David Byrne announces massive 80-date world tour in support of ‘American Utopia’

David Byrne today announced a massive, 80-date world tour in support of his forthcoming  album American Utopia, a trek that will keep him on the road from early March through the end of August, accompanied by a 12-piece band performing a choreographed concert that he has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for ‘Stop Making Sense.’”

The tour opens on March 3 in Red Bank, N.J., and includes spring dates in the U.S. and Canada along with appearances at Coachella, followed by shows in the U.K. and European festival dates during the summer, then a return to the U.S. for another leg that wraps up Aug. 28 at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

American Utopia is out March 9, and is preceded by the single “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” which you can hear now.

See full tour dates below, and watch Byrne’s website for full ticket information.

The show concept is simple, much like the concept for Stop Making Sense. There, it was “bit by bit show what goes into making a show, and then activate it”. Here, it is “allow everyone to be mobile on an empty stage” and imagine what that allows. #AmericanUtopia pic.twitter.com/1BHShLcstl

— DavidByrne.com (@DBtodomundo) January 16, 2018

David Byrne tour dates:

March 3: Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
March 4: Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
March 6: Buffalo, NY Center For The Arts
March 7: Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
March 9: Waterbury, Ct Palace Theater
March 10: Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center
March 16: Santiago, CHI Lollapalooza (Chile)
March 18: Buenos Aires, ARG Lollapalooza (Argentina)
March 19: Teatro Gran Rex Buenos Aires (Argentina)
March 20: Teatro de Verano Montevideo (Uruguay)
March 24: Sao Paulo, BRA Lollapalooza (Brazil)
April 3: Mexico City MX Metropolitan Theater
April 5: Monterrey MX Auditorio Pabellón M
April 7: Guadalajara, MEX Corona Capital Guadalajara
April 14: Indio, CA Coachella
April 15: Tucson, AZ Centennial Hall
April 17: San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theater
April 18: Las Vegas, NV Smith Center for the Arts
April 19: Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center-Ikeda Theater
April 21: Indio, CA Coachella
April 24: Dallas, TX Winspear Opera House
April 25: Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion
April 27: San Antonio, TX Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
April 28: Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall Outside Lawn
May 4-5: Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees
May 6: Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
May 8: Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Civic Auditorium
May 9: Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
May 10: Durham PAC Durham, NC
May 12: Washington, DC The Anthem
May 13: Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center for the Arts
May 15: Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
May 16: Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
May 17: Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theater
May 19: Saskatoon, SASK TCU Place
May 20: Edmonton, ALB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 21: Calgary, ALB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 23: Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theater
May 24: Seattle, WA Paramount Theater
May 27: Portland, OR Keller Audiorium
May 28: Eugene, OR Hult Center
May 30: Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre
June 2: Chicago, IL Auditorium Theater
June 5: Des Moines, IA Des Moines Civic Center
June 7: Kansas City, MO Kauffman Center for the Arts
June 8: St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
June 9: Indianapolis, IN Farmers Bureau Lawn Amphitheater
June 14: Oxford, England New Theatre
June 15: Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
June 17: Birmingham, England Birmingham Symphony Hall
June 18: Manchester, England Manchester Apollo
June 19: London, England Eventim Apollo
June 22-23: Prague, Czech Republic Metronome Festival
June 25: Zagreb, Croatia INmusic Festival
June 26: Wien, Austria Museumsquartier
June 30-July 1: Ewijk, Netherlands Down The Rabbit Hole
July 5-8: Werchter, Belgium Rock Werchter
July 6: Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
July 5: Gdynia, Poland Open’er Festival
July 11: Oeiras, Portugal Cool Jazz Festival
July 13: Bilbao, Spain Bilbao BBK Live Festival
July 13-14: Barcelona, Spain Cruilla Barcelona
July 17: Zürich, Switzerland Theater 11
July 19: Ravenna, Italy Ravenna Festival
July 20: Perugia, Italy Umbria Jazz Festival
July 21: Trieste, Italy Piazza UNita
July 27: Camden, NJ XPoNential Music Festival
July 31: Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Aug. 1: Shelburne, VT Shelburne Museum – The Green
Aug. 3: Toronto, ONT Sony Center for the Performing Arts
Aug. 5: Canandaigua, NY Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
Aug. 8: Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall
Aug. 10: Detroit, MI Fox Theater
Aug. 11: Huber Heightes, OH Rose Music Center
Aug. 12: Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
Aug. 16: Oakland, CA Fox Theater
Aug. 18: San Jose, CA City National Civic Auditorium
Aug. 21: Sacramento CA Community Theater
Aug. 24: Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
Aug. 28: Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater

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