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David Byrne: on the live EP he’s named after an NME review quote

submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2018 04:00 pm (www.nme.com)

The art-pop icon celebrates his American Utopia tour with a six-track live release, '"The Best Live Show Of All Time" – NME'DByrne 007Back in June, NME’s Tom Connick caught Scottish-American art-pop icon David Byrne and his 12-piece band performing his American Utopia tour in Oxford, and returned to the office proclaiming he’d stared into the bright light of genius. In his review, Connick proclaimed the theatrical performance a masterpiece, concluding it “may just be the best live show […]The post David Byrne on the live EP he’s named after an NME review quote appeared first on NME.

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David Byrne: Wants Performance Royalties On Commercial Radio

submitted by Nick Jan 29th 2014 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)

In recent months David Byrne has been using his status as a revered musical elder statesman to opine on subjects including the terrifying reach of the NSA, overpriced New York City rent, and Spotify’s paltry artist royalties. Royalties are at the heart of Byrne’s latest op-ed, too: This time he’s campaigning for mus...

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David Byrne: Watch David Byrne Perform With An Orchestral Ensemble At Jherek Bischoff Composed

submitted by Nick Jan 10th 2014 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

For the last two nights, the composer Jherek Bischoff has played shows at New York’s St. Ann’s Warehouse, playing with a group of musicians that included the Contemporaneous Ensemble and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. The shows have also included guests like Zola Jesus, Sondre Lerche, Mirah, and David Byrne. Byrne closed ...

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David Byrne: Is Very Afraid Of The NSA

submitted by Nick Nov 20th 2013 12:00 am (stereogum.com)

David Byrne has become quite the opinionated blogger lately. He condemned Spotify and the pricy New York economy in a pair of recent essays, and now he’s got the National Security Agency in his crosshairs. In a new post called “The Tangled Web We Weave,” the former head of Talking Heads expresses serious concerns ab...

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Foals: Join The Anti-Spotify Club

submitted by Nick Oct 30th 2013 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

The list of artists who don’t much like Spotify — and, specifically, the streaming service’s practice of paying artists very little money — has lately grown to include distinguished types like Thom Yorke and David Byrne, and now it also includes the anthemic British skronk-rockers Foals. As Music Week repo...

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Patti Smith: and David Byrne pay tribute to 'inspirational' Lou Reed

submitted by Nick Oct 29th 2013 10:00 am (www.nme.com)

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