Our Sunday concert recap boasts coverage of weekend concerts at multiple area venues, including EPCYA, Saxsquatch, Michigan Irish Music Fest, Fake Baseball and more, captured in robust photo galleries.
Energy Dome Fun: Devo on stage Saturday at Acrisure Amphitheater. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
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In 1978, Akron’s then-emerging, satire-drenched Devo brought its bizarre stage show to Grosse Pointe Farms’ 700-capacity Punch and Judy Theatre for a pre-Halloween concert that was certainly unlike anything Michigan fans had previously experienced.
The “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo” tour featured the new wave, synth-pop band unleashing its tongue-in-cheek songs — such as Mark Mothersbaugh’s “Jocko Homo” and stacatto cover of The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No)” Satisfaction” — amid spastic, robotic movements and avant garde theatrics, leaving punk-adoring fans, in particular, in a state of pogoing, moshing revelry.
Fast forward 48 years and Devo was back in Michigan on Saturday night — this time, performing for a much older audience at the sprawling 12,000-capacity Acrisure Amphitheater in downtown Grand Rapids along with the B-52s as part of the bands’ retro “Cosmic De-Evolution” tour.
Now 76, Devo vocalist, keyboardist and co-founder Mothersbaugh (joined by founding members Bob Mothersbaugh on guitar and Gerald Casale on bass) led the band — garbed variously in yellow jumpsuits and “energy dome” hats — through its catalog of favorites, including “Whip It,” “Girl U Want” and “Freedom of Choice” during the hour-long set.
‘Love Shack’ & More: The B-52s (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
Ignoring the intervening decades, many fans got into the spirit of the party by donning those red energy dome hats and otherwise celebrating new wave quirkiness. And Mothersbaugh added to the costumed revelry by tossing more of those domes into the crowd during “Whip It.”
The B-52s kept the nostalgic dance party going by rolling out their greatest hits enhanced by an impressive video backdrop that blended digital art with clips from their music videos. Their set inspired sing-alongs, especially during “Roam,” “Love Shack” and the evening closer, “Rock Lobster.”
Despite a rainy start to the day, it wasn’t the only party pumping up music fans in Grand Rapids on Saturday: The Eastown Street Fair off Wealthy Street SE boasted a robust lineup of West Michigan groups, California metal band Black Label Society led by Zakk Wylde rocked GLC Live at 20 Monroe, and Grand Rapids’ heavy Latin rock outfit EPCYA (with Ladyship Warship and Angel of Mars) did much the same at Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill.
In Muskegon, the Michigan Irish Music Festival brought top-shelf acts and big crowds to Heritage Landing over the weekend.
Earlier in the week, The Intersection boasted its own musical merriment, hosting a Thursday tour stop by North Carolina electronic/jazz/funk act Saxsquatch and a Friday romp from Texas pop-punk favorites Bowling for Soup.
And in Kalamazoo, hometown band Fake Baseball headlined a Friday show at Old Dog Tavern that also featured Michigan favorites Seth Bernard and Dan Rickabus.
Browse galleries from all of these shows, with complete reviews and photo galleries from Friday tour stops Elvis Costello at Frauenthal Theatre and Shakey Graves at Meijer Gardens here: https://localspins.com/elvis-costello-bestows-muskegon-with-hit-laden-show-local-spins/
PHOTO GALLERY: Devo, B-52s, DJ Cummerbund at Acrisure Amphitheater
Photos by Derek Ketchum
PHOTO GALLERY: Black Label Society, Dark Chapel, Zakk Sabbath at GLC Live at 20 Monroe
Photos by Anthony Norkus
PHOTO GALLERY: Eastown Streetfair 2026
Photos by Katy Batdorff
