The B-52s are hopping on to Devo ’s extended farewell tour for a final stretch of shows. The Cosmic De-Evolution tour will conclude the new wave innovators’ decades-long careers, with Lene Lovitch ...

But then, today, Booji Boy, the Devo mascot, issued a strange statement. He posted: "THIS IS ME, BOOJI BOY…ASKING YOU TO STOP REFERRING TO THESE 50TH ANNIVERSARY DEVO SHOW DATES AS OUR "FAREWELL TOUR" ...

Pre-order yours HERE. Booji Boy has continued to make apperances in the encores of DEVO’s shows, including when we saw their “50 Years of De-Evolution” tour hit Brooklyn Paramount last month.

American New Wave musician Mark Mothersbaugh, of the band Devo and in character as Booji Boy, in San Francisco, California, 1977. He wears a Devo t-shirt under a lab coat.

Any similarities between documenting George Michael and Devo’s Booji Boy character? “Just that they both took over four years,” the filmmaker says.

In his guise as “Booji Boy” Mothersbaugh and company closed the show with “Beautiful World,” with the singer ranting, often unintelligibly, through a mask about subjects like RFK Jr. (and ...

And Devo’s Gerry Casale added, “Devo and the B-52’s on tour together! That it took almost 50 years to happen is rather mind-blowing. But better late than never.

“At our last shows, [Booji Boy’s] been saying, ‘Think of this as year one for the next 50 years,’ ” says Mothersbaugh. “He’s saying, ‘Now is the time to mutate, not stagnate.’ ...

Devo used to sing it to Booji Boy after Devo shows.” Recalled B-52s singer Kate Pierson, “when we first came from Athens to New York City to perform, punk was in full force, and New Wave was ...

And save for references to Akron, Cleveland and myriad suburbs that Mark Mothersbaugh—then performing as the childlike and falsetto-voiced character “Booji Boy”—listed off during a ...

"Fifty years later and DEVO still has it," read the video's caption. "What an incredible show. Those fellas give it their all and even brought Boojie Boy along. Amazing." ...

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: Booji Boy describes it as a halfway point to the year of 2073, where we'll celebrate the 100-year anniversary. And he's saying that the second 50 years will be more about action.