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Yesterday | The Miami Herald

B-52s in concert at the Arsht

Get motivated for a Sunday night concert with the B-52s. The punk rockers will play all the '80s favorites and current karaoke mainstays "I really don't miss the seasons, though I can get them when I travel,'' says the guitarist, who also plays drums.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri Feb 10, 2012

RollingStone

The B-52's Celebrate 35 Years With Hometown Party

They didn't really know what they were doing didn't even totally know how to play their instruments, if they were being honest.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Athens, GA, Music, Entertainment

Examiner.com

Sneak peek photos: 4 brand new floats debuting at Universal Orlando Mardi Gras

Every year, Universal Orlando celebrates Mardi Gras in a big way. The celebation runs for two months and includes a full slate of weekend concerts with performers like the Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson, the B-52s, and Boyz II Men.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

The Miami Herald

Live Music Weekend Roundup: Rachel Goodrich, B-52s, GrassRoots Festiva

Between Friday and Sunday there is a festival's worth of worthy live music in Miami, including Com Truise at Bardot ; and the B-52s at the Arsht Center .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Feb 09, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Weekend preview: Love, war and jello-shot girls

Here's a taste of the spell-binding "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore," on big screens around South Florida with the other Oscar-nominated shorts beginning Friday.

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Related Topix: Florida, Classical, Andrea Bocelli, Patrizio, Pop/Rock, Jacksonville, FL, Entertainment

Athens Banner-Herald

Best Bets

Here come the men in black - the original men in black, that is. "The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers" will take to the stage at the Classic Center on Friday, and if you were a fan of the "SNL"- spawned phenomenon that featured Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, you will be pleased to know this show covers all the favorites of the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Blues, The Blues Brothers, Pop/Rock

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Athens Banner-Herald

The B-52s content to keep the party going

When Athens native Cindy Wilson joined her brother, Ricky, and a few friends at a house near the corner of Milledge and Prince avenues to perform at a Valentine's Day party in 1977, she had no idea where it all would lead.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Athens, GA

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Fairfield Bay News

Chief Kerry Brown Announces His Retirement

Fairfield Bay's Police Chief Kerry Brown has announced his retirement as of April 1, 2012.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Shirley, AR, Camden, AR, Fairfield Bay, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Clinton, AR

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Examiner.com

First concert of Universal Studios Mardi Gras is Saturday: See the B-52s live

It might seem like the theme park Christmas celebrations just ended, but 2012 is already into its second month and Universal Studios is moving into Mardi Gras this weekend.

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Related Topix: Universal Studios, Pop/Rock

ContactMusic.com

the B-52S Recall Spitting Punks and Bottle-Throwing Fans

The members of The B-52s have opened up about their worst concert experiences, revealing they're glad the days of performing for spitting punks and bottle-throwing rockers are over.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Wall Street Journal

For R.E.M. Fans, Famous Trestle Faces Day of Reckoning

ATHENS, Ga. - In a verdant park tucked away in this southern college town sits a partially demolished railroad trestle.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, R.E.M., Michael Stipe, Athens, GA, Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Marietta, GA

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Charleston City Paper

Road Trip: The B-52's anniversary concert

Veteran pop-rock group the B-52's are set to play their 35th anniversary gig in the same town where it all began: Athens, Georgia.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Trip, Athens, GA, Charleston, SC

Fri Feb 03, 2012

101.5 The River

Love Shack

The first of many acts to cement the college town of Athens, GA, as a hotbed of alternative music, the B-52's took their name from the Southern slang for the mile-high bouffant wigs sported by singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, a look emblematic of the band's campy, thrift-store aesthetic.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Pop/Rock

Off the Kuff

Friday random ten: The past is never what you remember it to be

Farewell To The Fairground - White Lies A few years back one of the radio stations here in town converted to an "all 80s" format; they were more or less on the leading edge for that.

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Related Topix: Short, Music!, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, What's Love Got to Do with It?, Tina Turner, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Robin Trower

Sat Jan 28, 2012

WLS-AM Chicago

Obama's new military: B-52s and U-2s

The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama's new forward-looking defense strategy features relics of the past.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, US Military, US Air Force

Thu Jan 26, 2012

Minot Daily News

B-52s, ICBMs maintained in new defense budget

All legs of the nuclear triad - bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarines - will be maintained in the Pentagon's proposed budget for 2013, outlined by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Thursday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, US Politics, Kent Conrad, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Military, US Air Force, Wing, ND

Wed Jan 25, 2012

KODA-FM Houston

Love Shack

The first of many acts to cement the college town of Athens, GA, as a hotbed of alternative music, the B-52's took their name from the Southern slang for the mile-high bouffant wigs sported by singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, a look emblematic of the band's campy, thrift-store aesthetic.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Pop/Rock

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Bossier Press-Tribune.com

Maintenance keeps B-52s mission ready

Members of Team Barksdale look to the sky as an instant roar is heard from the jet engine.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, US Military, US Air Force

Fri Jan 20, 2012

Free Williamsburg

Today's Best Rap Recap of the Bourne Trilogy

Heems , known best for being 1/3 of Das Racist , released a mixtape earlier this week entitled Nehru Jackets .

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Related Topix: Das Racist, Pop/Rock

Tue Jan 17, 2012

Examiner.com

Party Rock Band The B-52S at Adrienne Arsht Center February 12, 2012

Timeless party rock band, THE B-52S, will turn the Adrienne Arsht Center's John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall into a cosmic dancehall with chart-topping hits such as "Rock Lobster," "Private Idaho," "Roam," and the ever-popular party anthem "Love Shack." As part of their much-anticipated 35th Anniversary Tour , THE B-52S are set to make their ... (more)

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