Concert Central

The B-52’s have been putting on the summer tours for years since their last studio album (in 1995) and greatest hits release (in 1998) but this is the first tour since recording a full album of new material. The foursome have the energy of twenty-year olds but let’s face it, the band is collectively pushing 60-years old and the average age of the crowd isn’t far behind.

It was a still a party. They revived all the old moves straight out of 1982 with Mesopotamia and rocked an amazing version of Private Idaho. Some of the new material fit seamlessly (Ultraviolet and Hot Corner) and some of it fell flat (new single Funplex and the bland Love in the Year 3000). The setlist was too heavy with new songs, most of which failed to energize the crowd. But they finished with the one-two punch of Love Shack (with a ripping extended guitar solo in the middle) and ever-buoyant Rock Lobster.

B-52’s setlist
Pump
Mesopotamia
Private Idaho
Ultraviolet
Juliet of the Spirits
Roam
Funplex
Hot Corner
Love in the Year 3000
Love Shack
Rock Lobster