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Five years ago, screenwriter Todd Alcott’s wife took a picture of their cats and the hair on the back of his neck was raised. It was a simple shot of two felines near a water dish on a counter, but it made him think of a classic rock album and, unbeknownst to him at the time, was the spark for...

David Byrne performed Talking Heads' 'Slippery People' with Mavis Staples during her 80th birthday celebrations. Check out the footage below. Read More: Mavis Staples Is Still Kicking Ass At 79 The soul icon marked reaching the milestone age with a special show at New York's Apollo Theatre on Thursday (May 9). Taking to the stage to pay tribute at the...

You could say it's a 'Once In A Lifetime' offer – David Byrne has been asked by Dumbarton FC if he'll buy a brick at the Scottish side's new stadium. The Talking Heads frontman was born in the Scottish town in 1952 and lived there for the first two years of his life before relocating to Canada. Now, he's been asked...

David Byrne and Trent Reznor have been announced among the main speakers for the 2019 induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ahead of the ceremony taking place on March 29, it's been confirmed that Talking Heads legend Byrne will provide a fitting introduction for Radiohead, while Nine Inch Nails frontman Reznor will do the duties for...

David Byrne has announce a lengthy 2018 UK and Ireland arena tour in support of his acclaimed latest album, 'American Utopia'. Full dates and ticket details are below. Buy David Byrne tour tickets here One of the Talking Heads icon's most adventurous and theatrical tours to date, his extended run of shows will now call at Leeds, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmingham,...

David Byrne has announced new album 'American Utopia' with a stream of album track 'Everybody's Coming To My House'. The former Talking Heads man recently announced a huge run of shows, set to be his "most ambitious" yet, and has now followed up the tour with the announcement of his first solo record since 2004's 'Grown Backwards'. 'American Utopia' is led...

David Byrne has announced an upcoming solo tour - his first in nine years. The former Talking Heads frontman will be performing a small number of shows on the East Coast USA and South America, as well as European festivals including Inmusic in Croatia and Roskilde, Denmark. A number of new songs, as well as more familiar tunes, will hit the...

Last night The National covered Talking Heads' 'Heaven' at their London Hammersmith Eventim Apollo residency, with footage now emerging online. The band kicked off their four-date run at the West London venue on Monday (September 25), fighting off sound problems and invading the crowd to a rapturous response - catch up with the NME report here. Last night, as the band...

David Byrne has praised Selena Gomez after the pop star sampled Talking Heads on new latest single 'Bad Liar'. The song borrows Tina Weymouth's bassline from the 1977 new wave classic 'Psycho Killer'. It was co-written by songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels, who also worked with Gomez on her 2015 album 'Revival'. "Selena and Julia are Talking Heads-obsessed," co-writer Tranter recently...