International dancer, choreographer, singer, & songwriter, Tendayi Kuumba is a graduate of North Atlanta High School of Performing Arts and Spelman College. David Byrne has been honored with an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy awards, along with Obie, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Theatre World awards for his work in the New York theater. Since 2010, David Byrne has spoken several times at TED Talks conferences.
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An advocate for cycling, Byrne designed a series of custom bike racks that were placed in different locations in New York City in 2008. In 2005, Playing the Building, an installation that turned buildings into playable musical instruments by connecting the structures electronically to a pipe organ debuted in Stockholm, followed by runs in London and New York. For theater and dance, Byrne has written music for Twyla Tharp’s Catherine Wheel (1981) In Spite of Wishing and Wanting, for Wim Vandekevbus’s Belgian dance company Ultima Vez Robert Wilson’s Civil Wars – The Knee Plays and The Forest (1988) and, Here Lies Love (2015) and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire (2017). Since leaving the Talking Heads, the band he co-founded in the 1970s, Byrne has released nine solo studio albums, most recently American Utopia (2018). Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he grew up in North America and was educated at art schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Ticket information can be found on the American Utopia on Broadway website.Ī pre-Broadway engagement will run September 11th through 29th at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston.David Byrne is a singer, songwriter, musician, film director and producer, author, lecturer, photographer and visual artist.
I thought to myself that this new context might be good – it might bring out the narrative arc a little bit more, to make it just a little more explicit.” “Parked in a beautiful Broadway theatre we can perfect the sound, the lights, the movement. “Because of how theatrical the show is, others started telling me ‘this needs to go to Broadway,’” Byrne said in a statement, announcing the Broadway residency. NME said that it “may just be the best live show of all-time”. The group performs versions of both his solo songs and Talking Heads material in a uniquely choreographed presentation.īyrne kicked off the world tour of American Utopia in March of 2018, shortly after releasing his album of the same name. Watch a trailer for the show in the player below.Īmerican Utopia brings together a diverse ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the globe, who share the spotlight with Byrne. The limited engagement will begin October 4th at the Hudson Theatre and will run through January 19, 2020. Enter for your chance to win a TENACIOUS D Prize Pack including a signed box of fiber bars!įormer Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will bring his American Utopia tour to Broadway this year.Enter for your chance to win Billy Joel Live from Yankee Stadium on 2CD+Blu-ray AND 3-LP!.Enter for your chance to win a U2 Songs of Surrender 4-LP Super Deluxe Collector’s Box Set.Point of No Regrets: Kansas Carry On With New Album ‘The Absence of Presence’.Keeping the Beat: Longtime Drummer Liberty DeVitto Pens Memoir, Preps Album Release.Ready: Blue Oyster Cult is Back with New LP ‘The Symbol Remains’ An Affair to Remember: Yes to Release Live Set The Royal Affair Tour, Live From Las Vegas.Classic Rock Landmarks: Do They Know It’s Christmas?.Classic Rock Landmarks: Where The Streets Have No Name.The Downside of Fame for Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and More.Two Legends Pass Away: “The Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis and “The Obscene” Steven Clean.The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis: Unlikely Rock & Roll Performance of a Lifetime.Watch: Generation Radio Releases Second Single “Lights Go Out In Paradise”.Watch Julian Lennon’s New Video for “Lucky Ones”.Whitesnake Drops Out of Tour with Scorpions Due to David Coverdale’s Health.Foreigner Announces North American Farewell Tour.Pretenders Announce New Album Out Sept 1, Release New Single “Let the Sun Come In”.Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Announce New EP, Release New Single.Eric Clapton Releases “Moon River”, a Collaboration with Jeff Beck.Brian May & Friends Star Fleet Project Gets 40th Anniversary Treatment.
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