Yipes!
(2018 pick) After playing only three shows in 36 years, the original lineup of Yipes! — the power pop/rock band that formed in Madison in the late ’70s and opened for everyone from B-52s to Triumph — is touring Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota in support of a new album, the retro yet fresh-sounding Yipes!!! These guys gigged all over Madison, including long-gone Headliners and Shuffle Inn, before releasing two albums on RCA/Millennium Records. Frontman Pat McCurdy says fans should expect two sets that mix and match new songs with classics from 1979’s self-titled debut and 1980’s A Bit Irrational.