It’s no secret that the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour that North America received from the DEVO/Lene Lovich/B-52’s teamup this year was a very potent New Wave bomb of epic proportions. All of the bands were on their game and delivered their unique goods for an evening of iconic New Wave fun. And I’d long since given up any hope of seeing DEVO or Lene Lovich, so there was also that.

At the show I saw in Charlotte, there were music videos played before Lene Lovich Band opened the show. One of these videos was The Rezillos performing “Flying Saucer Attack!” At the time I marveled at the great taste inherent in picking The Rezillos to play in the mix but maybe there was more to it than that since the announcement was made a few days ago that The Mighty Rezillos will be the fourth act on the Cosmic De-Evolution UK tour along with the usual DEVO, B-52-s, and Lene Lovich!

The shows are in big arenas to the north and south so hopefully, any fans can make the trip. As the poster says, you can catch them at:

• Sat. June 20 | The O2 Arena | London, England
• Sun. June 21 | The O2 Arena | Manchester, England

Given that the driving distance between them is a scanty 4-5 hours, I don’t want to hear any moaning from the UK side on the issue of location! As an American in the US Southeast I drove over seven hours in 2002 to see The Rezillos…and luvved it! And counted myself as miraculously lucky for the experience!!

Scuttlebutt on The Rezillos side suggests that their third studio album is nearing the end of its gestation period and may in fact be out in the world by next June, so there’s the possibility that these dates will be part of a larger UK tour on their part. But even if you can see them in a small, sweaty gig [preferable, I know] the holy union of these four bands, so deeply represented in my personal Record Cell represents a sort of Ultimate New Wave Tour while it can still happen. Since the B-52’s have put the breaks on long tours, and DEVO have gingerly skirted around the issue of “farewell tours” in the last few years, these events are not going to always be there. I suggest that fans get down while they still can.

The tickets are going on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. GMT at the usual places. I’m not in any position to cross the pond any time soon, but I am just hoping that once album four from The Rezillos drops, that the energetic Scots can cross the pond in these dark times to add some color and pizzazz to our needy shores.

LONDON SHOW

MANCHESTER SHOW

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