Very sad to think we'll never get another B-52's album. Pop will be a less colourful place without this band in it.
Love Shack was the first hit after the move from Island to Warners, so everything before that was released on Island (now part of Universal Music, if I'm keeping up with all the mergers and changes!). I guess the digital world is still catching up with the physical, where the licensing has become less complex in the last decade or so.
They've announced a full 40th Anniversary tour! No mention of it being a farewell tour either. May 4 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Sunfest May 12 – Arlington, TX @ KAABOO Texas May 26 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender June 21 – Vitoria, Spain @ Azkena Rock Festival June 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso June 24 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique June 26 – Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk June 27 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle June 29 – Gateshead Sage, UK @ Gateshead Sage June 30 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo July 2 – Nottingham, [email protected] Royal Concert Hall July 3 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo July 5 – Paris, France @ Olympia July 7 – Argeles Sur Me, France @ Festival les Deferlantes August 1 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Pacific Amphitheatre August 3 – San Diego, CA @ Bayside Summer Nights @ Embarcadero Marina Park August 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Microsoft Theater August 6 – Portland, OR @ Oregon Zoo Amphitheater August 7 – Seattle, WA @ BECU ZooTunes Concert Series August 8 – Missoula, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheater August 10 – Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater August 11 – Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Amphitheatre August 12 – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery August 14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre August 16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre August 17 – Dillon, CO @ Dillon Amphitheater August 18 – Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre August 21 – San Antonio, TX @ The Majestic Theater August 22 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall August 24 – Sugarland, TX @ Smart Financial Centre August 26 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre August 28 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall September 6 – Greensboro, NC @ White Oak Amphitheatre at Greensboro Coliseum Complex September 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park September 8 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at the Heights September 11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens September 13 – Toronto, ONT, CA @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts September 14 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre September 17 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem September 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts September 20 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino – Grand Theater September 22 – Asbury Park, NJ @ See.Hear.Now Festival September 24 – New York, NY @ Summerstage, Central Park
I saw them open for Culture Club last year. I wanted to like them because they are such icons, but I couldn’t get into them. I find their songs very gimmicky. And they do more shrieking than actual singing.
I just meant the announcement of these new dates didn't reference anything about it being a farewell outing, only that the tour was to mark their 40th anniversary.
Oh I apologise then! 'Farewell' was definitely mentioned when the European dates were announced though, they probably edited that later.
Well now we're at a farewell tour. I've just bought nosebleeds to offset the amount of vital organs I need to sell in order to afford the seperate VIP package of a "meet and greet, totebag, and farewell champagne."
I'm also gutted. I do remember a couple years ago they were pursuing options to release a 40th anniversary albums boxset, and that it would include brand new songs. But while they seemed pretty sure of it, that also could've been them just thinking about the possibility of doing it rather than following through. But who knows! I think with all of them living far from each other, Keith stepping back in the group, and the stated need to self-fund the record, a proper follow-up to Funplex wasn't in the cards. (I am, however. manifesting the opposite, and I'm going to need them to announce a surprise album, thanks be the universe.)
I would absolutely welcome a final album. Funplex was the perfect mix of classic B-52s and their sound updated for modern times. The last time I saw them live I was very glad that they performed songs from it.
