At King’s, Byrne did speak about the importance of voting and also explained that yes, the instruments were truly wireless - very impressive given how flawless everything seemed. But there is a lot of feeling even without much being spoken to connect the songs in an arc. Should Byrne add narration or a narrative structure, the show might be more comparable to Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway run or Patti Smith’s recent intimate shows taped for Audible. You don’t need a deep familiarity with Byrne’s work (Talking Heads, solo or other collabs) to see how much fun the band has performing like a marching band, with entirely wireless instruments in a carefully choreographed production. And that brought more of the focus onto him, the musicians and their actions. (WFUV has archived audio from a different stop of the tour that is available for streaming here.)īyrne could have imagined extravagant possibilities to bring his songs on the road (see his Contemporary Color project) but he instead kept it simple and seamless. I managed to attend his show at King’s Theatre in Brooklyn and the quickly registered it as one of my favorite tours of the year. ![]() And you realize he’s not expressing trepidation or fear, only excitement.”īyrne should take on that project - the shows will sell out. “I’ve never done anything like that before,” he says, his eyes widening. Byrne is clearly intrigued: he would need to create a narrative arc, to connect the songs, but that doesn’t feel impossible. But this past weekend, in an interview Byrne did with The Guardian, it was noted in the final paragraphs that “there has been interest from the West End and Broadway in turning the American Utopia show into something more permanent. David Byrne‘s American Utopia tour has gone overseas so the buzz around the tour has somewhat died down in the United States.
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