25th anniversary concerts

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 Chris Frantz of Talking Heads , as guests, with Chicks on Speed as the opener. Coinciding with the band’s 25th anniversary was the publication of The B-52’s Universe: The Essential Guide to the World’s Greatest Party Band , the first and only officially authorized biography of the band. The book was nominated for a Lambda Lit Award and was a Minnesota Book Awards finalist. The B-52s recorded the song “Orange You Glad It’s Summer” for a Target commercial that aired in spring/summer 2002. Target also used the Cosmic Thing song “Junebug” in a TV spot five years later. In late 2002, the pilot episode for the cartoon The Groovenians featured a theme song performed by the band.