Art punk
Subgenre of punk music
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We include updates on Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devo, Stop Making Sense, Remain in Light, Surfer Rosa, Talking Heads: 77, Fear of Music, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Little Creatures, Daydream Nation, Fever to Tell, Marquee Moon, Cardiacs, Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, It's Blitz!, Cool It Down ... and more.
| February 14 2025 | Devo appeared on Saturday Night Live's SNL50: The Homecoming Concert special, performing 'Uncontrollable Urge' with Fred Armisen on drums. |
| 2024 |
Talking Heads: 77
The album experienced a resurgence, reaching number 19 on the Hungarian Physical Albums chart (MAHASZ), demonstrating its enduring legacy.
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| November 8 2024 |
Talking Heads: 77
An expanded and remastered deluxe edition of the album was released, containing outtakes, unreleased material from original album sessions, and an archived concert recording from October 10th, 1977.
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| June 5 2024 | A collaboration between David Byrne and Devo was released, featuring an early version of Byrne's song 'Empire' from recording sessions in 1997. |
| January 21 2024 | A Chris Smith-directed documentary on Devo premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with the group performing at the event. |
| August 2023 | Devo embarked on a European tour between August 8th and 19th, with shows in London, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Wales, and Portugal. |
| January 28 2023 | Tom Verlaine passes away at the age of 73, marking the end of an era for the band. |
| 2022 |
Speaking in Tongues
The song 'Burning Down the House' was sampled in Kanye West's song 'Keep It Burning' from Donda 2, featuring Future. The sample was later removed and the song was released on Future's album I Never Liked You.
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| May 18 2022 | Devo performed a one-off show at the Rooftop at Pier 17, making up for their cancelled Radio City Music Hall gig in September 2021. |
| May 14 2022 | Devo performed at the Cruel World Festival at the Rose Bowl's Brookside golf course in Pasadena, California. |
| April 2022 | Released Not About to Die, a bootleg album of recordings made for EMI demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums Chairs Missing and 154. |
| 2021 |
Speaking in Tongues
Rhino Entertainment re-released the album on sky blue vinyl, further extending the album's legacy and availability to collectors and fans.
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| November 5 2021 | Devotional 2021, an annual convention for Devo fans, was held. |
| October 24 2021 | John Hinckley Jr. posted on Twitter about not receiving royalties for Devo's song 'I Desire' in 35 years. The song was inspired by a poem he wrote, with the band having given him a co-writing credit. |
| September 2021 | Devo performed a short three-date tour of the USA, including a show at Riot Fest. These performances marked the return of Josh Freese on drums after over five years. |
| June 2021 | Released PF456 Deluxe, an 18-song vinyl compilation, and PF456 Redux CD version for Record Store Day. |
| February 2021 | The band starred in Devolution: A Devo Theory, a television documentary about their devolution theory, which was completed in 2020. |
| January 2021 | Funko released two Devo Funko Pops inspired by the group's 'Whip It' and 'Satisfaction' music videos. |
| 2020 | Released two studio albums: 'Mind Hive' and '10:20', showcasing continued creative productivity. |
| October 12 2020 | Devo performed at the Desert Daze festival, with Jeff Friedl on drums. |
| June 2020 | Released 10:20, an eight-song album for Record Store Day, featuring tracks from the Strays EP and Mind Hive sessions. |
| January 2020 | Released Mind Hive album on their Pinkflag label and appeared on the front cover of Wire magazine (issue 432). |
| 2018 |
Total Devo
Futurismo Inc. issues a two-disc deluxe edition of Total Devo on CD and vinyl formats, with gatefold sleeves, poster, and liner notes by Gerald Casale.
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| 2018 | Released multi-disc special editions of their first three albums, including non-LP singles, demo sessions, and remastered versions. |
| June 30 2018 | Devo headlined the Burger Boogaloo festival in Oakland, California, with comedian Fred Armisen on drums. |
| 2017 | Released studio album 'Silver/Lead', demonstrating their ongoing musical relevance. |
| 2016 | Television conducts another European tour, again performing Marquee Moon in full. |
| May 22 2016 | Robert Mothersbaugh Sr., father of Mark, Bob, and Jim Mothersbaugh, died. He had previously portrayed General Boy in various Devo films. |
| April 2016 | Released Nocturnal Koreans, their 15th studio album, consisting of eight previously unreleased songs from earlier sessions. |
| April 29 2016 | Devo performed at Will Ferrell and Chad Smith's Red Hot Benefit. |
| October 2015 | In New York, the band performs a four-song, hour-long show, featuring a new 20-minute song called 'Persia'. |
| April 2015 | Released their 14th studio album, self-titled Wire. |
| 2014 | Television performs a European tour, playing their album Marquee Moon in its entirety. |
| March 2013 | Released their 13th studio album, Change Becomes Us. |
| 2012 |
Speaking in Tongues
Slant Magazine listed Speaking in Tongues as the 89th best album of the 1980s.
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| July 7 2011 | The new lineup of Television performs at the Beco 203 music festival in São Paulo, Brazil. |
| January 2011 | Released Red Barked Tree album, with Matt Simms introduced as a new touring guitarist. |
| April 1 2010 | Matthew Simms joins Wire as a permanent guitarist, expanding the band's lineup. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Devo, Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album), Wire (band), Talking Heads: 77, Total Devo & Television (band), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.