The iconic band returns in April
The World’s Greatest Party Band is heading back to The World’s Greatest Party City in 2026! The B-52s will return to The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas for three shows on April 22, 24 and 25, 2026, at 8 pm, extending their smash-hit residency due to overwhelming fan demand.
Since debuting their Las Vegas residency in May 2023, The B-52s have delivered a run of sold-out, joy-fueled performances. In 2026, the beloved group will once again unleash their iconic energy and irresistible hits, including “Rock Lobster,” “Private Idaho,” “Roam,” and “Love Shack.”
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It is well known that The B-52s are The World’s Greatest Party Band. Forty-five years and over 20 million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why they remain one of pop music’s most beloved and enduring bands. Any mystery concerning the band’s longevity and ongoing appeal is immediately solved when exposed to a B-52s concert experience. From groundbreaking songs like “Rock Lobster,” “Dance This Mess Around,” “Private Idaho,” “Roam,” and “Deadbeat Club” to chart-topping hits like “Love Shack,” to their thrilling reemergence on the pop scene with their 2008 CD Funplex, which bowed at No. 11 on the Top 200. The B-52s’ unforgettable dance-pop tunes start a party every time they play.
Formed on an October night in 1976 following drinks at an Athens, GA, Chinese restaurant, the band played their first gig at a friend’s house on Valentine’s Day 1977. Naming themselves after southern slang for exaggerated bouffant hairdos, the newly christened B-52s (Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson) began weekend road trips to New York City for gigs at CBGB’s and a handful of other venues. Before long, their thrift store aesthetic and genre-defying songs were the talk of the post-punk underground. A record deal soon followed, and their self-titled debut disc, produced by Chris Blackwell, sold more than 500,000 copies on the strength of their first singles, the garage rock party classic “Rock Lobster,” and “52 Girls.” The album placed at No. 152 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and No. 99 on VH1’s “Greatest Albums of All Time.” The B-52s began to attract fans far beyond the punk clubs of the Lower East Side — galvanizing the pop world with their ‘stream-of-consciousness’ approach to songwriting and outrageous performance. They had clearly tapped into a growing audience for new music that was much larger than anyone could have anticipated.
