For a band that announced its farewell tour three years ago, the B-52s are bidding quite the extensive goodbye. The ...

The brilliant career of New Wave icons the B-52’s will be chronicled in a lavish new box set, ... (on yellow vinyl), 1980’s Wild Planet (red), the 1981 remix record Party Mix! ...

The B-52s released more albums, including Wild Planet and Bouncing Off the Satellites, and toured until tragedy struck: Ricky Wilson, who played a major role in their distinct sound, died of AIDS ...

The first two B-52’s albums — the self-titled debut from 1979 and “Wild Planet” from 1980 — are widely acknowledged new wave classics.

The B-52’s aren’t calling it quits just yet — they’ll be on a joint headlining tour with their friends in Devo later this ...

The B-52’s. Wild Planet (Warner Bros.). Biblioteka and Their Wild Planet: Mary Robins of Seattle garage-punk trio Biblioteka told us about her love for a B-52’s classic.

While The B-52s had success on the albums chart, they weren’t exactly a singles band. ... Their self-titled debut album went Platinum, and their second album Wild Planet was certified Gold.

In 1980, The B-52’s released their second album, Wild Planet, and hit “Private Idaho”—later used in the title of Gus Van Sant’s 1991 drama, My Own Private Idaho — which gave them some ...