Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour: Difference between revisions

By the time he reached St. Louis in mid-October, the following set was played:

Refosco previously toured with Byrne's My Backwards Life band in support of ''[[Grown Backwards]]''; like bassist Paul Frazier he also appears on ''[[Look into the Eyeball]]'', ''Grown Backwards'', ''[[Live from Austin, TX (David Byrne album)|Live from Austin, Texas]]'', and ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today''. The performers started rehearsals the day that the album was released and continued to rehearse more for this tour than is typical for other Byrne presentations. All performers dress alike in cream-colored jumpsuits and overalls. The dancers have choreographed for seven songs and the entire ensemble performed together for the first time on September 9.

The equipment was engineered by Clair Global and included gear from Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, and Yamaha.

*Noémie Lafrance

*Annie-B Parson

*Sonya Robbins and Layla Childs aka Robbinschilds Dance

There were only a handful of dates that included other performers and no opening act was scheduled throughout the tour. Ani DiFranco opened on June 2, 2009, and Byrne played a double bill with Marianne Faithfull opening on July 30, 2009. The Extra Action Marching Band guested on "Burning Down the House" and "Road to Nowhere" on the October 7, 2008, and June 23, 24, and 26, 2009, dates. DeVotchka opened on some 2009 dates.

The tour was expected to run six months into spring 2009, including dates in Australia and Europe before finally concluding after 11 months with five legs worldwide:

Byrne was approached by Amnesty International to get involved in his tour. For years, Byrne had performed one date on his tours as a benefit and decided to record this EP with proceeds from sales benefiting the organization.

Byrne's band performed with an audio system that could professionally record every show based around Pro Tools. Byrne had these recordings mixed by Patrick Dillett—who was also responsible for engineering on ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today''.

The album received a positive review from ''The Village Voice'', calling it "cheerful" and "lovely."

On February 11, 2010, it was announced that a documentary film entitled ''Ride, Rise, Roar'' chronicling the tour would be released to the 2010 film festival circuit. The debut with be at South by Southwest on March 15, 2010, where it will be screened in all three media categories—film, interactive, and music. The film was the feature-length directorial debut by Hillman Curtis—who also worked on the short film that accompanies the deluxe edition of ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today''. The film includes concert footage, footage of the planning and rehearsals for the tour, and exclusive interviews with Byrne, Eno, and the supporting musicians and dancers. Curtis was initially contacted to document the tour with no clear objective for the film and decided to focus on the collaboration between Byrne and his tour mates as well as the unique challenge of combining popular music with modern dance.

While on tour, dancer Lily Baldwin started receiving letters from a stalker following the show in Europe. She turned her experience into the 2017 film ''Glass'' and began a website offering resources for those who are being stalked.