DEVO Celebrates 50 Years of De-Evolotion!

July 27, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

The seminal rock band DEVO is celebrating 50 years of “Whipping It” with ttheir anniversary tour this year. They just added a west coast swing to that tour, with stops all along the Left Coast including gigs in Portland Oregon on November 8th and a stop at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on November 7th!

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am…don’t dawdle! They’ll go FAST…like a WHIP!

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F005EF4F29065E6

ALSO: LOVE that artwork!!!

DEVO is near and dear to my elderly heart…they were the “naughty” punky band that upset the adults back in the olden days of 1982. When our high school cheerleaders did a routine set to the band’s big hit “Whip It”, the powers that be got all pissy wissy and threatened to get all “Footloose” and ban all the fun music!

Then we burned down the school!

No…wait. That was the Ramones in “Rock n Roll High School”!! Still…good times were had by all.

More skinny:

DEVO have added the following concerts to their upcoming tour celebrating 50 Years of De-Evolution! Tickets on sale this Friday. ‘Fanclub’ presale begins Wednesday at 10 PST (Fanclub Presale Password: DEVOLVED). All dates at: ClubDevo.com

Nov. 3 – Paso Robles, CA (Vina Robles Amphitheatre)
Nov. 7 – Seattle, WA (Paramount Theatre)
Nov. 8 – Portland, OR (Revolution Hall)
Nov. 11 – Del Mar (San Diego), CA (The Sound)
Nov. 14 – San Francisco, CA (Golden Gate Theatre)
Nov. 16 – Los Angeles, CA (Youtube Theatre)
Nov. 18 – Huntington Beach, CA (Darker Waves Festival)

new art by: Tomo77

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.