say, “ Really ? You like Joni?” because our music is nothing like hers. Some of the chords she used were so beautiful, and they sound unresolved. Open tunings offer different color palettes or voicings that might be physically impossible to play in standard tuning.

After Ricky died, it seemed impossible to me to find someone else that could play in open tuning. So I said, “I’ll be the guitarist.” It was pragmatic, but I also knew that if we brought somebody else in, I’d hover over them and say, “You’re not doing that right.” [Laughs] I had to learn Ricky’s parts, but I never wanted to imitate him, because I knew I couldn’t. It was a good 10 years before I was comfortable playing guitar onstage. The whole Cosmic Thing Tour, I was hanging by a thread.

Around 1983, Ricky bought one of the first Macintosh home computers, and he loved it. When I’m writing music at my computer now, using Logic Pro software, I always say, “Gosh, Ricky would’ve loved this.” I often think about Ricky.

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Some 45 years after their first performance, new wave icons the B-52s have announced a farewell tour that kicks off this summer.

The jaunt — billed as “Their final tour ever of planet Earth” — will hit 11 cities across the U.S., launching August 22 in Seattle and running through November 11, where it will finish at Atlanta’s legendary Fox Theatre, not far from their home base of Athens, Georgia. More shows will be added in the coming weeks; see current routing below.

The pre-sale begins tomorrow, April 27, at 12 p.m. ET. KC and the Sunshine Band and the Tubes are set to make special guest appearances on select dates.

To kick off the tour, the B-52s will perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” tomorrow (April 27) as well.

MRC Films and Fulwell 73 have announced that the film documentary on the band will be released in early 2023. Directed by Craig Johnson (Skeleton Twins; Wilson; Alex Strangelove) and executive-produced by Fred Armisen, the film will trace the history and influence of the band. The film has also been given generous support of all band members including many personal archival photos and films that have never been released.

Says co-founder Kate Pierson, “Who knew what started as a way to have some fun and play music for our friends’ at house parties in Athens in 1977 would evolve into over 45 years of making music and touring the world. It’s been cosmic.”

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Cindy Wilson, who also co-founded the band with her beloved late brother, Ricky, adds, “It has been a wild ride, that’s for sure. We feel truly blessed to have had an amazing career encouraging folks to dance, sing along with us and feel they can be whomever they are with our music.”

Fred Schneider, co-founder and perhaps the most unique front man in rock, sums up the band’s decision to retire from the road, “No one likes to throw a party more than we do, but after almost a half-century on the road, it’s time for one last blow-out with our friends and family…our fans. And with KC & The Sunshine Band and The Tubes on board, it’s going to be one hell of a farewell party at these concerts.”

THE B-52S 2022 TOUR DATES

August 22 nd                 Seattle, WA                            McCaw Hall*

September 29 th           Mashantucket, CT                  Foxwoods Casino**

September 30 th           Boston, MA                            MGM Music Hall**

October 1 st                  Washington, DC                     The Anthem**

October 7 th                 Chicago, IL                              Chicago Theatre**

October 13 th               New York, NY                         Beacon Theatre**

October 14 th                New York, NY                         Beacon Theatre**

October 15 th                Atlantic City, NJ                      Ovation Hall – Ocean Casino**

October 19 th               Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 21 st                Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 22 nd               Las Vegas, NV                         The Venetian Theatre

October 28 th               San Francisco, CA                   The Masonic Auditorium*

October 29 th               San Francisco, CA                   The Masonic Auditorium*

November 4 th              Los Angeles, CA                      YouTube Theater**

November 11 th            Atlanta, GA                            The Fox Theatre**

*with Special Guests The Tubes

**with Special Guests KC & The Sunshine Band

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The B-52s final tour 2022: How to buy tickets, dates, schedule, venues

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• Published: Apr. 30, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

The B-52s Fred Schneider, left, Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson are touring one last time in 2022. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media

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There won’t be that many more opportunities to get down to the “Love Shack.”

The seminal art-pop group The B-52s have announced their upcoming 2022 Farewell Tour will be their last.

On the tour, they’ll be playing just 15 concerts . That includes shows at New York City’s Beacon Theatre (Oct. 13-14) and Atlantic City’s Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort (Oct. 15).

Disco legends KC and the Sunshine Band and glam-pop stars The Tubes will join them on select dates.

Tickets to see the band that brought the world “Rock Lobster” live are available everywhere tickets are sold.

NJ.com readers using Vivid Seats for the first time can get $20 off ticket orders over $200 with promo code NJ20 at checkout.

“Roam” sites like StubHub , Ticketmaster , SeatGeek , TicketCity and MegaSeats if you’d like to compare prices.

A complete calendar featuring all Farewell Tour dates, show start times, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here .

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The B-52s announce their farewell US tour for 2022

After 45 years of success, the b-52s, one of the most popular and long-lasting rock & roll bands will say goodbye with a farewell tour at the end of this year. .

THE band has recently announced the dates of their farewell tour The Final Tour Ever of Planet Earth. B-52s will perform the dates across the US between August to November. 

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The band will kick off their tour on August 22 in Seattle, Washington – will be joined by the special guest, The Tubes – and wrap up their tour on November 11 with a final blowout at The Fox Theater, Atlanta, and will be joined by two special bands, The KC and Sunshine Band. 

Tickets for the B52s farewell tour have been already on sale now you can book your spot via ticketmaster.com . For the full information about their tour check the band’s website . 

Of the farewell tour, one of the band members, Fred Schneider, 70, said: “No one likes to throw a party more than we do, but after almost a half-century on the road, it’s time for one last blow-out with our friends and family… our fans. And with KC & The Sunshine Band and The Tubes on board, it’s going to be one hell of a farewell party at these concerts.”

Another band member, Kate Pierson, 74, added, “Who knew what started as a way to have some fun and play music for our friends at house parties in Athens in 1977 would evolve into over 45 years of making music and touring the world. It’s been cosmic.” 

In 1979, B-52s dominated the New Wave scene with hits like Rock Lobster. In the late 1980s, they broke into the pop charts with Love Shack and Roam.

In addition to announcing their farewell tour, the B-52s also announced that a long-awaited documentary about the band will finally be released in early 2023. As of now, the film’s title has not yet been decided, but it will feature their unreleased archival photos and videos. The documentary is directed by Craig Johnson and executive produced by Fred Armisen. 

The B-52s Farewell Tour Dates

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• 29 SEPTEMBER – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Casino (with KC and the Sunshine Band)
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The B-52s are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976 and currently consists of Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson.

The meeting of The B-52s could be described as a stroke of fate. After sharing some strong alcoholic beverages at a Chinese restaurant in Georgia, vocalist Cindy Wilson and her older brother guitarist Ricky joined vocalist Kate Pierson, original drummer and percussionist Keith Strickland and vocalist Fred Schneider in an impromptu musical jam. Shortly after they played their first gig as a unit at a friend's Valentine's Day party.

The band's managed to gain crucial backing from record labels in the early days partially helped by the strength of their debut single 'Rock Lobster' which charted worldwide. In 1979 The B-52's signed contracts with Warner Bros. Records for North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand; and with Island Records for the UK, Europe, and Asia.

The debut self titled album went on to chart within the top 30 of the UK charts and top 60 in the US, a moderate success for a new artist. The next album 'Wild Planet' spawned three top 5 US dance chart hits and increased the band's chart peaks around the world. On October 12, 1985 Ricky Wilson died from the illness HIV/AIDS at the age of 32 with his other bandmates unaware he was even suffering from the disease. With Cindy Wilson devastated by her brother's death, and her bandmates too being depressed about Ricky's passing, the band went into seclusion and did not tour to promote their album nor the group, prompting a hiatus from their musical careers.

They reformed in 1989 with the 'Cosmic Thing' album which included a number of hit worldwide singles, including their biggest US Billboard hit 'Love Shack'. In 1990 the B-52's were nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year. They won two awards, Best Group Video and Best Art Direction. Their tour schedule has been consistent throughout their career.

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The B-52s are a slice of classic 60s style rock and they have built a loyal following for their sound over their career which has now spanned an impressive three decades. They perform with the same level of enthusiasm that first gained them attention and there is an equal emphasis on the easygoing and fun during their live show.

They warm the crowd with tracks from their latest LP 'Funplex' and they remain enthusiastic yet the real roars of approval come for the first of the early singles 'Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland' which is sang back in force by the room in its entirety much to the delight of the band. They applaud the crowd after their own applause die down and thank them for the continued support, citing they are fact that they continue to visit the UK. After some slick vocal acrobatics on 'Is That You, Mo-Dean?' and a great demonstration of the disjointed instrumentals on '6060-842' the audience knows the band are warming them up to a double-hit finale.

They were not wrong as the whole crowd erupts in equal amounts of joy for 'Love Shack' and 'Rock Lobster' both of which are sang back note perfectly as the band takes its final bows.

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Since 2008 American new wave band, the B-52s, have been back in action. In 2008 the banded dropped the apostrophe in their name and release a new album, ‘Funplex.’ For the past six years the B-52s have been delivering their brand of high-energy rock and roll pop in large arena and festival venues.

A B-52s concert always promises fun. If you want to dance the night away, then the B-52s’ brand of ‘loud, sexy rock and roll with the beat turned up to hot pink’ (as described by drummer and guitarist, Keith Strickland) might be just right for you.

After thirty-six years of performing with the B-52s, front women Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson really know how to work a crowd. They teasingly let the audience guess what song is up next as they offer allusive clues as they chat amongst themselves into their microphones. Of course, the crowd is guaranteed to go wild once they realise they are about to be treated to renditions of pop classics, ‘Rock Lobster’ And ‘Love Shack.’ You’ll struggle to shake these catchy tunes from your head for days after the gig!

The B-52s promise a fun evening of dancing and singing along to some fun pop hits.

I missed the opening act Berlin, saw OMD, they were ok, they played most of the pop songs.They played well but that will be the last time for me. Too much sing along,clapping along to every song really felt cheesy.

I saw the b52s when I was young and they were too. they blew me away the first time I saw them at an outdoor show.

I saw an older version that managed to play well but most of the show were songs that the ladies sang and Fred left the stage for a few songs and came back and sang again. He looked very old and I thought he would sing more of the early hits everybody loves. He did not look well and he kept a low profile.

I enjoyed the show but missed Fred on the stage.

Glad I went but again I knew this is the last b52 show for me.

They are a great band and brought a smile to my face every time I heard them.

I have to say that OMD rocked the show last night. Best act of the night. They sounded just like they did in the '80s. They had so much energy. The crowd was really bummed when they announced their last song. I really hope that they tour again as a headliner.

Berlin was great too! Terri Nunn was fantastic. Her voice was clear and crisp. I felt bad that they were the first band to go on. A lot of seats were empty. But those people missed out on a great show. Their new songs were great. I can't wait to listen to the new album

The B-52's were a disappointment. Some songs they sounded great and others not so much. I don't blame them I blame the sound engineer. They mix was off. Cindy's mic was so low you couldn't hear her at all. Kate's mic was way too loud that it was almost distorted. Fred was Fred.

When they were playing their classic hits the crowd was involved and dancing, but they played a lot of stuff that most of the crowd didn't know, and the crowd would sit down and get on their phones. I was more impressed by the other groups on the tour with them. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was fantastic, and Berlin was as well. OMD and Berlin were more engaged with the crowd, and the lead singer of Berlin even came out into the crowd for one song. The B-52s just never quite seemed to sync with the crowd. Overall I would rate this as a great concert experience, but was slightly disappointed with the B-52's. They did, however, eventually get around to most of the classic hits that everyone wanted to hear.

Probably the most fun concert I have been to in 20 years. AC/DC and Rammstein had better setup, Black Sabbath was WAY more crowded, Van Halen and The Fixx were ones you just couldn't miss because you never knew when they would be back, but The B-52s actually had every seat emptied and people dancing all over the place. How they can still sound so good is a total mystery. They have lost NOTHING with time. Out of 2 or 3 hundred concerts I have been to - that was the most fun. Still a great party band.

Ended up going both nights Wed and Thur. So much fun.The B's were in top form. The girls sounded and looked great and Fred was fun as ever. You could feel the entire floor shifting while the crowd Danced to classic B tunes...Claude the lobster was the perfect closer...fun fun fun, Hope they come back next year.Great to see my fav. Party band I grew up with...Would have liked to buy a "Whammy" tee shirt...nonetheless I got one of each offered. love The B-52's :)

Show was very good. A little political chat that could have been avoided but they played well and with enthusiasm. The venue is ok except the seating sucks. Think high school auditorium with metal seats. And the seats are narrow and bolted together. If the guy next to you is fat, you will get to know him better than you wanted. Not tiered either. Kosars steakhouse is the best part of the Rocksino. Parking is fairly easy and no parking fee.

My partner and I thoroughly enjoyed our Moda Center B52’s concert especially since it was presented in the Cloud setting. We attended Depeche Mode last year at this same venue and it was unbearably hot during the entire show....B52’s experience was dramatically different hence making it way more enjoyable! Song choice and stage presentation were both superb...I personally hadn’t attended a B52’s concert yet and thoroughly enjoyed myself!

Wednesday, 8/14 -- Berlin, OMD, & B-52s!! The 1st two bands were very impressive... the B-52s, unfortunately, kept losing steam throughout their set and their performance was pretty underwhelming. The 1st song, Private Idaho, was probably the best. People got bored and restless -- we were all kind of disappointed, I've been a huge fan for years. If you have a choice of two different groups to see, pick the other one, lol.

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It is well known that The B-52s are The World’s Greatest Party Band. 45 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. 

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635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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Military Unit: 86646

Activated 1953 in Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1945th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 15 43N, 38 32 13E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E14-1)
• Support area: 55 16 50N, 38 32 28E
• Guidance area: 55 16 31N, 38 30 38E

1984 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10) with three independent battalions:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Bessonovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 09 34N, 38 22 26E
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast) - 55 15 31N, 38 32 23E
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Shcherbovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 22 32N, 38 43 33E

Disbanded 1.5.98.

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• 1st Special Air Defence Corps , 1953 - 1.6.88
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.6.88 - 1.10.94
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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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