
David Byrne has added new dates to his forthcoming US summer tour, which continues to support his recent studio collaboration with Brian Eno.
The trek gets underway June 1 in Shelburne, VT, and the new shows pepper a schedule that now swells to 17 cities during the month. Plans include a free June 8 show in Brooklyn, NY's Prospect Park Bandshell, as well as Byrne's previously announced June 12 appearance at Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo Festival. Dates are below.
The following month, Byrne heads overseas for his second European tour leg of the year. Those dates can be found at his official website.
The Talking Heads founder and his band continue to showcase music from August's "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today," Byrne's first collaboration with Eno in 27 years. The idea for the album came about during a 2006 visit the two had after Nonesuch Records re-released the pair's 1981 collaboration, "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts," according to a press release.
"I recall Brian mentioning that he had a lot of largely instrumental tracks he'd accumulated, and since, in his words, he 'hates writing words,' I suggested I have a go at writing some words and tunes over a few of them, and we see what happens," Byrne said in a statement.
Setlists during the tour will once again feature songs from both of the Byrne and Eno albums, as well as a selection of classic Talking Heads material. "The live shows will maybe try to draw a line linking this new material with what we did 30 years ago, a little bit anyway," Byrne added.