Event:1983-12-14 (Talking Heads at Pantages Theatre)

Pantages Theatre
*December 14, 1983*
Concert by Talking Heads
Location	Hollywood, Los Angeles
Venue	Pantages Theatre
Tour	Speaking in Tongues Tour
Date(s)	December 14, 1983
Talking Heads concert chronology
	; 1983-12-13 (Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA); ; 1983-12-14 (Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA); ; 1983-12-15 (Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA);

On December 14, 1983, Talking Heads performed at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. This concert was the second of a four-night residency at the venue which was used to record Stop Making Sense, with some of the film taken from this night.

Details

After seeing Talking Heads in California earlier in the Speaking in Tongues Tour, director Jonathan Demme approached them about documenting their shows with a concert film, which they decided to record in California. After originally planning to film at San Francisco's Kabuki Theatre on December 10 and 11, they moved the filming location to Hollywood's Pantages Theatre instead. Following a rehearsal at the theatre with no audience on December 12, the band's residency at The Pantages started on December 13, however no footage from that night was used in Stop Making Sense, making this second show on the 14th the first to appear in the film, alongside the rest of the film's footage coming from the third night on December 15.

Setlist

Intermission

Encore

Crosseyed and Painless

Personnel

David Byrne – lead vocals, guitar
Tina Weymouth – bass, keyboard bass, guitar, lead vocals for Genius of Love
Chris Frantz – drums, vocals for Genius of Love and Burning Down the House
Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Scales – percussion, backing vocals
Lynn Mabry – backing vocals
Ednah Holt – backing vocals
Alex Weir – guitar, backing vocals
Bernie Worrell – keyboards

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