The B-52s Bring The Good Stuff to Coney Island
The B-52s perform at Seaside Summer Concert Series in Coney Island photo by: Leslie DJ
No summer is complete without an outdoor concert by the B-52s. Last year the B-52s beach party at Governor’s Island was cut short due to a sudden summer storm but this time there was no stopping them from putting on a spectacular show at the Seaside Summer Concert Series stage in Coney Island.
B-52s perform Private Idaho during Coney Island show photo by: Leslie DJ
The Asher Levy Park hosted a diverse crowd equipped with blankets, beach towels and lawn chairs. Attendees camped out for hours, baking in the August sun for the second to last concert of the series.
Belinda Carlisle of Go-Gos fame kicked off the festivities performing hits from her solo career such as, “Mad About You,” “I Get Weak” and “Heaven is a Place on Earth” along with Go-Gos anthems “We Got The Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “Vacation.”
But the party really began when the Athens, Georgia foursome burst onto the stage performing their 1987 hit “Wig” and proceeded with “Private Idaho” and other crowd pleasers such as “Mesopotamia” and “Party Out of Bounds.” By the time Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson got to “Roam” the crowd was at its feet singing along to every word but by the far the songs that got the wildest cheers were “Love Shack” and their closing number “Rock Lobster.”
