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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, the avant-garde New York band that helped redefine Seventies rock & roll, especially that coming out of the city. A new book publishing Tuesday — Burning Down House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock — goes deep …

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, the avant-garde New York band that helped redefine Seventies rock & roll, especially that coming out of the city. A new book publishing Tuesday — Burning Down House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock — goes deep …

Fresh off performing “Burning Down the House” with Olivia Rodrigo at Governors Ball, David Byrne has announced a new album. Who Is the Sky? arrives Sept. 5 via Matador Records. To accompany the announcement, Byrne released the lead single “Everybody Laughs,” a kaleidoscopic and joyous capturing of society, particularly New …

Olivia Rodrigo welcomed David Byrne onstage during her headlining set Saturday at New York’s Governors Ball festival for a rendition of the Talking Heads classic “Burning Down the House.” Toward the end of her weather-delayed set, Rodrigo brought out the “legendary” Byrne, who immediately launched into the Speaking in Tongues …

David Byrne and Devo have unearthed their decades-old collaboration “Empire” for a new compilation of unreleased songs to benefit abortion access. Noise for Now Vol. 2, due out June 21 to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision tooverturnRoe v. Wade, features unreleased songs, demos, and live recordings …

Growing up in Texas in the 2000s, new-generation rap-rock star Teezo Touchdown was largely unfamiliar with Talking Heads. But as he was making his own records and plotting a stage show, some of his colleagues thought he’d be inspired by the band and called up a clip from its 1984 …

For four nights at Madison Square Garden, Olivia Rodrigo unlocked the inner pop-rock rage queen in her tens of thousands-deep audience. Those shows brought the first North American leg of the Guts world tour to a close as the singer and songwriter gets ready to head over to Europe for …

Faye Webster, the War on Drugs, and David Byrne and Devo have contributed tracks to the second Noise for Now benefit compilation, which will raise money for independent abortion providers across the country via the Keep Our Clinics campaign. The album announcement pointedly coincides with the return of abortion rights …

Miley Cyrus is honoring one of the greats. On Thursday night, Cyrus performed a medley that included “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads during an intimate show at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont. The singer could be seen in a black top and pants singing alongside a guitarist inside the iconic …

In 2022, Amy Schumer starred in two different series. One was the long-delayed fifth season of her sketch comedy show Inside Amy Schumer, which had been absent for six years while Schumer focused on family and on other professional opportunities. The other was Hulu’s Life & Beth, a semi-autobiographical dramedy …