Posts Tagged ‘David Byrne’
FLASHBACK: Talking Heads Live in Rome 1980 (FULL CONCERT)
These videos have been around the Internet for several years and the view counts for each respective clip indicate that many of you folks out there have already seen these. Regardless, it never hurts to put something this quality back on your radar. This full show footage finds the band... more
TOUR DATES: David Byrne and St. Vincent Announce Summer Shows
David Byrne and St. Vincent will head out onto the road again in support of their collaborative album Love This Giant for a nationwide tour that starts June 11th in New Jersey with stops at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Telluride Town Park, Eugene, The Mountain Winery in... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)
Last week, we rolled out Part One of LMB's Best of 2012 feature, highlighting this year's noteworthy albums (Tame Impala's Lonerism, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Alt-J's An Awesome Wave), artists (Alabama Shakes & Father John Misty) live moments (Phish Dick's 8/31/12, MMJ's 3-night LA "no repeats run" & Sigur Ros... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (PART ONE)
While there's still plenty of live music magic yet to be made, the end is near and 2012 will be in the rear view in five short weeks. Furthermore, December is generally a skinny month for studio releases (although Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors drops on 12/11) so... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: David Byrne and St. Vincent @ 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle 10/17/12
Seattle’s annual City Arts Festival kicked off with the exciting new collaboration between David Byrne (Talking Heads) and St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark), performing their recent album Love This Giant. Clark’s blistering guitar work and Byrne’s theatrical style made for a highly charged, transformative event. Byrne and Clark were joined... more
CONCERT RECAP: David Byrne and St. Vincent @ Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 10/13/12
“Who’s this?” sang the 60-year-old David Byrne in the first few minutes of his performance Saturday night at the Greek. The line comes from “Who”, the lead single off of Love this Giant, his collaboration with 30-year-old Annie Clark (St. Vincent) released earlier this year. The question, though, would... more
VIDEO: David Byrne & St. Vincent “Love This Giant” Rehearsal
David Byrne and St. Vincent (Annie Clark) have just released an NPR-produced documentary detailing their rehearsals for their Love This Giant tour. Byrne and St. Vincent just recently played The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA supported by an eight-piece brass ensemble. The two perform songs they've collaborated... more
TOUR DATES: David Byrne and St. Vincent Announce Album, Fall Tour Dates
There's some awesome news hitting the wires today with word that David Byrne is teaming up with St. Vincent for a collaboration and a tour. Hidden Track ran the story that they'll be releasing an album on September 11th and then touring following, with confirmation from Byrne that they'll... more
Video: David Byrne on How Music Venues Shape the Music
David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve [TED.com] As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation This video comes highly recommended... more
U2 Tour Still Hasn’t Made Any Money
I half-avoided this story just because I don't want to perpetuate some notion that U2 didn't wish this upon themselves, but it is quite interesting to read how extravagant the current U2 live tour is. They still haven't made money and they kinda pissed off David Byrne, so I... more
David Byrne Interviews Phish from Sessions @ West 54th
If you haven't seen the full interviews that David Byrne did with Phish back when they taped an episode of Sessions at West 54th, head over to Coventry today to watch the videos.
I Heart NYC: Celebrate Brooklyn! 2009 Concerts at Prospect Park
I recently finalized plans to make a big move up to New York City later on in 2009 and I couldn't be more excited. I have a ton of reasons to be stoked, of course, but for music blogging purposes, this means I will suddenly have a huge set of... more
Must See: David Byrne Fall 2008 Tour Dates
A few weeks back I went to go see David Byrne at the Davis Symphony Center for the first of two nights here in San Francisco and I'm surprised I never got around to writing something up on it. It was an absolutely incredible show for a Monday night... more
