More Tour Announcements

David Byrne and St. Vincent

Along with their 10-piece band, the duo will be playing gigs through the U.S. in June and July in support of the collaborative work, Who.

Dates and venues:

June 11 – Montclair, N.J., Wellmont Theatre    
June 12 – Montclair, N.J., Wellmont Theatre    
June 13 – Baltimore, Md., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall    
June 15 – Asheville, N.C., Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
June 16 – Manchester, Tenn., (Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival)
June 18 – Charlotte, N.C., Belk Theater    
June 20 – New Haven, Conn., Shubert Theater    
June 21 – Portland, Maine, State Theatre    
June 22 – Shelburne, Vt., The Green At Shelburne Museum    
June 25 – Rochester, N.Y., Kodak Hall At Eastman Theatre    
June 27 – New Bedford, Mass., Zeiterion Performing Arts Center    
June 28 – Red Bank, N.J., Count Basie Theatre    
June 29 – Port Chester, N.Y., The Capitol Theatre    
June 30 – Greensburg, Pa., Palace Theatre    
July 2 – Louisville, Ky., Whitney Hall
July 5 – Des Moines, Iowa, Western Gateway Park (80/35 Festival)
July 6 – Highland Park, Ill., Ravinia Festival At Ravinia Park (Ravinia Festival)
July 7 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park    
July 8 – Ann Arbor, Mich., Michigan Theater    
July 10 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Taft Theatre    
July 12 – Kansas City, Mo., The Crossroads    
July 13 – Denver, Colo., Denver Botanic Gardens - York St.    
July 14 – Telluride, Colo., Telluride Town Park    
July 15 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Red Butte Garden    
July 17 – Eugene, Ore., Cuthbert Amphitheater    
July 18 – Woodinville, Wash., Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery    
July 20 – Saratoga, Calif., The Mountain Winery    
July 21 – Oakland, Calif., Fox Theater

Primus

Describing their outing as a “one-of-a-kind psychedelic” experience with Quad Surround Sound, Primus sets out on the next leg of its 3D tour in May.

Dates and venues:

May 9 – Napa, Calif., Napa Valley Exposition (“BottleRock Napa Valley”)
May 10 – Eureka, Calif., Eureka Municipal Auditorium
May 12 – Garden City, Idaho, Revolution Concert House and Event Center
May 13 – Missoula, Mont., Wilma Theatre
May 14 – Billings, Mont., Shrine Auditorium
May 16 – Colorado Springs, Colo., Historic City Auditorium
May 17 – Santa Fe, N.M., Santa Fe Community Convention Center
May 18 – Tucson, Ariz., Rialto Theatre
May 19 – Pomona, Calif., Fox Theater Pomona
May 21 – Ventura, Calif., Majestic Ventura Theatre
May 22 – Bakersfield, Calif., Majestic Fox Theater
May 24 – Portland, Ore., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
May 25 – Eugene, Ore., Cuthbert Amphitheater
May 26 – Quincy, Wash., Gorge Amphitheatre (“Sasquatch! Music Festival”)
June 1 – Saint Paul, Minn., Myth
June 2 – Chicago, Ill., Riviera Theatre
June 6 – Hunter, N.Y., Hunter Mountain (Mountain Jam Festival)

Soundgarden

Chris Cornell and the gang will be back on the stage for a second round of 2013 dates in May.

Details:

May 3 – Atlantic City, N.J., Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr.   
May 4 – Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium
May 5 – Concord, N.C., Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 7 – Atlanta, Ga., The Tabernacle    
May 8 – Atlanta, GA     The Tabernacle    
May 10 – Louisville, Ky., The Louisville Palace Theatre
May 11 – Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center    
May 12 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Stage AE    
May 14 – West Long Branch, N.J., Monmouth University
May 15 – Worcester, Mass., The Palladium    
May 17 – Wallingford, Conn., Toyota Presents The Oakdale Theatre    
May 18 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
May 19 – Columbus, Ohio, Crew Stadium
May 21 – St. Louis, Mo., The Pageant    
May 22 – Kansas City, Mo., The Midland By AMC    
May 24 – Houston, Texas, Bayou Music Center    
May 25 – Austin, Texas, Austin Music Hall    
May 26 – Dallas, Texas, Palladium Ballroom    
May 28 – Broomfield, Colo., 1stBank Center

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Member Review: David Byrne

Member "Big Bob" Dancer wrote us:

.............................It's a little crazy for David Byrne to conduct a "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour" without Brian Eno, but that didn't stop the maestro.

IMHO, Byrne's periodic sessions with Eno have resulted in many of his finest moments, from the pair's prophetic 1981 collaboration, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, to, most notably, the trilogy of 1978-1980 Eno-produced masterpieces by Talking Heads, a run of albums that evolved the band's nervous new wave into muscular, worldly funk.

Though the impetus of the tour is Byrne and Eno's cordial new record, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (hear it at http://www.everythingthathappens.com/index.html), David offered up one hell of a set list. Too, it wasn't surprising that it was the Talking Heads standards that most fired up the crowd.

After a energetic and prolonged standing ovation for an early performance of "Houses in Motion," the audience remained on its feet, migrating toward the aisles where designated dancing spaces had been set up. Silver and wiry, but otherwise showing few signs of his 56 years, Byrne did his share of dancing, too, assisted not only by his three backup singers but also by a trio of pretty young dancers. The trio's golly-gee choreography could have been ripped straight from the High School Musical playbook (save, perhaps, for a bizarre accompaniment that turned "My Big Hands" from Byrne's 1981 solo suite The Catherine Wheel into a sort of balletic re-imagination of the "Thriller" zombie dance). The dancers added undeniable momentum to Byrne's already hard-driving show.

Everything That Happens is perhaps his most wide-eyed album yet, and it's therefore only fitting that he should promote it with such a open and upbeat tour.

There were 3 encores:

Encore #1:
“Take Me to the River”
“The Great Curve”

Encore #2:
“Air”
“Burning Down the House”

Encore #3:
“Everything that Happens will Happen Today”

What can I say about being backstage? It was my first time ever, and it was totally mind-blowing. First off, meeting Byrne was a dream come true. He was cordial and friendly and endured my gawking at him like a love-struck schoolgirl.

To see everything that really goes in to putting a show like this together gave me a brand new appreciation for live performance as a genre. Man, there are a lot of people back there working their asses off.

Thank you BPD for making this happen.

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