“We have Super 8 footage and lots of photographs.The archivist said we have more content than any band they’ve worked with. “We have all kinds of archival material that all of us, luckily, have hoarded,” Pierson said. The film should cover, exhaustively, the band’s nearly 50-year career. The project has been ongoing for about five years, with no release date set. The band is “knee deep,” Pierson says, in a full-length documentary being produced by music/comedy great Fred Armisen, directed by Craig Johnson (of “The Skeleton Twins” and “Alex Strangelove” fame). The B-52’s surge of popularity should only continue. It’s really been fun seeing this kind of resurgence.” We have our old fans, but now all these new people. “I guess because of YouTube and things being posted on the Internet, we have a whole new audience of younger fans. “The timeline of the band has been expanded, because of “Love Shack’ and ‘Roam,’ but also because of ‘Rock Lobster’ and ‘Private Idaho’ and the first couple of records,” Pierson said. That measure of appeal is why the band has booked 10 shows on the Strip, and why the band has finally signed on for a residency after 20 years of seeking the right opportunity. The B-52s’ sense of originality appeals to multiple generations. “Not to give it all away, but we have to do ‘Queen of Las Vegas.’ ” That’s the ode to our city from the 1983 album “Whammy.” “We added a lot of songs to our farewell tour, so we have a bigger pool to kind of draw from and we’re going to add a couple of new, quirky additions,” Pierson said. Those dates enlarged the B-52’s set list for The Venetian. The band has already headlined its own “farewell tour” in 2022. We’re in the ’80s category, I guess, but I don’t think of us as just 80s, I think we have a longer lifespan.” We’ve stood the test of time, just because we’re so unique. “I just feel like we’ve had this unique niche, a unique spot in the music pantheon of being just different,” Pierson said. Pierson recognizes the band’s indelible career, dating to its formation in 1976. Pierson talked of the band’s indelible appeal recently, during a phone chat from Cape Cod, which she agreed should be renamed, “Kate Cod.” The band is back for five more dates straddling late August and September.įounding members Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson are raising the roof and holding down the beat for the Las Vegas shows. The series continues Saturday, Wednesday, and May 12-13. The B-52’s open the first of two stints on the Strip on Friday night. The Venetian Theatre is now the Love Shack for the new-wave party band out of Atlanta.
When the B-52’s legendarily sang, “Tin roof! Rusted!” they were not referring to a fancy theater designed as an opera house. From left, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider of The B-52's perform at Madison Square Garden in August 2008 in New York.
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