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Report: David Byrne slams U2’s world stadium tour…you must read this…

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The former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne, speaks out about the U2 world stadium tour that the Irish Rock band is currently doing.

David explains that all them huge stadium shows have to be the most expensive concerts ever with trucks bringing equipment in, band setup, soundcheck, stagelight settings, etc. Think how all that would cost. Then he says that all that work and spending is a bit overkill, when there are starving kids in Africa.

NME reports:

http://www.nme.com/news/david-byrne/46359

While I am a fan of U2, I’m going to have to agree with Mr. Byrne here. Sorry, Bono…if Bono really was serious about saving the world, and saving the hunger for the children in Africa as he claims, he would be spending his band’s money on all that, not for the stadium gigs.

The children in Africa are probably wondering why Bono is over here wasting money touring when he should be over there buying them food. Nope. Doesn’t happen.

Come on Bono, “Get on your boots” and get off your ego.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Springsteen, Phish, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, David Byrne, and Wilco are the major headlining acts for Bonnaroo…

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Yep, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will finally have their opportunity to share the stage with Phish after all these years, that will happen at Bonnaroo 2009 festival. The Bonnaroo Festival is a 4 day music fest with various stages and the festival is at Manchester, Tennessee. Festival will take place on June 11-14.

Other headlining acts are the Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Wilco, and more. A lot of other surprise appearances by Ben Harper, Kaki King, Merle Haggard, Rodrigo y Gabriela (an instrumental acoustic duo that plays cover songs), and many more.

See the artist lineup for Bonnaroo here:

http://www.bonnaroo.com/news/2009/02/03/bonnaroo-2009-lineup.aspx

Sounds like a good show. I’m sure a 2 or 3 hour Springsteen set will be better than his ridiculous 12 minute Halftime show at the Superbowl.

Kev

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Report: David Byrne to tour all the way through Spring of 2009, and he’s also coming to Albany…

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The former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne is set to go on a long tour starting on Sept. 16th and will last through the Spring of 2009, yes, that’s a long one. David plans to play a mix of his solo music and a bunch of Talking Heads classics. This tour will be in support of David’s new solo album he is releasing with legendary producer Brian Eno, a new album titled, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”. As said earlier David will also celebrate the music of the Talking Heads by performing many of the bands classics such as “Psycho Killer”, “Wild Wild Life”, “Once In A Life Time”, “Road to Nowhere”, “Burning Down the House” and more.

David Byrne will make a stop in Albany, N.Y. Nov. 5th at the Empire State Plaza:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003834828

Pretty sweet he’s coming to Albany, I’d love to go see him.

Kev

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Report: David Byrne and Brian Eno to release new album after 27 years…

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Former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne is set to release a new album with legendary producer Brian Eno titled, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today” and will release exclusively on EverythingThatHappens.com on Aug. 18th.

Byrne will release a free song for a preview of the album on Aug. 4th. This is the pair’s first album in 27 years. David Byrne is currently not signed to a label, he is self releasing it unsigned to the world wide web.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003832364

David Byrne rules, looking forward to hearing the new album.

Kev