A popular 1980s band is back with new concert dates, four years after planning to say goodbye with a farewell tour.
The B-52’s announced two co-headlining shows with Devo in the UK next year. The New Wave groups will perform together at The O2 in London on June 20, 2026, and at the AO Arena in Manchester on June 21, 2026.
The B-52’s also added three concerts at their Las Vegas residency “due to overwhelming demand,” playing the Venetian on April 22, 24, and 26.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 5, via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for tickets on Vivid Seats, StubHub, and Seat Geek.
According to Ultimate Classic Rock, The B-52’s previously have done two farewell tours, to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019 and a “final” trek in 2022. But the band played on, booking a residency at the The Venetian Las Vegas in 2023 and continuing to perform this year, including at the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary concert.
The new tour dates with Devo even joke about not really saying goodbye, calling the concerts “One Last Orbit (Maybe?)”
“It’s hard for us to end. We’re still having a good time, and it’s still wonderful to look into the audience,” singer Cindy Wilson told Classic Pop earlier this year. “Seeing those happy faces and people grooving – that’ll keep you going, right there! You think we would be over it by now, but it’s a lot of fun.”
The B-52’s are a Grammy Award-winning pop/rock/New Wave band best known for hits like “Rock Lobster” (from their 1979 debut album), “Private Idaho” (1980), “Love Shack” (1989),” “(Shake That) Cosmic Thing” (1989) and “Roam” (1990). They also covered “The Flintstones” theme song for the 1994 live-action movie starring John Goodman and appeared in the film as the fictional group The BC-52’s, playing “The Bedrock Twitch.”
The B-52’s formed in 1976 with Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson. Ricky Wilson died in 1985 and Strickland retired from touring in 2013, but the rest of the original lineup is still performing.
Schneider told Classic Pop in May that he’s still working with his synthpop group, the Superions, with two new albums on the way. Wilson said The B-52’s could potentially release more music, too.
“We could do a little bit more B-52s music. I believe that could happen,” Wilson said. “It makes us all feel better to work, and do something that’s collectively positive.”
“It’s great to be able to do that, and that’s why we’re keeping at it. Will we make another record together? I’m not supposed to say… So I can’t say anything… wink wink!”
The B-52’s tour dates in 2026
April 22 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Venetian
April 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Venetian
April 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Venetian
June 20 – London, UK @ The O2
June 21 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena