Coinciding with the a sold out run of UK dates beginning this week, David Byrne has announced additional dates on his American Utopia World Tour, including nine arena dates in the UK and Ireland in October and November, as well as seven dates in Australia and New Zealand in November.  Tickets for UK and Ireland go on sale on Friday June 15 at 10am. Byrne will be performing songs from his critically acclaimed album American Utopia, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with Talking Heads.  A twelve-piece band will also join Byrne on stage for an Annie-B Parson choreographed concert that he has called  “The most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.”  Annie-B Parson also choreographed the St. Vincent and David Byrne collaboration tour around Love This Giant.

The American Utopia World Tour began in the US in March, before moving on to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and back to the US (including one of the highlight sets at this year’s Coachella).  The European leg of the tour begins on June 14 in the UK with six sold out concerts, followed by dates in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, France, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, before returning to North America for additional dates from July to October.  Currently totalling over 80 performances.

Following his only other UK show this year at Latitude, Benjamin Clementine will be Byrne’s special guest for the UK and Irish dates.  Clementine also recently completed a run of North American dates on Byrne’s tour.  Byrne explains, “I was introduced to Benjamin Clementine’s music through a friend.  I was floored!  I asked him to perform in the 2015 Meltdown Festival I curated in London and am honored to have him join me at various stops along the American Utopia Tour!”

American Utopia is Byrne’s first solo album in 14 years (following 2004’s Grown Backwards), and was released in March via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records.  It debuted at # 1 on the Top Album Chart in the US, the highest chart position of his career, as well as at # 1 on the Canadian album charts, plus Top 20 in the UK and Ireland. The career chart highs were repeated across Europe, including in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland, amongst others.  The first single from the album, ‘Everybody’s Coming To My House’, was co-written with Brian Eno, and contributions from TTY, Happa, Isaiah Barr leader of the Onyx Collective, Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Mercury Prize winner Sampha, and others feature throughout the album.  The current single is ‘Every Day Is A Miracle’, also written with Eno.

Additional American Utopia 2018 Tour Dates:

21/10/18            Leeds, UK                                 First Direct Arena *

22/10/18            Glasgow, UK                             Hydro *

24/10/18            Dublin, Eire                               3Arena *

26/10/18            Birmingham, UK                        Genting Arena *

27/10/18            Cardiff, UK                               Motorpoint Arena *

29/10/18            London, UK                              O2 Arena *

30/10/18            Brighton, UK                             Brighton Centre *

01/11/18            Nottingham, UK                         Motorpoint Arena Nottingham *

02/11/18            Manchester, UK                         Manchester Arena *

*   w/ Benjamin Clementine

David Byrne has announced an extensive world tour in support of his forthcoming solo record, American Utopia.  Byrne will perform songs from the new album, which is out March 9 via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with Talking Heads.  A twelve-piece band will also join Byrne on stage for a choreographed concert that he has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.” 

Additionally, Byrne will bring his Reasons To Be Cheerful – an ongoing series of free talks he curates of hopeful writings, photos, music, and lectures – to London’s Roundhouse Sackler Space (Jan 30).  

On January 8, Byrne announced the release of American Utopia during a presentation of Reasons To Be Cheerful given at New York’s New School to a live audience and also was streamed via his Facebook page.   He also released the first track from the album, ‘Everybody’s Coming To My House’ – co-written with Brian Eno, featuring contributions from TTY, Happa, Isaiah Barr leader of the Onyx Collective, Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Mercury Prize winner Sampha, and others. 

 American Utopia UK Tour Dates: 

14/06/18            Oxford, England           New Theatre  

15/06/18            Glasgow, Scotland        Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 

17/06/18            Birmingham, England    Birmingham Symphony Hall 

18/06/18            Manchester, England     Manchester Apollo 

19/06/18            London, England           Eventim Apollo