David Byrne has announced an extensive world tour in support of his forthcoming solo record, American Utopia. Byrne will perform songs from the new album, which is out March 9 via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with Talking Heads. A twelve-piece band will also join Byrne on stage for a choreographed concert that he has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.”
Additionally, Byrne will bring his Reasons To Be Cheerful – an ongoing series of free talks he curates of hopeful writings, photos, music, and lectures – to several European cities in January, including Copenhagen’s Main Library (Jan 22) , Berlin’s The Venue (Jan 24) on, Milan’s Fondazione Prada (Jan 26), Amsterdam’s De Balie (Jan 28), and London’s Roundhouse Sackler Space (Jan 30). You can read more here.
On January 8, Byrne announced the release of American Utopia during a presentation of Reasons To Be Cheerful given at New York’s New School to a live audience and also was streamed via his Facebook page. He also released the first track from the album, ‘Everybody’s Coming To My House’ – co-written with Brian Eno, featuring contributions from TTY, Happa, Isaiah Barr leader of the Onyx Collective, Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Mercury Prize winner Sampha, and others. The song’s visual companion piece can be seen here. ‘Everybody’s Coming To My House’ is available to download instantly with pre-orders of American Utopia on iTunes and at nonesuch.com. Nonesuch Store pre-orders also include an exclusive print facsimile of an early handwritten lyric sheet to the song.
American Utopia tracklisting:
1. I Dance Like This
2. Gasoline And Dirty Sheets
3. Every Day Is A Miracle
4. Dog’s Mind
5. This Is That
6. It’s Not Dark Up Here
7. Bullet
8. Doing The Right Thing
9. Everybody’s Coming To My House
10. Here
American Utopia 2018 Tour Dates:
03/03/18 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre SOLD OUT
04/03/18 Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts SOLD OUT
06/03/18 Buffalo, NY Center For The Arts SOLD OUT
07/03/18 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre SOLD OUT
09/03/18 Waterbury, Ct Palace Theater SOLD OUT
10/03/18 Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center SOLD OUT
16/03/18 Santiago, CHI Lollapalooza (Chile)
18/03/18 Buenos Aires, ARG Lollapalooza (Argentina)
19/03/18 Teatro Gran Rex Buenos Aires (Argentina)
20/03/18 Teatro de Verano Montevideo (Uruguay)
24/03/18 Sao Paulo, BRA Lollapalooza (Brazil)
03/04/18 Mexico City MX Metropolitan Theater
05/04/18 Monterrey MX Auditorio Pabellón M
07/04/18 Guadalajara, MEX Corona Capital Guadalajara
14/04/18 Indio, CA Coachella
15/04/18 Tucson, AZ Centennial Hall
17/04/18 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theater
18/04/18 Las Vegas, NV Smith Center for the Arts
19/04/18 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center-Ikeda Theater
21/04/18 Indio, CA Coachella
24/04/18 Dallas, TX Winspear Opera House
25/04/18 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion
27/04/18 San Antonio, TX Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
28/04/18 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall Outside Lawn
04-06/05/18 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees
05/05/18 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
08/05/18 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Civic Auditorium
09/05/18 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
10/05/18 Durham PAC Durham, NC
12/05/18 Washington, DC The Anthem
13/05/18 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center for the Arts
15/05/18 Milwaukee WI Riverside Theater
16/05/18 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
17/05/18 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theater
19/05/18 Saskatoon, SASK TCU Place
20/05/18 Edmonton, ALB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
21/05/18 Calgary, ALB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
23/05/18 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theater
24/05/18 Seattle, WA Paramount Theater
27/05/18 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
28/05/18 Eugene, OR Hult Center
30/05/18 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre
02/06/18 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theater
05/06/18 Des Moines, IA Des Moines Civic Center
07/06/18 Kansas City, MO Kauffman Center for the Arts
08/06/18 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
09/06/18 Indianapolis, IN Farmers Bureau Lawn Amphitheater
14/06/18 Oxford, England New Theatre **
15/06/18 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall **
17/06/18 Birmingham, England Birmingham Symphony Hall **
18/06/18 Manchester, England Manchester Apollo **
19/06/18 London, England Eventim Apollo **
22-23/06/18 Prague, Czech Republic Metronome Festival
25/06/18 Zagreb, Croatia INmusic Festival
26/06/18 Wien, Austria Museumsquartier **
30/06-01/07/18 Ewijk, Netherlands Down The Rabbit Hole
05-08/07/18 Werchter, Belgium Rock Werchter
06/07/18 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
05/07/18 Gdynia, Poland Open'er Festival
11/07/18 Oeiras, Portugal Cool Jazz Festival
13/07/18 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao BBK Live Festival
13-14/07/18 Barcelona, Spain Cruilla Barcelona
17/07/18 Zürich, Switzerland Theater 11 **
19/07/18 Ravenna, Italy Ravenna Festival
20/07/18 Perugia, Italy Umbria Jazz Festival
21/07/18 Trieste, Italy Piazza Unità
27/07/18 Camden, NJ XPoNential Music Festival
31/07/18 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
01/08/18 Shelburne, VT Shelburne Museum - The Green
03/08/18 Toronto, ONT Sony Center for the Performing Arts
05/08/18 Canandaigua, NY Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
08/08/18 Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall
10/08/18 Detroit, MI Fox Theater
11/08/18 Huber Heights, OH Rose Music Center
12/08/18 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
16/08/18 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
18/08/18 San Jose, CA City National Civic Auditorium
21/08/18 Sacramento, CA Community Theater
24/08/18 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
28/08/18 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
