(Kayos) Eagle Rock will release the first official The B-52s live album, With The Wild Crowd! – Live In Athens, GA, on October 11. With The Wild Crowd! was recorded in the B-52s' hometown of Athens, Georgia in February 2011 at a show that commemorated the band's 34th anniversary of their first-ever live show on Valentine's Day 1977.
Wig-wearing, boa-draped, glitter-covered fans came from near and far to celebrate this historic event, which saw the band deliver a sizzling 90 minute set that turned Athens' Classic Center into a cosmic dancehall.
A B-52s live show is always the best party in town, yet here in front of their home crowd they even managed to turn it up a notch further. This CD is high-spirited, good time rock 'n' roll packed with great tunes, wild romance, blood pumping grooves and a lot of fun.
With The Wild Crowd! – Live In Athens, GA includes the classics: "Love Shack," ""Rock Lobster," "Give Me Back My Man," "Funplex," "Roam," "Planet Claire," "Whammy Kiss" and many more.
Only the B-52s can lay claim to their one-of-a-kind, revolutionary sound. And on With The Wild Crowd! – Live In Athens, GA., Keith Strickland's matchless guitar stylings unite with the trademark call-and-response vocals of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson to deliver an unmistakable B-52s set that is packed with all their fans' favorites. The show was also filmed in high definition and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012. Simply unmissable.
Tracklisting
1) Pump
2) Private Idaho
3) Mesopotamia
4) Ultraviolet
5) Give Me Back My Man
6) Funplex
7) Whammy Kiss
8) Roam
9) 52 Girls
10) Party Out Of Bounds
11) Love In The Year 3000
12) Cosmic Thing
13) Hot Corner
14) Band Intros
15) Love Shack
16) Wig
17) Planet Claire
18) Rock Lobster
