On July 6, it was confirmed in a post made to the group's Instagram account that Jeff Friedl would play drums on their 2023 tour. This tour would be the group's last and as they retired from live performance, the compilation Art Devo 1973–1977 and a documentary would be released.

Devo can still go, and not only can they still go, but they also sound genuinely spectacular. The band disappear from stage briefly to get changed into their trademark yellow jumpsuits, and the middle section of the set is where their musicianship really shines through.

Devo, American new-wave band from Akron, Ohio, that took its name from devolution, the theory of humankind's regression that informed the band's music and stage act. Devo enjoyed commercial success in the early 1980s.