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It’s again “into the blue again” for David Byrne.

Simply days after releasing a Saorise Ronan-starring “Psycho Killer” music video and shocking the Governors Ball crowd in purple overalls halfway via Olivia Rodrigo’s scorching cowl of “Burning Down The House,” the previous Speaking Heads frontman introduced his first album and solo tour in seven years.

Beginning in September, the 73-year-old Rock Corridor of Famer will hit venues throughout North America on his ‘Who Is The Sky? Tour,’ which is known as after his new album due out Sept. 5 and options contributions from St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile’s drummer Tom Skinner, Ghost Prepare Orchestra and producer Child Harpoon.

Whereas out and about, Byrne has six (!) stops in New York deliberate.

Up first, he’ll carry his newest document — his ninth solo studio providing — to Schenectady’s Proctors Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 21. After that, the person who made outsized fits cool drops into Syracuse’s Landmark Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 23 and Buffalo’s Shea’s Performing Arts Heart on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Lastly, the Grammy winner closes his NY run with three reveals at Manhattan’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on Tuesday, Sept. 30, Wednesday, Oct. 1 and Friday, Oct. 10.

In any respect reveals, he’ll be joined by a 13-member backing band made up of musicians, singers and dancers, a few of whom have been a part of his ‘American Utopia’ ensemble. Per standard, all “will be mobile throughout the set.”

“I suspected that intimate orchestral arrangements would bring out the emotion I sense is there in these songs [from the forthcoming album],” Byrne stated. “It’s something that folks don’t always hear in my work, but this time for sure I thought it was there.”

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David Byrne tour schedule 2025

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David Byrne set checklist

Whereas the wily vocalist will seemingly lean into his new album on this run of reveals, we needed to present you an thought of what Byrne took to the stage on his 2018 ‘American Utopia Tour.’ In keeping with Set Record FM, right here’s what he performed at a gig in Australia (forward of the long-standing Broadway stint that ran on and off from 2019-22):

01.) “Here”

02.) “Lazy” (X‐Press 2 cowl)

03.) “I Zimbra” (Speaking Heads track)

04.) “Slippery People” (Speaking Heads track)

05.) “I Should Watch TV” (David Byrne & St. Vincent track)

06.) “Dog’s Mind”

07.) “Everybody’s Coming to My House”

08.) “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” (Speaking Heads track)

09.) “Once in a Lifetime” (Speaking Heads track)

10.) “Doing the Right Thing”

11.) “Toe Jam” (Brighton Port Authority cowl)

12.) “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)” (Speaking Heads track)

13.) “I Dance Like This”

14.) “Bullet”

15.) “Every Day Is a Miracle”

16.) “Like Humans Do”

17.) “Blind” (Speaking Heads track)

18.) “Burning Down the House” (Speaking Heads track)

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19.) “Road to Nowhere” (Speaking Heads track)

20.) “The Great Curve” (Speaking Heads track)

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21.) “Hell You Talmbout” (Janelle Monáe cowl)

David Byrne new music

On Sept. 5, Byrne is scheduled to drop his ninth solo album “Who Is The Sky?”

Forward of the document’s launch, he unveiled the lead single “Everybody Laughs.” Clocking in at nearly 4 minutes, the monitor is a joyous, nearly tropical tune. Full with Byrne’s trademark staccato vocals and Ghost Prepare Orchestra’s jaunty strings which can be a bit paying homage to George Michael’s “Freedom,” the track suits squarely in Byrne’s canon.

To listen to for your self, you could find “Everybody Laughs” right here.

For a good nearer look, right here’s the monitor checklist for “Who Is The Sky.”

01.) “Everybody Laughs”
02.) “When We Are Singing”
03.) “My Apartment Is My Friend”
04.) “A Door Called No”
05.) “What Is the Reason for It?” (feat. Hayley Williams)
06.) “I Met the Buddha at a Downtown Party”
07.) “Don’t Be Like That”
08.) “The Avant Garde”
09.) “Moisturizing Thing”
10.) “I’m an Outsider”
11.) “She Explains Things to Me”
12.) “The Truth”

Latest David Byrne initiatives

Missed Byrne’s Gov Ball drop in with O-Rod? Click on right here to see their vigorous duet full with off-kilter “Stop Making Sense”-esque dance strikes.

And, in fact, we advocate testing the brand new, cinematic, unsettling “Psycho Killer” music video that includes Saorise Ronan.

Big artists on tour in 2025

Whereas Byrne is about as singular an artist as there’s, there are lots of fellow gifted superstars from yesteryear with similiar sensibilities who’ve excursions mapped out this 12 months.

Listed here are simply 5 of our favorites that you simply received’t wish to miss dwell.

• Elvis Costello

• Sparks

• Yusuf/Cat Stevens

• Morrissey

• Paul Simon

Who else is out and about these subsequent few months? Check out our checklist of all the most important artists on tour in 2025 to search out the present for you.

This text was written by Matt Levy, New York Publish dwell occasions reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the most recent tour bulletins out of your favourite musical artists and comedians, in addition to Broadway openings, sporting occasions and extra dwell reveals – and finds nice ticket costs on-line. Since he began his tenure on the Publish in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen live performance and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to call a couple of. Please notice that offers can expire, and all costs are topic to vary