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Ahead of\u00a0bringing their co-headline tour to the UK <\/a>this week, Devo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The B-52s<\/a>\u00a0have spoken to\u00a0NME<\/em>\u00a0about their shared history as new wave oddballs and how AI will inspire the next wave of boundary-breaking bands.<\/p>\n Meeting as art students at Ohio\u2019s 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 \u201cde-evolution\u201d to satirically express their outrage at the US\u2019s lurch to the right and their belief that humanity was regressing.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we started off, we thought maybe we\u2019d start our own venue and do shows every weekend for hardcore fans and there would be 30 people,\u201d reflected DEVO\u2019s Mark Mothersbaugh. Instead, over half a century later, the Cosmic<\/em>\u00a0De-Evolution<\/em>\u00a0Tour<\/a>, partly billed as a continuation of both groups\u2019 run of farewell gigs, sees the play London\u2019s O2 on June 20 and Manchester\u2019s AO Arena.<\/p>\n