The B-52's gear up for spring and summer concert dates

April 8, 2004 01:36 PM

LiveDaily Senior Writer

The B-52's [ tickets ] haven't released a new studio album in more than a decade, but that's not stopping them from hitting the road to work their catalog of classics.

The group has a handful of April and May shows scheduled, and additional dates stretch into early September; the bulk of the currently confirmed shows are concentrated in June and July.

The B-52's issued their most-recent set of all-new material, "Good Stuff," in 1992. That album is the follow-up to 1989's "Cosmic Thing," which spawned the group's best-known hit, "Love Shack," as well as "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club."

A number of best-of sets have surfaced in the interim, including 1998's "Time Capsule" and 2002's "Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology."

Guitarist Keith Strickland--one of the group's founding members--said in a message posted at the band's website late last year that the group is "in the writing process again, but you can't rush genius (LOL)."

Strickland, bouffant-wigged singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, Cindy's older brother and guitarist Ricky Wilson, and singer Fred Schneider formed The B-52's in the mid-'70s. They got their first break with the club hit "Rock Lobster."

Ricky Wilson died of AIDS in 1985, and the group subsequently took a break before soldiering on with "Cosmic Thing," which remains its most commercially successful album to date.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

April 2004
18 - Hallandale, FL - Gulfstream Park
24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center (Salt Lake City Marathon)

May 2004
9 - Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Convention Center
14 - Indianapolis, IN - Jammin' on Jersey
15 - Addison, TX - Taste of Addison Festival

June 2004
3 - Brooks, CA - Cache Creek Casino
5 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Beach Events
6 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues (w/ Scissors Sisters)
9 - Hollywood, CA - The Avalon (w/ Scissors Sisters)
11 - Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center
12 - Saratoga, CA - Historic Mountain Winery
15 - Del Mar, CA - San Diego County Fair
18 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
19 - Burlington, IA - Steamboat Days

July 2004
24 - Atlantic City, NJ - Trump Marina
25 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino
26 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
28 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
29 - Brockton, MA - Campanelli Stadium
30 - Chautauqua, NY - Chautauqua Amphitheater
31 - Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center

August 2004
11 - Livermore, CA - Wente Concerts At The Vineyard
12 - Ventura, CA - Ventura County Fair
14 - Fountain Hills, AZ - Fort McDowell Casino

September 2004
4 - Virginia Beach, VA - American Music Festival