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David Byrne joined cast and crew from “True Stories” at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday evening for a SXSW screening of Criterion’s 4K restoration of the 1986 film.
David Byrne came to South By Southwest on Wednesday (March 13) to talk about his Reasons To Be Cheerful project and, in the evening, to screen and answer questions about his 1986 film True Stories.
Who’s inducting them? David Byrne is confirmed. Great choice! A fun piece of trivia is that Radiohead renamed themselves after the Talking Heads song “Radio Head” from their 1986 album, Truer Stories.
Radiohead will be inducted by David Byrne, and The Cure by Trent Reznor.
From returning Austin favorites to newbie talents to watch out for, we've got over a dozen new films you can't miss at this year's festival.
Staple Singers covered the 'Speaking In Tongues' track back in the '80s.
Janelle Monáe introduces Janet Jackson; Harry Styles welcomes Stevie Nicks; and Duran Duran presents Roxy Music
Head back to the 80's to jam with Talking Heads one last time.
David Byrne and Mavis Staples are two legends who come from vastly different musical traditions, but they’ve got a long history with each other. And it’s a history built around one song: “Slippery People,” a twitchy and gospel-influenced jam from the 1983 Talking Heads album Speaking In Tongues.
"They’ve both changed our idea of what popular music can be and how it can be released and marketed to us."
David Byrne fittingly paid tribute to Radiohead, the band that got its name from one of his songs.
So it’s appropriate that Byrne, himself a member of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame along with his fellow Heads, would be the one to induct Radiohead into the hall.
And that is how Stephen Tobolowsky found himself sitting next to David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
Brusque transitions! Songs of Winter, Spring, and Summer! Bobby McFerrin before Don’t Worry, Be Happy! A bowed metal fence in Australia!
The immersive disco musical I wrote with Fatboy Slim is coming to Broadway (previews begin June 17th)!
