Clearwater, FL
Event Summary: The B-52’s 40th Anniversary tour comes to Ruth Eckerd Hall on Wednesday, August 28th from 7-9pm.
Dust off those go-go boots and shine your dancing shoes because the B-52s are coming! Quintessential party rockers The B-52s make their way to Clearwater on their 40th Anniversary Tour with a stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall with special guests OMD & Berlin. It is well known that the B-52s are “The World’s Greatest Party Band”. And forty years and over twenty million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why they remain one of rock music’s most beloved and enduring bands.
Any mystery concerning the band’s longevity and ongoing appeal is immediately solved when exposed to a B-52s concert experience. From groundbreaking songs like “Rock Lobster,” “Dance This Mess Around” and “Private Idaho“ to chart-topping hits like “Love Shack”, “Roam”, and “Deadbeat Club”.
“No novelty, the B-52s may be the most subversive band America ever gave us…Campy? Yes. Colorful? Yes. Fun? Very much so. But none of this should take away from their value as vanguards”- Salon
“The greatest white dance band in the world”- Interview Magazine
“From the very beginning, the B-52s were an undeniably great live act” Pitchfork
Special guests OMD and Berlin to open the show.
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