Prior to 2008, the band used an apostrophe in their name, rendering it as “the B-52’s”. In 2008, the band dropped the apostrophe to become “the B-52s”. Asked about the change, Pierson said, “It was not grammatically correct. It’s not like a possessive. It just seemed superfluous.”
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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The first single from the album was ” Funplex “, which was released digitally on January 29, 2008, to the iTunes Store in the U.S. The second single lifted from the album was ” Juliet of the Spirits “. Schneider said in an interview that the album just broke even…
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In late 2004, the band opened for Cher on a few dates of her Farewell Tour . In March 2006, they opened for the Rolling Stones at a benefit for the Robin Hood Foundation . They had three remix EPs released by the Planet Clique record label: Whammy! in 2005,…
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In 2002, a more extensive anthology, Nude on the Moon: The B-52’s Anthology , was released, and in February of that year, the band held a series of concerts celebrating their 25th anniversary. The Irving Plaza show in New York City featured Yoko Ono, as well as Tina Weymouth and…
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A career retrospective, Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation , appeared in 1998, along with two remixed maxisingles: “Summer of Love ’98” and “Hallucinating Pluto”. A major tour (with co-headliners the Pretenders ) to promote the collection took place. ” Debbie “, another single from the album (a tribute…
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The band had their next chart entry in 1994 when, as the BC-52’s , they appeared in The Flintstones live-action movie and sang the title song. When released as a single, it reached number 33 in the U.S. and number three in the UK. In 1994, Pierson and Schneider also…
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Funplex , the band’s first original album in 16 years (since 1992’s Good Stuff ), was released on March 25, 2008, by Astralwerks . Talking about the record’s sound, Strickland noted, “It’s loud, sexy rock and roll with the beat turned up to hot pink.” The album was produced by…
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Pierson sang on Iggy Pop ‘s song ” Candy “, which gave him his first and only top-40 hit. In 1991, Schneider’s 1984 solo record, Fred Schneider and the Shake Society , was repackaged and re-released, resulting in his first Hot 100 single when “Monster” climbed to number 85. Also…
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A fourth single, ” Deadbeat Club “, which reminisced about the band’s early days in Athens and whose video was shot on location and featured a cameo by fellow Athens artist R.E.M. ‘s Michael Stipe , reached number 30. Cosmic Thing climbed into the U.S. top five and earned multiplatinum…
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