{"id":292410,"date":"2025-11-19T03:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292410\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:46:48","slug":"david-byrne-reunites-with-brian-eno-for-t-shirt-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292410\/","title":{"rendered":"David Byrne Reunites With Brian Eno for &#8216;T-Shirt&#8217;: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Their relationship goes all the way back to the early days of Talking Heads, and they worked together on classic albums like Remain in Light and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-byrne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-byrne\" data-tag=\"david-byrne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Byrne<\/a>\u2018s ongoing U.S. tour is packed with vintage Talking Heads songs and selections from his new LP Who Is the Sky? But he\u2019s also played a new song every night called \u201cT-Shirt\u201d that nobody heard prior to opening night. He\u2019s just dropped a video for it, and revealed that it was co-written with Brian Eno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe video shows a montage of T-shirts containing slogans like \u201cWell-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,\u201d \u201cMake America Gay Again,\u201d \u201cFight Today For a Better Tomorrow!,\u201d \u201cEmbrace Differences,\u201d \u201cSay Perhaps to Drugs,\u201d \u201cHuman Rights Are Not Optional,\u201d and \u201cNo Kings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tByrne\u2019s relationship with Brian Eno goes back to the 1978 Talking Heads LP More Songs About Building and Food. They also worked together on 1978\u2019s Fear of Music and 1980\u2019s Remain in Light. Outside of the Talking Heads, Eno and Byrne teamed up on the 1981 collaborative album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. In 2008, they came back together to record Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Byrne supported it with the Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour where he only played songs they made together, both solo and with Talking Heads.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/David%20Byrne&#039;s%20ongoing%20U.S.%20tour%20is%20packed%20with%20vintage%20Talking%20Heads%20songs%20and%20selections%20from%20his%20new%20LP%20Who%20Is%20the%20Sky?%20But%20he&#039;s%20also%20played%20a%20new%20song%20every%20night%20called%20%22T-Shirt%22%20that%20nobody%20heard%20prior%20to%20opening%20night.%20He&#039;s%20just%20dropped%20a%20video%20for%20it,%20and%20revealed%20that%20it%20was%20co-written%20with%20Brian%20Eno.%20%20The%20video%20shows%20a%20montage%20of%20t-shirts%20containing%20slogans%20like%20%22Well-Behaved%20Women%20Seldom%20Make%20History,%22%20%22Make%20America%20Gay%20Again,%22%20%22Fight%20Today%20For%20a%20Better%20Tomorrow!,%22%20%22Embrace%20Differences,%22%20&#039;Say%20Perhaps%20to%20Drugs,%22%20%22Human%20Rights%20Are%20Not%20Optional,%22%20and%20%22No%20Kings.%22%20%20Byrne&#039;s%20relationship%20with%20Brian%20Eno%20goes%20back%20to%20the%201978%20Talking%20Heads%20LP%20More%20Songs%20about%20Building%20and%20Food.%20They%20also%20worked%20together%20on%201978&#039;s%20Fear%20of%20Music%20and%201980&#039;s%20Remain%20in%20Light.%20Outside%20of%20the%20Talking%20Heads,%20Eno%20and%20Byrne%20teamed%20up%20on%20the%201981%20collaborative%20album%20My%20Life%20in%20the%20Bush%20of%20Ghosts.%20In%202008,%20they%20came%20back%20together%20to%20record%20Everything%20That%20Happens%20Will%20Happen%20Today.%20Bryce%20supported%20it%20with%20the%20Songs%20of%20David%20Byrne%20and%20Brian%20Eno%20Tour%20where%20he%20only%20played%20songs%20they%20made%20together,%20both%20solo%20and%20with%20Talking%20Heads.%20%20In%20his%20recent%20Rolling%20Stone%20interview,%20Byrne%20recalled%20how%20Eno%20first%20came%20into%20his%20life.%20%22When%20%5BTalking%20Heads%5D%20were%20starting%20out,%20we%20were%20big%20fans%20of%20the%20Velvet%20Underground,%22%20he%20said.%20%22John%20Cale%20and%20Lou%20Reed%20came%20to%20see%20us%20at%20CBGB.%20We%20met%20with%20Lou%20Reed%20a%20couple%20of%20times.%20He%20wanted%20to%20sign%20us%20to%20a%20management-production%20deal.%20But%20it%20was%20a%20little%20bit%20too%20much%20like,%20&#039;Oh,%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20if%20we%E2%80%99re%20ready%20for%20this.&#039;%20We%20pulled%20back.%20John%20introduced%20us%20to%20Brian%20Eno%20on%20our%20first%20trip%20to%20London,%20and%20that%20proved%20to%20be%20a%20big%20deal%20for%20us.%22%20%20Byrne&#039;s%20Who%20Is%20the%20Sky?%20tour%20continues%20Tuesday%20night%20at%20the%20Bill%20Graham%20Civic%20Auditorium%20in%20San%20Francisco.%20It%20will%20keep%20him%20on%20the%20road%20until%20it%20wraps%20up%20March%2019,%202026,%20in%20Paris.\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone Interview<\/a>, Byrne recalled how Eno first came into his life. \u201cWhen [Talking Heads] were starting out, we were big fans of the Velvet Underground,\u201d he said. \u201cJohn Cale and Lou Reed came to see us at CBGB. We met with Lou Reed a couple of times. He wanted to sign us to a management-production deal. But it was a little bit too much like, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t know if we\u2019re ready for this.\u2019 We pulled back. John introduced us to Brian Eno on our first trip to London, and that proved to be a big deal for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tByrne\u2019s Who Is the Sky? tour continues Tuesday night at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. It will keep him on the road until it wraps March 19, 2026, in Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Their relationship goes all the way back to the early days of Talking Heads, and they worked together&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,33113,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-292410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-david-byrne","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}