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| Tour by David Byrne | |
.jpg) In San Diego on April 12, 2018 | |
| Location | North America, South America, Europe, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia |
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| Associated album | American Utopia |
| Start date | March 3, 2018 |
| End date | November 25, 2018 |
| Website | http://davidbyrne.com/explore/american-utopia/tour |
| David Byrne concert chronology | |
American Utopia Tour is a 2018 concert tour by David Byrne supporting his album American Utopia
Background and development[edit]
Byrne's album American Utopia was his first solo studio album since 2004, and he had not toured solo since 2009.[1]
George Varga on the significance of Stop Making Sense in SD-UT: "The result was 1984’s stunning “Stop Making Sense,” which set a new conceptual, musical and visual standard. It still stands as one of the definitive rock concert films — and an enduring demonstration of how a live performance, even one carefully edited together from three concerts, can be visceral and theatrical, playful and provocative, robust and refined."[2]
Details on development & rehearsal[2][3][4][5][6]
“(It) completely rethinks what you can do, what a band, what a show can be,”[7]
“We’ll be doing some new songs, and many others that will, I assume, be familiar,”[8]
“I’m excited. This is the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense, so fingers crossed.”
other stuff on tech[9]
Concert synopsis[edit]
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matching grey Kenzo suits[6][5]
Photo gallery[edit]
Reception[edit]
Reviews of the tour were overwhelmingly positive. The Los Angeles Times called it "a joy to behold"[10], NME said it was possibly the "most ambitious and impressive live show of all time",[11] and Metro Weekly called it "2018’s most thrilling concert experience".[6] Kitty Empire, writing in The Guardian, called the "highly unorthodox tour" an "unprecedented, exquisite live show".[12] The Atlantic said the show was "captivatingly bizarre" and a "reinvention of the rock concert."[13]
Set list[edit]
Songs are from Byrne's American Utopia album unless otherwise noted. The set list has remained relatively constant over the tour, with minor variations.[14][15][16][17]
Main set[edit]
- "Here"
- (some dates) "Lazy" - the X-Press 2 single[14][16][15][17]
- "I Zimbra" - from Fear of Music
- "Slippery People" - from Speaking in Tongues
- "I Should Watch TV" - from Love This Giant
- "Dog's Mind"
- "Everybody's Coming to my House"
- "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" - from Speaking in Tongues
- "Once in a Lifetime" - from Remain in Light
- "Doing the Right Thing"
- "Toe Jam" - from I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
- (some dates) "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - from Remain in Light[14][16][15][17]
- "I Dance Like This"
- "Bullet"
- (some dates) "Gasoline and Dirty Sheets"[18]
- (some dates) "Every Day Is a Miracle"
- "Like Humans Do" - from Look into the Eyeball
- "Blind" - from Naked
- "Burning Down the House" - from Speaking in Tongues
First encore (2 songs)[edit]
- (some dates) "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - from Remain in Light
- (some dates) "Dancing Together" - from Here Lies Love[14][15][17]
- (some dates) "Road to Nowhere" - from Little Creatures[16]
- "The Great Curve" - from Remain in Light
Second encore[edit]
Personnel[edit]
Performers[edit]
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Others[edit]
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Supporting acts[edit]
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Tour Dates[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bernstein, Scott (March 4, 2018). "David Byrne Begins 1st Solo Tour Since 2009 At Count Basie Theatre In Red Bank". JamBase. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Varga, George (April 13, 2018). "Review - David Byrne performs transcendent San Diego concert before heading to his Coachella performance". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; October 13, 2018 suggested (help) - ^ a b c Grihalva, Joey (June 6, 2018). "Milwaukee's Angie Swan touring with David Byrne". Wisconsin Gazette. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; October 13, 2018 suggested (help) - ^ a b c d Byrne, David (January 16, 2018). "Testing Tour Tech". DavidByrne.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c Tannenbaum, Rob (March 7, 2018). "Inside David Byrne's Cheerful Dystopia". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Shulman, Randy (July 26, 2018). "David Byrne's American Utopia Tour is 2018's most thrilling concert experience". Metro Weekly. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Michelle R. (March 25, 2018). "David Byrne sees world gone wrong on 'American Utopia'". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
Byrne...said fans should not expect a "Stop Making Sense" redux. "Many people will expect to relive some experience from their childhood. No. I'm not a time machine. I'm not your personal time machine," he said. But conceptually, the new tour is similar to "Stop Making Sense" in its simplicity. "(It) completely rethinks what you can do, what a band, what a show can be," he said.
- ^ a b c Trendell, Andrew (June 12, 2018). "David Byrne announces massive UK and Ireland arena tour". NME. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Pearis, Bill (December 12, 2017). "David Byrne testing out ambitious new stage show on short East Coast tour". Brooklyn Vegan. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Lewis, Randy (August 26, 2018). "Review: David Byrne's American Utopia tour at the Shrine: The same, and not the same, as he ever was". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Connick, Tom (June 15, 2018). "David Byrne's 'American Utopia' tour might be the most ambitious and impressive live show of all time". NME. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Empire, Kitty (June 23, 2018). "David Byrne review – still making sense". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Kornhaber, Spencer (August 5, 2018). "David Byrne's Joyful and Uncomfortable Reinvention of the Rock Concert". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Mervis, Scott (May 14, 2018). "David Byrne upends the notion of a rock concert with edgy American Utopia show". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; October 14, 2018 suggested (help) - ^ a b c d e f Durchholz, Daniel (June 9, 2018). "David Byrne reinvents the concert experience — again — with 'American Utopia' show at the Peabody". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Lowen, Linda (September 13, 2018). "David Byrne's 'American Utopia' tour shakes the Landmark (Review)". The Post-Standard. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Leimkuehler, Matthew (June 6, 2018). "David Byrne builds a night of magnificent art rock in Des Moines". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Gasoline and Dirty Sheets by David Byrne". setlist.fm. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Chianca, Pete (August 1, 2018). "CONCERT REVIEW: David Byrne and his mobile band stun in Boston". The MetroWest Daily News. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Griwkowsky, Fish (May 21, 2018). "REVIEW: David Byrne brings the greatest live band on Earth to the Jube". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Byrne, David (June 1, 2018). "David Byrne Presents: American Utopia Family Favorites". DavidByrne.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Once in a Lifetime: David Byrne at Coachella 2018". Waves.com. April 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Byrne, David (April 1, 2018). "David Byrne Presents: American Utopia World Tour Opening Acts". DavidByrne.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Patterson, Spencer (April 18, 2018). "Concert Review: David Byrne Was a Natural For Our Center for the Performing Arts". Las Vegas Weekly. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Ruggieri, Melissa (October 3, 2018). "Concert review: David Byrne's brilliance same as it ever was at Fox Theatre show". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "David Byrne - American Utopia - Tour". DavidByrne.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Blistein, John (January 16, 2018). "David Byrne Expands 'American Utopia' Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ Klein, Joshua (June 2, 2018). "Review: David Byrne wiggles, spirals through his warm Auditorium show". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
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