Backed by their always capable band, the four B's threw a memorable party at the House of Blues that kept everyone in the audience, young and old, on their feet and dancing for 90 minutes. The set began with the lead track from Funplex, "Pump," one of six tracks that they would spotlight from the album. The set also mixed in old favorites like "Party Out of Bounds," and "Mesopotamia," a good healthy dosage of tracks from Cosmic Thing including "Roam," "Channel Z (!)," and of course "Love Shack," which served as the closing number for the main set.

Sadly, "Deadbeat Club" was not one of the "cosmic tracks" that they pulled out, and it would have gone over really nicely on the tail end of the Wilson/Pierson sung double shot of "Juliet of the Spirits" (from Funplex) and "Roam." Alas, it was not to be on this particular night. The new tracks, particularly "Juliet," sounded great live. However, one fan made note that it seemed like all of the new material was slowed down a bit compared to the recorded versions on the new album.

The set wrapped with a 3 song encore set that opened with a version of "Planet Claire" that might have some pulling out their copy of the original thinking "I don't remember it sounding like THAT!" And, as you can probably guess, they wrapped things up with a version of "Rock Lobster" that had EVERYONE dancing...no actual dancing ability required!

The B-52's are on the road this summer as part of the True Colors tour with Cyndi Lauper and many others. Grab a copy of the new album, and grab a ticket to one of the dates in your area. You'll have fun, guaranteed!