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The B-52’s are coming to Berlin for an exclusive Germany concert. On June 24th they will be guests at the Spandau Citadel. General advance sales start on March 6th, 2026, 10 a.m. ROLLING STONE presents.
Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson promise “a colorful journey through time through the music history of one of the most legendary bands in the American alternative scene”.
The B-52’s
- Wed. 06/24/26 Berlin / Spandau Citadel
- Admission: 7 p.m., start: 8 p.m
Tickets at reservix.de, ADticket.de, eventim.de and all known advance booking offices.
After their extensive farewell tour, which started in 2022, The B-52’s continue to play selected concerts as bright, loud and lively as ever. Their show in the historic Spandau Citadel will be a moment to experience the mix of new wave, post-punk and danceable euphoria live in Germany once again.
Michael Stipe on REM’s early influences
Michael Stipe suggests in an interview with the US edition of Rolling Stone that REM’s early musical influences ranged from the B-52’s to Patti Smith.
Both then became part of the band’s work: Kate Pierson from the B-52’s can be heard on several songs from “Out Of Time” (1991), without Patti Smith “E-Bow The Letter” from “New Adventures In Hi-Fi” (1996) would hardly be conceivable. The singer can also be heard on the last full song from the last REM record, “Collapse Into Now” (2011): “Blue”.
Stipe: “The music that inspired the kind of cartoon music I grew up with as a kid in the ’60s was the same music that influenced the Ramones and Patti Smith.”
