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David Byrne has recalled hearing Lorde’s music for the first time.The pair were speaking as part of Rolling Stones’ new ‘Musicians On Musicians’ cover series.Byrne told the New Zealand musician that he admired the minimalism of her music. He said: “I heard your music ages ago.

It’s not often that Lorde, 24, pops up on social media. But when she does, she make it worthwhile.

Lorde’s music may be loved around the world, but she’s not always super confident when it comes to performing it on stage for fans.

Diane Weyermann, the longtime Chief Content Officer at Participant who also produced or exec produced dozens of films including Oscar winners An Inconvenient Truth and Citizenfour, died today of cancer in New York, the company said. She was 66.

On the first season of The FADER Uncovered, host Mark Ronson spoke with some of the of world's most pioneering and legendary artists — David Byrne, Questlove, HAIM, Rico Nasty, Tame Impala, Erykah Badu, Damon Albarn, and Santigold — about their lives, careers, and creative processes. Now the Grammy- and Oscar-winning producer is back for Season 2.

Returning to the Tony Awards. Ruthie Ann Miles attended the Sunday, September 26, awards show for the first time since her family’s 2018 tragedy.

David Byrne has been honoured at this year’s 74th Annual Tony Awards at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre for his Broadway production American Utopia.The former Talking Heads bandleader was presented with a Special Tony Award for the production, based off his 2018 album of the same name, which was also adapted into a concert film directed by Spike Lee that was released late last year on HBO.Byrne also performed Talking Heads’ 1982 ‘Speaking in Tongues’ favourite ‘Burning Down the House’

The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times local):6:35 p.m.The red carpet for the Tony Awards is underway and stars are praising the return of live theater.David Byrne, the Talking Heads frontman whose musical “American Utopia” is among Sunday's honorees, says he’s started going to shows as a spectator and it’s “amazing feeling.“The audiences are overjoyed,” Byrne says. “They’re happy to see the shows, but they’re happy to just see one another, to be in the same room with other people.

Hamilton won the award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) and star Renée Elise Goldsberry used her acceptance speech to urge for more synergy between the stage and the screen.

nominated at this year’s Emmys and is just one award shy from becoming EGOT winner himself. Jennifer Hudson, 40, scored a Daytime Emmy Award earlier this month and just needs a Tony Award to complete her EGOT shelf, which can happen during the 2021 Tonys on Sept.

Iconic Events Releasing, the event cinema company behind theatrical releases for the Emmy-winning Bo Burnham: Inside and this week’s one-night-only showing of David Byrne’s American Utopia, is teaming with kids entertainment company Pinkfong Baby Shark to release Pinkfong & Baby Shark’s Space Adventure in theaters next month.

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has released a new season of her podcast The Jump – featuring an impressive line-up of musical guests.Manson made a third run of episodes available to stream on Tuesday (August 24).

David Byrne’s “American Utopia” has lived many lives. First as a 2018 album, then as a tour.

David Byrne’s American Utopia is coming to US cinemas for a special one-off showing.The acclaimed concert film, from director Spike Lee, is coming to cinemas in the US nationwide for a special one night showing on September 15.The event will also feature a new introduction from Byrne and will also show a never-before-seen conversation between Byrne and Lee, according to Deadline. American Utopia is a concert film documenting Byrne’s Broadway show of the same name.In a five star review of the

David Byrne’s American Utopia, the Emmy-nominated special from director Spike Lee, is coming to movie theaters nationwide for a one-night-only event on September 15, Iconic Events Releasing, Participant, River Road Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment, and HBO Entertainment announced today.

Red Hot + Blue, a 20-track tribute to Cole Porter, included David Byrne, k.d. lang, U2, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Sommerville, and Erasure.It was followed in 1992 by Red Hot + Dance, a compilation focused on club remixes of hits by Madonna, Seal, Crystal Waters, and Sly & the Family Stone that shined an early spotlight on the DJs and producers who were becoming pop stars in their own right.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“David Byrne’s American Utopia” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” will receive special Tony Awards at the 2021 ceremony.

th Annual Tony Awards at 7:00 PM / 4:00 PM PT live exclusively on Paramount+. The show will then be followed by “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” on CBS.

Special Tony Awards will be presented in September to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, David Byrne’s American Utopia and Freestyle Love Supreme, the awards administration committee announced today.

David Byrne‘s ‘American Utopia’ has been confirmed for a re-run on Broadway in 2021 after an initial 17-week return schedule was postponed last year due to the coronavirus crisis.The stage show, which is based on Byrne’s 2018 album of the same name, will this time see a longer, six-month run in New York City’s theatre district, moving from The Hudson to the larger St.

David Byrne’s American Utopia, the theatrical concert performance that played a limited engagement on Broadway to great acclaim and full houses for five months in 2019 and 2020, and months ago announced a 2021 return, has found its venue: Utopia will begin performances at Jujamcyn’s St. James Theatre on the previously announced Friday, Sept. 17.

The third full episode of The FADER Uncovered, a brand new podcast series in which host Mark Ronson talks with the world’s most impactful musicians, is up now and available for download wherever you listen to podcasts. This week Ronson sits down with David Byrne, the Talking Heads founder whose whose music has led the way for multiple generations of artists.

The third episode of The FADER Uncovered, a new podcast series in which host Mark Ronson talks with the world’s most impactful musicians, is coming on Monday, May 24. This time around Mark is joined by David Byrne for a conversation looking back on his classic albums, both as a solo artist and as part of Talking Heads, teaching Mark How Music Works with his must-read book, the journey from arthouse to arenas, plus the ambitious staging of his Amerian Utopia live show on Broadway.

Mark Ronson is set to host a new podcast series featuring interviews with artists such as Tame Impala, Haim and David Byrne.The producer, songwriter and DJ has partnered with The Fader to host the FADER Uncovered podcast.Billed as “a series of in-depth conversations with the world’s most impactful musicians”, FADER Uncovered will see Ronson speaking to the likes of Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Haim and Byrne, with each episode being rooted in the respective artist’s Fader cover story.The

Mark Ronson has written and produced records for many of the world’s most impactful artists, picked up countless awards including seven Grammys and an Oscar, and been in the room for some of the most important moments in contemporary music history. Now he’s teaming up with The FADER for a new podcast.

David Byrne is giving New Yorkers the chance to rave again after helping to curated a socially distanced dance club.The Talking Heads icon has joined forces with Broadway set designer Christine Jones and choreographer Steven Hoggett to launch SOCIAL!, a new experimental club at the Park Avenue Armory.100 attendees will be invited to the venue’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall at a time to enjoy their own dance moves, or to take in a spoken choreography voiceover from Byrne himself.The event, which was

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAmerican singer, songwriter David Byrne and Serbian conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramovic will be among the speakers taking part in live digital events at documentary film festival CPH:DOX.The Danish event has announced that it will extend its run by 10 days after the Danish government ruled that movie theaters could open on May 6.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentWim Wenders’ Berlin-based Road Movies has boarded “This Is Music,” a series whose episode directors – New German Cinema leading light Wenders, singer-songwriter David Byrne, “Skam” creator Julie Andem and “Louder Than Bombs” director Joachim Trier – make the title the highest profile project at this year’s Berlinale Co-Pro Series.Norwegian public broadcaster NRK is backing the development of the series, which has also received support from the