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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

David Byrne 

News update. . . Gets down to Brass Tactics
Announces Free EP

Love This Giant brings Byrne and Clark together in provocative and frequently exciting ways, thanks in part to a slyly funky horn section and an overarching sense of brainy boldness.

-NPR

David says
I did a record with St. Vincent (Annie Clark) last year and then we did a tour of North America and Australia that was like nothing I've ever done before—drums, keys and Annie and I supported by 8 choreographed brass players. We did the new material, but also a lot of recognizable songs, arranged for that group. The sound is incredible, and it's a bit of a visual spectacle as well. We were pretty excited at how it turned out. The critical and audience response was great too! Touring a group that size with a fairly complex show is a big financial gulp, so it has taken us a while to collect enough offers in North America and Europa, but now they are in and we kick off in a few weeks.

One of our business folks had the idea that we might offer a taste of what we're up to—to those who might have missed the tour or the record or maybe thought it was some weird arty collaborative project. So we put together a downloadable EP to give folks that taste. The EP has one song that didn't make it on the record (a waltz featuring some lovely glass harmonica), a couple of energized remixes of some of the album tunes and two live tracks of the sort of more familiar material we do in the set.

Did I say it's free? We're very excited at how this whole project came out so we want more folks to discover it. The link to the download is down below.


David Byrne & St. Vincent
Tour dates

Love This Giant Tour Dates:
6/12 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
6/13 - Baltimore, MD @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
6/15 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
6/16 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
6/18 - Charlotte, NC @ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center – Belk Theater
6/20 - New Haven, CT @ Shubert Theatre
6/21 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
6/22 - Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum
6/23 - Ottawa, ON @ Confederation Park, Ottawa Jazz Festival
6/25 - Rochester, NY @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater
6/27 - New Bedford, MA @ The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
6/28 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
6/29 - Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
6/30 - Greensburg, PA @ Palace Theater
7/2 - Louisville, KY @ The Kentucky Center – Whitney Hall
7/5 - Des Moines, IA @ 80/35 Music Festival
7/6 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival
7/7 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
7/8 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
7/10 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
7/12 - Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads KC
7/13 - Littleton, CO @ Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield
7/14 - Telluride, CO @ Telluride Town Park
7/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
7/17 - Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater
7/18 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
7/20 - Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
7/21 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
8/18 - Reykjavik, Iceland @ Haskolabio
8/20 - Oslo, Norway @ Folketeatret
8/21 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Filadelfiakyrkan
8/22 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falconer Salen
8/24 - Brussels, Belgium @ Bozar
8/25 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn
8/27 - London, UK @ Roundhouse
8/28 - Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
8/29 - Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
8/30 - Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Fest
9/3 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu Lisboa
9/4 - Portugal, Portugal @ Coliseu Do Porto
9/6 - Madrid, Spain @ Teatrp Circo Price
9/7 - Barcelona, Spain @ The National Auditorium of Catalonia
9/9 - Brescia, Italy @ Vittoriale Theatre
9/11 - Rome, Italy @ Auditorium Parco Della Musica
9/12 - Florence, Italy @ Teatro Verdi
 


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