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New wave band Devo are still going strong with a national concert tour, the re-release of two of their most popular recordings and the promise of a new album in the spring.

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On Friday I went to see Devo . I knew it would be a phenomenal show, because they knocked my Chucks off at South by Southwest.

Robert Everett-Green From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov.

I discovered Devo as a child, like I had with Talking Heads and The Specials, on Saturday Night Live during my musical awakening period in the late '70s and the dawn of the '80s. Devo performed a herky-jerky cover of The Rolling Stones' " Satisfaction" while wearing yellow radiation suits on the 1978 show hosted by Fred Willard.

Devo energetically cracked that whip, and then some, as the '70s New Wave rockers wrapped up a much anticipated two-night stand at The Phoenix on Tuesday night in what were their first Toronto performances in 25 years.

Devo energetically cracked that whip, and then some, as the '70s New Wave rockers wrapped up a much anticipated two-night stand at The Phoenix on Tuesday night in what were their first Toronto performances in 25 years.

The pioneering new wave band, Devo, has been announced as the first confirmed act at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival by KROQ radio in Pasadena.

Devo, currently on a mini tour of North America including Toronto tonight and tomorrow night, were known as much for hits like Whip It as their unusual outfits which included yellow hazmat jumpsuits and red energy dome hats that resembled upside down flower pots.

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Devo performed two nights in a row at Irving Plaza in NYC over the weekend. And like they did on their whole current tour, they played a diffferent full album each night.

Remember Devo of Whip It fame? Well, the '70s New Wave band will release their first studio album in 20 years, tentatively titled Fresh, in 2010 and launch a new tour starting with a date at Coachella Music Festival in April.

The All Tomorrow's Parties festival - "affiliated label ATP Recordings snapped 'em up in 2007, unleashing the duo's epic first single, "Bright Tomorrow," soon after.

Devo plans to release its first new studio album in 20 years in 2010, but the band that's touring now is rooted firmly in the late '70s and early '80s. Four original members, plus a younger drummer , are revisiting their two most noteworthy albums, both just rereleased by Warner Brothers.

So even Devo now is into this play-a-classic-album-in-its-entirety thing: They're at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza Friday and Saturday .

For events on the weekend, please see the Night & Day Weekend Listings. Music Barrage presents their musical show Animado!, an elaborately choreographed performance featuring Spanish, Celtic, Latin American, French, Gypsy, Ukrainian and Russian influences.

In late September the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir flipped their van on I-65 in Indiana en route to a festival gig in Cincinnati.

Real encores are hard to come by these days. Encores used to be spontaneous. Bands would come back out if the crowd refused to leave.

Devo album, "Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!" Devo takes over Chicago tonight with performance at the Vic Theater of their classic album, "Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!" They will play the whole album which should make for a nice 45 minute show! The band's four original members are still together plus a new drummer, Josh Freese.