David Byrne on AI, Creativity & Isolation

David Byrne is in the UK for a couple of weeks of Live Shows, and here he is speaking to BBC News about AI, Creativity & Isolation. The shows have received rave reviews, with this 5 star synopsis from the Guardian, an excerpt is below. Speaking to Newsnight, he talks about the impact of AI on creativity, Punk, as well as US politics and global conflicts. Here's more from the review... 

Surrounded by a large ensemble in matching blue suits – dancers who sing, percussionists who dance, guitarists who also shred on a violin – he continues his career-long obsession with blurring the line between live show and theatrical art-piece. At the rear of the stage, a series of huge concave screens are a continual source of wonder. Alongside Strange Overtones, the sun sets on a cityscape presented in deep focus, details popping into the distance, while a pogoing Byrne, picked out in blue against saturated orange during Once in a Lifetime, offers a thrilling punk jolt amid a meticulously planned whole.

With a set list built around elastic bass and polyrhythms, from Talking Heads' Slippery People to What Is the Reason for It?, a brass-driven groover from his recent LP Who Is the Sky?, there is a feeling of perpetual motion as bodies flit from one side of the stage to the other. Byrne is among them, required to hit his marks like everybody else, and that egalitarian spirit is fundamental in delivering his message of collective resolve.

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