Tag: David Byrne

Talking Heads to reunite for “Stop Making Sense” Q&A with Spike Lee at Toronto film fest

Talking Heads to reunite for “Stop Making Sense” Q&A with Spike Lee at Toronto film fest

Talking Heads will appear at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 11 for the premiere of A24’s new 4K restoration of “Stop Making Sense.”

Hear “Cities” off Talking Heads’ upcoming expanded reissue of “Stop Making Sense”

Hear “Cities” off Talking Heads’ upcoming expanded reissue of “Stop Making Sense”

Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” is getting a new worldwide 4K theatrical release and an accompanying expanded reissue.

“The Complete Fun Boy Three” collects 69 tracks on 5 CDs, plus DVD of videos and more

“The Complete Fun Boy Three” collects 69 tracks on 5 CDs, plus DVD of videos and more

The output of Fun Boy Three — formed by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple after they left The Specials — will be collected in a new 5CD/DVD box set.

Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” to get 4K theatrical run, expanded vinyl reissue

Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” to get 4K theatrical run, expanded vinyl reissue

David Byrne slipped back into the Big Suit in a fun promo for A24’s upcoming rerelease of Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.”

Watch: David Byrne puts on hot dog fingers to perform “This Is a Life” at Oscars

Watch: David Byrne puts on hot dog fingers to perform “This Is a Life” at Oscars

David Byrne whipped out the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” hot dog fingers at the Oscars to perform “This Is a Life” with Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu.

David Byrne, Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison’s 1981 albums to be reissued on Record Store Day

David Byrne, Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison’s 1981 albums to be reissued on Record Store Day

Rhino Records will release expanded vinyl editions of three 1981 albums by Talking Heads members on Record Store Day, including David Byrne’s full “The Catherine Wheel” score.

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew expand their Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light” tour

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew expand their Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light” tour

Former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison and sideman Adrian Belew have expanded their tour performing the band’s classic 1980 album Remain In Light.

Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book ‘Remain in Love’

Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book ‘Remain in Love’

There’s a refreshing optimism to Chris Frantz’s new memoir “Remain in Love,” a positivity that beams through its pages as the drummer recounts, with some amazement, career highlights like touring with the Ramones, befriending the B-52’s and playing thrilling concerts with the big-band version of Talking Heads,

David Byrne performs ‘Once in a Lifetime’ and ‘Toe Jam’ on SNL, joins ‘Airport Sushi’ sketch

David Byrne performs ‘Once in a Lifetime’ and ‘Toe Jam’ on SNL, joins ‘Airport Sushi’ sketch

David Byrne returned to “Saturday Night Live” last night for his third appearance in four decades, performing the Talking Heads classic “Once in a Lifetime” and the far more obscure cut “Toe Jam,” which he recorded in 2008 with Fatboy Slim’s The Brighton Port Authority project. Watch those clips and more right here.

David Byrne reprising ‘American Utopia’ show for extended runs in Boston and on Broadway

David Byrne reprising ‘American Utopia’ show for extended runs in Boston and on Broadway

David Byrne spent much of 2018 on the road with his highly inventive stage performance built around that year’s American Utopia, and now the former Talking Heads frontman will reprise that show during extended runs in Boston and on Broadway in New York City. Full details right here.

Watch David Byrne induct a band named after a Talking Heads song into the Rock Hall

Watch David Byrne induct a band named after a Talking Heads song into the Rock Hall

David Byrne graced the stage of Friday night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Brooklyn, inducting a band — Radiohead — that took its name from a song he wrote — “Radio Head” — for the Talking Heads’ 1986 companion album to the film “True Stories.” Watch the full speech right here.

Watch: David Byrne breaks out Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ at Portland karaoke bar

Watch: David Byrne breaks out Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ at Portland karaoke bar

Looks like David Byrne got into town a little early ahead of his concert in Portland, Ore., so he popped into the Alibi Tiki Lounge late Saturday night to do a little karaoke. His selection? Prince’s incomparable 1984 smash “When Doves Cry,” which you can watch right here via Instagram user talkheadtalk.

Watch: David Byrne brings his untethered band to ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Watch: David Byrne brings his untethered band to ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

David Byrne stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Friday night to perform current single “Everybody’s Coming To My House,” and, in the process, show off his highly inventive, and very much untethered, stage show. Byrne and his wireless band roamed the stage, then joined Colbert at his desk.