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{{Infobox album | ''This article is about the studio album. For other similarly named projects see: see [[American Utopia (disambiguation)]].''{{Infobox album | ||
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'''''American Utopia''''' is the eighth studio album by Scottish-American rock musician [[David Byrne]], released on March 9, 2018 through Todo Mundo and [[Nonesuch Records]]. The release is his first solo studio album since 2004's ''[[Grown Backwards]]'', and serves as a musical component of a larger multimedia project titled ''Reasons to Be Cheerful'', which attempts to spread positivity. Byrne announced the album and posted its lead single, "Everybody's Coming to My House", online on January 8, 2018. | '''''American Utopia''''' is the eighth studio album by Scottish-American rock musician [[David Byrne]], released on March 9, 2018 through Todo Mundo and [[Nonesuch Records]]. The release is his first solo studio album since 2004's ''[[Grown Backwards]]'', and serves as a musical component of a larger multimedia project titled ''Reasons to Be Cheerful'', which attempts to spread positivity. Byrne announced the album and posted its lead single, "Everybody's Coming to My House", online on January 8, 2018. | ||
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==Tour== | ==Tour== | ||
The release of the album was backed by the American Utopia Tour, that lasted from March to November 2018. The elaborate concert featured an empty stage surrounded by metal chains and a cast of twelve musicians, including Byrne himself, sporting bare feet and wearing identical gray suits. Cutting-edge technology in wireless audio, MIDI, lighting and real-time tracking was used to totally untether the musicians from any cables, allowing free movement and complex choreography (developed by Annie-B Parson) like in Byrne's previous tours. In addition to songs from ''American Utopia'', the setlist incorporated material from Byrne's solo catalogue, several hits by [[Talking Heads]] and a cover of Janelle Monáe's "[[Hell You Talmbout]]". | ''Main Article: [[American Utopia Tour]]'' | ||
The release of the album was backed by the [[American Utopia Tour]], that lasted from March to November 2018. The elaborate concert featured an empty stage surrounded by metal chains and a cast of twelve musicians, including Byrne himself, sporting bare feet and wearing identical gray suits. Cutting-edge technology in wireless audio, MIDI, lighting and real-time tracking was used to totally untether the musicians from any cables, allowing free movement and complex choreography (developed by Annie-B Parson) like in Byrne's previous tours. In addition to songs from ''American Utopia'', the setlist incorporated material from Byrne's solo catalogue, several hits by [[Talking Heads]] and a cover of Janelle Monáe's "[[Hell You Talmbout]]."<ref>“David Byrne Sings about Philando Castile during His Encore at the Orpheum.” ''Startribune.com'', 18 May 2018, www.startribune.com/david-byrne-sings-about-philando-castile-during-his-encore-at-the-orpheum/483062661. Accessed 12 Aug. 2024.</ref> | |||
==Other media== | ==Other media== | ||
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===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
A [[American Utopia (film)|film version of the Broadway play]] was produced and directed by [[Spike Lee]] as a documentary/concert film, released in late 2020. | A [[American Utopia (film)|film version of the Broadway play]] was produced and directed by [[Spike Lee]] as a documentary/concert film, released in late 2020. debuting on HBO. | ||
===Picture Book=== | ===Picture Book=== | ||