In July 2026, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider were inducted onto the Count Basie Center for the Arts Walk of Fame.
The B-52s performed “Love Shack” at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Saturday Night Live television show. They were joined on stage by Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman and featured Fred Armisen on drums.
The B-52s toured with Devo on their North American Cosmic De-Evolution tour in 2025, with Lene Lovich as the opening act. The tour reached London and Manchester in June 2026 with guests Lovich and the Rezillos .
On May 15, 2024, the City of Athens, Georgia, announced that their Federal Prospects Hockey League team would be named the Rock Lobsters , honoring the band and their song. The decision came after an online poll, which the Rock Lobsters won by a wide margin. The band responded on…
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Following the end of the farewell tour, the B-52s embarked on residencies at The Venetian Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada , with DJ Cummerbund again joining as an opener. The first residency concerts took place in May, August, and September 2023, with further dates scheduled for April 2024.
In April 2022, the group announced that they would embark on a final farewell tour , with KC and the Sunshine Band and DJ Cummerbund , lasting from August 22 to November 11, 2022. The final dates of the concert were postponed until January 2023, due to illness. The B-52s…
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In 2019, the group announced a tour to begin in May in the United States, which took them to Europe and back to the U.S. On September 30, 2019, the band was reported to be featured in the upcoming Archie Comics ‘ comic book Archie Meets the B-52s , released…
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On February 18, 2011, the B-52s played a show at the Classic Center in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, four days after the 34th anniversary of their first-ever show on February 14, 1977. The concert was filmed and recorded for With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA , released…
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The group continued to perform live, with a touring band that featured musicians Sterling Campbell (drums), Paul Gordon (keyboards, guitar), and Tracy Wormworth (bass), and performances included the closing show for the 2011 edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival , as well as being the house band during the 2012…
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The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., immediately making it the second-highest-charting B-52s album ever. The band toured in support of the album and made appearances on talk shows, including The Tonight Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and performed on The Today…
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