David Byrne On tour through Europe and the United States
Video: 'What A Day That Was' from the album 'The Catherine Wheel' (1981) by David Byrne; live at Union Chapel in London during the Lazy Eyeball tour in 2002. The song begins with the words "Well, I'm dressed up so nice..."
'The Catherine Wheel' story
In 1983 the ballet, directed by Twyla Tharp, with the music of 'The Catherine Wheel' premiered on Broadway. The story is about Saint Catherine of Alexandria (lived end of 3rd until the early 4th century) who was penalized by the torture of the 'wheel'. After she was binded on the wheel it breaks and has killed many of her punishers. It stands for the justice of god, faith and fortune. In the ballet Catherine's wheel is replaced by an atom bomb. You can watch the ballet on a video by the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation.
The new album 'Everything that Happens will Happen Today'
David Byrne recorded a new album with Brian Eno. Now, he is with songs of 'Everything that Happens will Happen Today' on tour through EU and US. The Byrne-Eno album 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' (1981) is legendary. On bush-of-ghosts.com the artists' work from 1981 and the re-mastered version from 2006 by Greg Calbi, overseen by the two artists personally, is documented. In the late seventies they have worked together for 3 Talking Heads albums. You can download one track for free on davidbyrne.com/music/
cds/everything_that_happens.
On 12 + 13 April 2009 in London, 14 April in Brighton (UK), 16 April Stuttgart (DE), followed by Zurich (CH), Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, United States, Czech, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Croatia... davidbyrne.com/tours.
In 2008 Talking Heads lead-singer and artist David Byrne has created artful bike racks for selected places through Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. Check out more about the bike racks and an interview with bicyclist David Byrne.