David Byrne and St. Vincent announce collaborative album, collaborative tour
It makes some sort of crazy, mixed-up sense that two artists as distinctive and well-coiffed as David Byrne (a.k.a. the former frontman of Talking Heads) and St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) would eventually find each other. After striking up a friendly relationship in 2009 (and accompanying one another to a White House Correspondents’ Dinner, of all things), the two decided that the universe would probably be a better place with a David Byrne/St. Vincent collaboration. On Sept. 11, that collaboration will finally come to fruition with Love This Giant, an album featuring 10 tracks co-written by Byrne and Clark, along with one solo track each. Oh, and there’s more: The album will eschew the traditional guitar/drum/bass lineup, and will instead go the oft-untraveled brass-band/drum-programming route. Why not?
Oh, and there’s even more: The unlikely duo will hit the road this fall in support of the album. According to Byrne, “We’ll be doing these songs and a bunch of songs that we suspect people will know, with a group that includes eight brass players, a keyboardist and a drummer.” If the prospect of seeing Byrne and Clark on stage together sounds too good to pass up (and it should), check out the full list of dates below, a list that includes a Sept. 16 show at Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater.
Sept. 15—State Theater—Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sept. 16—Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sept. 18—Chicago Theatre—Chicago, Illinois
Sept. 20—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Toronto, Ontario
Sept. 21—Eglise St-Jean Baptiste (POP Montreal)—Montreal, Quebec
Sept. 23—Orpheum Theatre—Boston, Massachusetts
Sept. 25—Beacon Theater—New York, New York
Sept. 26—Beacon Theater—New York, New York
Sept. 27—Tower Theater—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sept. 29—Williamsburg Park—Brooklyn, New York
Sept. 30—The Music Center at Strathmore—N. Bethesda, Maryland
Oct. 2—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, Tennessee
Oct. 3—Cobb Energy Center—Atlanta, Georgia
Oct. 5—Bass Concert Hall—Austin, Texas
Oct. 6—Hobby Center—Houston, Texas
Oct. 7—McFarlin Memorial Auditorium (SMU)—Dallas, Texas
Oct. 10—Humphrey’s—San Diego, California
Oct. 11—Arlington Theatre—Santa Barbara, California
Oct. 12—Segerstrom Theater for the Arts—Costa Mesa, California
Oct. 13—Greek Theater—Los Angeles, California
Oct. 15—Orpheum Theatre—San Francisco, California
Oct. 17—Moore Theatre—Seattle, Washington
Oct. 18—Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium—Portland, Oregon
Oct. 20—Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts—Vancouver, British Columbia
