David Byrne seems “unusually organized for a rock star,” Amanda Petrusich writes. This past summer, the musician was concurrently planning his wedding, the launch of his new album, “Who is the Sky?,” and a 68-date world tour. Byrne’s career has been marked by experimentation and intensity, first as the front man of Talking Heads, the new-wave band that he started in 1975 with the drummer Chris Frantz and the bassist Tina Weymouth, two friends from art school, and then as a solo artist. His music has grown increasingly earnest over the years, but it is still almost always about alienation. Conversely, it is also about searching for home—how to find synchronicity, peace, wholeness. The most recent era of Byrne’s life has been dedicated to perpetuating ideas of hopefulness and service. He has come to understand this as a kind of mandate. “The days of just providing entertainment, they’re over—we have an obligation to do more,” he said recently.
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