Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew announce ‘Remain In Light’ 2023 North American tour
Conversing Heads mainstay Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew – who was briefly a member of the band in the early 1980s – have introduced a North American tour for subsequent 12 months in celebration of ‘Remain In Light’.
The 19-day tour will start in February and incorporate dates in Colorado, Oklahoma, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and more. They’ll be joined on the operate by Interesting Great Interesting, which contains former members of the defunct Turkuaz. See comprehensive dates and venues below – tickets are on sale this Friday (November 4).
It is not the 1st time Harrison and Belew have executed the album in complete. They performed it jointly with Turkuaz in 2020, and in September of this calendar year, done it as section of a distinctive function in Los Angeles.
“Remain in Gentle is a higher point in my vocation,” Harrison stated in a statement alongside the tour’s announcement. “Adrian and I experienced generally mentioned the magic of the 1980 tour and the sheer pleasure it brought to audiences.”
In his own assertion, Belew explained the approaching performances as a “joyful present of Talking Heads tracks you know and adore performed by a incredibly hot, eleven-piece ensemble such as Jerry and me”. He additional: “You just cannot assist but dance and go property with a delighted smile on your encounter.”
‘Remain In Light’, Talking Heads’ fourth studio album, arrived in 1980 and spawned singles this sort of as ‘Crosseyed And Painless’ and ‘Once In A Lifetime’. The third and closing of the band’s albums to be developed by Brian Eno, a range of supplemental musicians have been introduced in to lead to the album, which include Belew, who played guitar.
To promote ‘Remain In Light’, Talking Heads’ touring personnel expanded noticeably, with a dwell band that provided Belew. As these kinds of, Belew’s guitar-enjoying can be read on the next 50 % of the band’s 1982 double live album ‘The Identify of This Band Is Talking Heads’.
Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s 2023 ‘Remain In Light’ tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
Thursday 16 – Denver CO, Ogden Theatre
Friday 17 – Boulder CO, Boulder Theater
Saturday 18 – Beaver Creek CO, Vilar Carrying out Arts Middle
Tuesday 21 – Oklahoma Metropolis Okay, Tower Theatre
Wednesday 22 – St. Louis MO, Manufacturing facility
Friday 24 – Minneapolis MN, 1st Avenue
Saturday 25 – Chicago IL, Vic Theatre
Sunday 26 – Indianapolis IN, Egyptian Room
Monday 27 – Akron OH, Goodyear Theater
Tuesday 28 – Buffalo NY, City Ballroom
MARCH
Thursday 2 – Toronto ON, Danforth Tunes Corridor
Friday 3 – Pittsburgh PA, Roxian Theatre
Saturday 4 – Baltimore MD, Rams Head Live
Sunday 5 – Sayreville NJ, Starland Ballroom
Tuesday 7 – Philadelphia PA, Keswick Theatre
Wednesday 8 – Albany NY, Empire Reside
Thursday 9 – New York NY, Sony Hall
Friday 10 – Boston MA, Residence of Blues
Saturday 11 – New Haven CT, University Street Songs Corridor