the b52’s, out of control.. and on tour?

With the way they’ve been acting, you’d never know that the B-52’s are almost two decades down the road from the “Love Shack”. This week, Astralwerks released Funplex, the Athens icons’ first album in 16 years, and the B-52s’ show no signs of slowing up any time soon.

First up is a trio of remixes of Funplex’s title track from the likes of CSS, Peaches and the Scissor Sisters, available right this instant through iTunes. Then there’s the band’s club tour, which kicks off in Boston in late April following a few scattered gigs beforehand (including one tonight in British Columbia).

And then there’s their co-headlining spot on this year’s True Colors Tour, where they’ll join Cyndi Lauper, Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor, Joan Jett, Andy Bell of Erasure, and others on a lineup that changes as often as Fred Schneider switches suits.

Welcome back, B-52’s! Yours is a much more welcome re-emergence than that of those planes you’re named after.

From Pitchfork.

~ by supahblog on March 31, 2008.