DEVO and The B-52s on their joint tour and inspiring Nirvana: “Both bands are totally unique”

Ahead of bringing their co-headline tour to the UK this week, Devo and The B-52s have spoken to NME about their shared history as new wave oddballs and how AI will inspire the next wave of boundary-breaking bands.
Meeting as art students at Ohio’s Kent University, DEVO were galvanised after witnessing the shooting of student antiwar protestors on campus in 1970 by the National Guard, and used the concept of “de-evolution” to satirically express the