david byrne and brian eno working on album a scheduling tour

[DREX]

David Byrne announced this week that his long-rumored return to the studio with Brian Eno is nearly complete:

The dream art-rock team of David Byrne and Brian Eno will return with new, strange fruit soon, the former Talking Heads man told NME.com recently.
Speaking at an event in New York, Byrne revealed that the duo had rekindled the relationship they formed in the late 70s/early 80s which resulted in three Talking Heads records and 1981’s classic My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
“I’m finishing up a record with Brian Eno, a musician that I worked with 30 years ago,” Byrne said following an appearance with Paul Simon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the 9th of April. “We did a record together of songs, and that’ll come out.”

The NY Daily News adds:

Byrne told us he’s collaborating with their mutual friend Brian Eno “for the first time in 20 years. Brian had written a lot of music, but needed some words, which I know how to do. What’s it sound like? Electronic gospel. That’s all I’m saying.”

Sources say the album will likely be released via Nonesuch, but probably not until 2009 before the end of the year.
In the meantime, David Byrne’s booking agent at William Morris Agency, Mark Geiger, has been soliciting offers from a number of different promoters around the United States for Byrne/Eno live shows, promising the set list will consist of at least 40% Eno-era Talking Heads material. No word yet on if he’s had any takers. Most of the tour is already booked.

[Funkenstein]

That's cool.

Both masters of their own creed and innovators with art.

[Ash]

David Byrne is just riding the coattails of Talking Heads

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by Ash

David Byrne is just riding the coattails of Talking Heads

LOL

[DREX]

hahahahaha

[PETA]

pretty strong coattails

[DREX]

they all hate each other....the other band members have begged him to reunite and he will have none of it

[Funkenstein]

Originally Posted by Ash

David Byrne is just riding the coattails of Talking Heads

He'll never be as good as David Grohl.

/cries

[Ash]

[PETA]

Originally Posted by DREX

they all hate each other....the other band members have begged him to reunite and he will have none of it

what's the source of the beef?


I know John cale won't work w/Reed because he's apparently an intolerable control freak and workaholic... I suspect many really great artists are like that... I'd be easily convinced Byrne is the same way

oh... Cale's worked w/Eno a lot that's what made him pop into my head

[DREX]

byrnes personality quirks are pretty legendary but they have always cited artistic and creative differences as the reason…i dont think any of them have any interest in doing a reunion tour sans a new album….creating music for a new record would be the main issue

[DREX]

xain youll get a kick out of this....my old man worked on true stories…actually I know just about everyone who worked on that show…of course I was real young when it was made and had no appreciation for how cool it was when it was happening but my dad would come home with these fantastic stories about there sets, costumes and general stuff they were doing….i watched some of it again recently over at matts house and realized how brilliant the movie is….i really need to sit down and watch it in its entirety soon

[PETA]

ha - that's a great story man!

man... can't tell you the last time I saw that... prolly need to again. Loved that damn hat Byrne wore

[matt]

hell yea! can't wait to hear this. we can watch it again on the side of the house anytime man just let me know. would prolly be a good night for a side of the house flick tonight even

[BrandonWhat]

Wow. I was just talking about these two the other day.