{"id":286125,"date":"2023-08-21T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=286125"},"modified":"2023-08-21T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:32:29","slug":"b-52s-extend-vegas-residency-singer-fred-schneider-books-punk-rock-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/b-52s-extend-vegas-residency-singer-fred-schneider-books-punk-rock-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"B-52s Extend Vegas Residency, Singer Fred Schneider Books Punk Rock Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the B-52s announced the extension of their Vegas residency at the Venetian in Vegas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286143\" data-style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-286143 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/schneider-and-pierson-onlineathens2-858x602.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, B-52s\" width=\"634\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/schneider-and-pierson-onlineathens2-858x602.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/schneider-and-pierson-onlineathens2-430x302.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/schneider-and-pierson-onlineathens2.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-286143\"class=\"text-description\">Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson of the B-52s have extended their residency at the Venetian Las Vegas through 2024. (Image: onlineathens.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The band, universally loved for its \u201980s party-rock classics \u201cRock Lobster,\u201d \u201cPrivate Idaho,\u201d and \u201cLove Shack,\u201d wraps up 10 dates at the Venetian Theater on September 3. It will now play five more on April 12, 13, 17, 19, and 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vegas residency was announced weeks after the band\u2019s 11-city \u201cFinal Tour Ever of Planet Earth\u201d wrapped in January.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We decided we didn&#8217;t really want to tour anymore,&#8221; singer Fred Schneider told <em>outtraveler.com.<\/em> &#8220;It&#8217;s just a chore to get anywhere, so it&#8217;s nice to be in one place for a while. People are responding well! We don&#8217;t play that much so people don&#8217;t get sick of us. We just want to put on a kick-ass rock show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Double-Booked<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Also announced on Monday, Schneider will co-host a meet-and-greet and book signing at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas on August 27<\/p>\n<p>The signing is for respected music photographer and author Michael Grecco, whose book, \u201cPunk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978-1991,\u201d came out in 2020. Schneider, who authored the book\u2019s forward, will autograph copies alongside the author.<\/p>\n<p>The B-52s formed in October 1976 following drinks at an Athens, Ga. Chinese restaurant. Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson, and her brother, Ricky Wilson, named their band after Southern slang for exaggerated bouffant hairdos. Ricky died of AIDS-related illness in 1985.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Tickets for the new B-52s Venetian shows, which start at $49.50, go on sale to the general public Friday, August 25 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster and venetianlasvegas.com. An artist presale begins Tuesday, August 22, at 10 a.m., with The Venetian Resort Grazie Rewards members and Live Nation\/Ticketmaster customers receiving a presale code on Wednesday, August 23, at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book signing takes place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Punk Rock Museum, 1422 Western Ave., Las Vegas. Guests who purchase a book from the museum\u2019s retail store will receive free entry to the museum.<\/p>\n<p>The Punk Rock Museum is the world\u2019s most comprehensive attraction dedicated to the history of the music, culture, and absurdity of punk rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the B-52s announced the extension of their Vegas residency at the Venetian in Vegas. The band, universally loved for its \u201980s party-rock classics \u201cRock Lobster,\u201d \u201cPrivate Idaho,\u201d and \u201cLove Shack,\u201d wraps up 10 dates at the Venetian Theater on September 3. 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