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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.

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

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.

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 .

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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)