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Get out your glitter and head down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party!

  • Written by: Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
Get out your glitter and head down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party!Wikimedia

After 45 years together the B-52’s have announced they are unplugging and de-wigging for their final US tour. “No one likes to throw a party more than we do, but after almost a half-century on the road, it’s time for one last blowout with our friends and family… our fans,” said Fred Schneider.

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