Watch Life During Wartime above.
Play New Byrne & Eno Track Strange Overtones here:
As reported in ‘rumour’ form on Sonic earlier in the year, David Byrne will be embarking on a massive worldwide tour called The Songs Of David Byrne & Brian Eno kicking off in the States and Canada in mid September.
OK, now here’s the bad news. It’s a solo tour with no Brian Eno. (Bummer!).
Yep, Eno won’t be appearing as Byrne runs through a set based on their three Talking Heads albums and My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts.
The tour continues in ‘Australasia’ early 2009 and reaches Europe in March.
The duo have recently finished a project together called Everything That Happens Will Happen Today and you can preview the free track, Strange Overtones above.

“Brian Eno and I recently finished our first collaboration in about 30 years.� Said Byrne, “For the most part, Brian did the music and I wrote some tunes, words and sang. It's familiar but completely new as well. We're pretty excited.�

The North American leg of Byrne's journey to kick off September 16 in Pennsylvania. Full tour dates are as follows:

09-16 Bethlehem, PA - Zoellner Arts Center
09-17 Baltimore, MD – Lyric
09-18 Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center for the Arts
09-20 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
09-21 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
09-22 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
09-23 Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
09-25 Austin, TX – Paramount
09-26 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-28 Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
09-30 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre
10-02 San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
10-03 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
10-04 Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre
10-06 San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall
10-08 Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
10-11 Park City, UT - Eccles Center for the Performing Arts

You will be able to download and stream the new album on their website from August 18. If you listen to the track above, please register your email details here.
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts and it's influence on sampling is highlighted in the next episode of Sonic’s video series The Art Of Sampling. Simon Power

Links

• Byrne and Eno album site
• Sonic’s Eno profile
• Art Of Sampling episode 1
  
  
  

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