# B-52s / Culture Club summer tour **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999 "2018-07-16T12:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/1 "2018-07-16T12:59:50Z")
Anyone seen this tour this summer? If so , which band plays 1st? I ask because it looks like we are in for rain during the show, maybe heavy rain at times. We only want to see the B-52s so if they play 1st we can skip Culture club if it’s raining. Google did not turn up any show reviews. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/2 "2018-07-17T19:56:31Z")
I might be biased because I nearly started a Kate or Cindy? thread last May when a crop of similar threads went up, but I’d be VERY surprised if they didn’t close every stop on this tour. Here’s a [setlist](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-b52s/2018/memphis-botanic-garden-memphis-tn-2bebb0f6.html) from a few days ago. Enjoy youself! Rain will not be an acceptable excuse! Edit: I still can’t choose (yeah, I know…) Too much \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/3 "2018-07-18T02:46:54Z")
B52s played before Culture club. A thunderstorm came through so we only got 30 minutes of the B52s. We got the full Culture Club show. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/4 "2018-07-18T05:22:55Z")
I’m _flabberpalled_! So sorry! ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/5 "2018-07-18T07:05:31Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > B52s played before Culture club. A thunderstorm came through so we only got 30 minutes of the B52s. We got the full Culture Club show. Really? I shouldn’t even be here, I don’t like either of these acts. But the B-52s should not be opening for culture club.:eek: Not my genre, not my fight. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999/6 "2018-07-18T10:15:23Z")
the opening act was the guy from the Thompson twins. The other 2 were both top billed but I guess somebody has to go on first and maybe the B52s requested to play first. a decent number of people left when it rained but most stuck around . Rain lasted about 1 hour and it was the lightning that caused the show to stop. For just rain they would have kept playing.