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Ever since the pandemic darkened theaters earlier this year, sending the entire performing arts world into a catastrophic state of limbo, we’ve seen all manner of creative virtual substitutes: Digital dance seasons, clever musical mashups, a live-captured version of “Hamilton.”Many of these have been good, some great. Yet none have truly matched the visceral experience many of us crave so profoundly: live performance, in a theater.

David Byrne and Spike Lee have shared their fears over the forthcoming US presidential election.The pair, who recently teamed up for a film version of Byrne’s show ‘American Utopia’, have said they fear Donald Trump could get a second term despite Joe Biden being ahead in the polls.Byrne said: “I’m scared about the election.

Pearl Jam have shared their new song ‘Get It Back’ on streaming services – hear it below.The track was previously only available on ‘Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy Vol.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 77-track benefit album featuring Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Aimee Mann and many others raised more than $550,000 for voting-rights organizations on Friday, the only day it was available.

Arcade Fire, David Byrne and Pearl Jam are among a host of artists set to feature on a new compilation in aid of US voting rights.The album, ‘Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy Volume Two’, will be available on Bandcamp this Friday (October 2) for just 24 hours.It features up to 77 tracks from artists including Phoenix, Fleet Foxes, Jenny Lewis, The War on Drugs, Little Dragon and Big Boi.Pearl Jam have contributed new track ‘Get It Back’, and Arcade Fire’s live team-up with

The 64th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express on Tuesday unveiled its lineup of Screen Talks and events that will be available for free via YouTube and the fest's social channels, including sessions withLetitia Wright and Riz Ahmed. Among filmmakers, this year's virtual event will feature the likes of Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, musician and performer David Byrne and artist Es Devlin discussing their careers.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter The London Film Festival’s Screen Talks and events program will include speakers Riz Ahmed, Letitia Wright, Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, David Byrne and artist Es Devlin, who will each talk about their most recent work.

Spike Lee’s concert film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia has been released.Lee’s movie, which is set to premiere on HBO on October 17, was filmed during Byrne’s Broadway residency that ran from October 2019 to February 2020.Byrne’s American Utopia featured the musician speaking with the audience about the state of America and also included performances of songs from throughout his career, going back to his first Talking Heads record through to his 2018 ‘American Utopia’ solo

The movie that opened the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month just got a new trailer.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures Content Group is set to land international rights to Spike Lee’s David Byrne’s American Utopia following the film playing opening night at this year’s TIFF.HBO has domestic rights to the project, which is a filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show, and is set to release stateside on October 17.Universal PCG is now tying up a deal for all international rights and is eyeing a roll out from November.

The world needs something to lift its spirits. 2020 has been rough, to say the least, with a global pandemic leaving so many people tragically dead, political turmoil in governments around the world, and civil unrest as systemic racism becomes headline news.

David Byrne has shared a new edition of his online magazine Reasons To Be Cheerful, which focuses on tackling division within society.The new series We Are Not Divided tells the stories of places and institutions that are succeeding in overcoming division.

Despite the countless technological innovations in the 36 years since the release of Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense, that iconoclastic time capsule of a 1983 Talking Heads show is still considered by many to be the greatest rock concert film ever made.

Spike Lee and David Byrne aren’t an obvious pairing. While the former’s oeuvre, for the most part, features unflinching stories about Black life in America, the latter became a hero to white college-educated teens everywhere.

just really has no part in any discussion of the work of Byrne or of director Spike Lee, who turned the former Talking Heads front man’s Broadway show into a film that premiered at the slimmed-down TIFF on Thursday, and will come to HBO in October.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen you watch the filmed version of a show like “Hamilton” or “Springsteen on Broadway,” it can feel like the next best thing to being there. But Spike Lee’s playful and entrancing big-screen version of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” is better than the next best thing — it feels more like a whole new thing.Byrne’s spiky and exuberant 21st-century rock-concert-on-Broadway jamboree, which opened at New York’s Hudson Theatre on Oct.

If there ever was a year for the Toronto Film Festival to open with a musical pep talk for Americans, surely 2020 is it. American Utopia, the concert film of David Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show, directed by Spike Lee, provides a spark of optimism in the era of COVID-19 and civil unrest.

coronavirus pandemic, with a programme of 58 films from around the world — 50 of which will be premiering online.Steve McQueen’s Mangrove will be opening the festival, and the new film from God’s Own Country director Francis Lee Ammonite will be the closing night gala.Further films that are set to premiere include Spike Lee’s filmed take on David Byrne‘s smash-hit Broadway show American Utopia, as well as Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire and Josephine Decker’s Shirley Jackson

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blackface in a 1984 promotional video.The 68-year-old musician has made a statement on social media referring to the 1984 Stop Making Sense concert film, which features Byrne portraying different characters interviewing himself.Byrne tweeted: “Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense.

David Byrne is acknowledging it was a mistake doing a Blackface bit in a performance in 1984.

David Byrne is the latest star to apologize for previously wearing blackface. In the 1980s, to promote the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense," the musician appeared in a promo video in which he interviewed himself about his work in the form of various characters.

Related: Chris Frantz: 'If you knew David Byrne, you would not be jealous of him' “Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense,” he tweeted.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticIn a 1984 promotional video for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, David Byrne appeared as both himself and a variety of interviewers, including men of color.

David Byrne has addressed his use of black and brownface in a promo skit for Talking Heads‘ 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.Taking to Twitter, Byrne revealed that a journalist had recently pointed out this particular part of the promo material to him, and proceeded to call the inclusion of the blackface and brownface a “major mistake in judgement”.“In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of colour,” Byrne

The first trailer for David Byrne's "American Utopia" has been released. The upcoming production is a filmed version of the Broadway show –­­ a la "Hamilton" –­­ featuring Byrne's music from throughout his career, according to Entertainment Weekly.The film is directed by Spike Lee.

Spike Lee’s concert film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia has landed.In the one minute clip, Byrne narrates over a montage of his roving musical ensemble gyrating, shouting and marching across the stage.

Later this fall, Spike Lee is teaming up with musician David Byrne for a brand-new film, “American Utopia,” and it’s unlike anything you’d expect from the Oscar-winning filmmaker. As seen in the new teaser for “David Byrne’s American Utopia,” the new project is a filmed version of Byrne’s acclaimed Broadway show that featured new musical performances of his own solo songs, as well as many from his time with the Talking Heads.

Whitney have shared their fourth cover from their forthcoming 10-track covers album, titled ‘Candid’.Listen to their rendition of ‘Strange Overtones’ by David Byrne and Brian Eno below:‘Candid’ is slated for release next week on August 14 via Secretly Canadian.Per a press release, guitarist Max Kakacek said composing the solo was “the most fun part of recording [the cover]”.“Malcolm slayed it on the piano and having him tackle it made so much sense even though this is the first time we’ve ever

David Byrne is launching a new monthly radio show called ‘Here Comes Everybody’.Speaking about the new show, Byrne said: “I make a new playlist every month! I try not to repeat songs, but sometimes one can’t help going back to something one loves.“The playlists for this radio show are very often thematic- movie scores, current releases, South Indian surprises, Turkish pop.

NEW YORK -- The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will be a much diminished event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it has an opening-night film. Spike Lee's filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway theatrical concert “American Utopia” will kick off the largely virtual fall festival.

HBO's Spike Lee–directed filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway stage play is set to open the virtual Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10, fest organizers said on Tuesday (July 22). David Byrne's American Utopia features the Talking Heads frontman and 11 musical artists from around the world performing songs from the 2018 album American Utopia, as well as songs from Byrne's Talking Heads and solo catalog.

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz has revealed what happened when the band finally split in 1991.Speaking in his new biopic Remain In Love, the sticksman documented the band’s final meeting and said frontman David Byrne was so exasperated that the other members kept their cool when he announced their split, that he yelled: “You should be calling me an asshole.”It’s believed that Byrne had been telling the other members for years that he wanted the band to break up, but they ignored him for

An unnerving mystery is at the heart of “The Bay Of Silence”, a new thriller that dives deep into marriage and grief with plot twists worthy of Alfred Hitchcock.

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its opening-night film.

Spike Lee was expected to be a big player in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. He was selected to lead the competition jury and it was assumed that he’d premiere “Da 5 Bloods” at the French event.