David Byrne introduced theatrics and choreography to the Coachella stage this weekend – see the complete setlist and pictures beneath.
The energetic set noticed him dipping liberally into his again catalogue to carry out a set comprised largely of Speaking Heads classics – together with ‘Psycho Killer’, ‘As soon as In A Lifetime’, ‘This Should Be The Place’ and ‘Burning Down The Home’.
The 73-year-old’s exhibits are famously flamboyantly constructed and have a troupe of backing singers and dancers, with every monitor getting a customised routine.
Blended in among the many set have been tracks from his current solo album ‘Who Is The Sky?’ and there was additionally an outing for his traditional Brian Eno collaboration ‘Unusual Overtones’, from 2008’s ‘All the pieces That Occurs Will Occur At present’.
Byrne allowed politics to come back into his set too, rounding out a rendition of Speaking Heads’ ‘Life Throughout Wartime’ by displaying photographs of anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protests on the massive screens behind the stage.
Take a look at footage right here:
David Byrne en Coachella pic.twitter.com/HaJhJqJ8Qs
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David Byrne at Coachella OUTDOOR THEATRE Day2
デヴィッド・バーンが観れる日が来るなんて。
今までコーチェラの会場の何処にいたのって程の老齢の方々が前方に。25分押して結果ジャスティンビーバーの裏アクト。そんな中ジャスティンの裏で踊るギャルがいて素晴らしい#Coachella #Coachella2026 pic.twitter.com/kccFVEB9rN
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David Byrne この体制で“Psycho Killer”やるの⁉️これはサマソニめちゃくちゃ期待しちゃうじゃんね✨…しかしこれ諸々対応できるのかサマソニ😅
フェスで観るよりガーデンシアターとかでしっかりガッツリ向き合いたいな🤔 pic.twitter.com/CUE5VKhdRN
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Love David Byrne….hope the children at Coachella have been paying consideration and appreciated the genius they have been witnessing final night time
“Love and Kindness are a type of resistance” pic.twitter.com/rCxJeCpbK4
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DAVID BYRNE PERFORMING HOUSES IN MOTION AT COACHELLA 2026 pic.twitter.com/MAQzWaiKmB
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David Byrne performed:
‘All people Laughs’
‘And She Was’
‘Unusual Overtones’
‘Homes In Movement’
‘(Nothing However) Flowers’
‘This Should Be The Place (Naive Melody)’
‘What Is The Motive For It?’
‘Slippery Individuals’
‘When We Are Singing’
‘Psycho Killer’
‘Life Throughout Wartime’
‘As soon as In A Lifetime’
‘Burning Down The Home’
Byrne not too long ago accomplished a UK and European tour in assist of ‘Who Is The Sky?’and might be returning in June for exhibits across the continent, together with competition slots at Latitude, Open’er, Bilbao BBK, Mad Cool and Roskilde, and he additionally has dates booked in at Cardiff Fortress, in addition to Halifax and Edinburgh. Discover remaining tickets right here.
Weeks after releasing that album, Byrne shared a brand new single, ‘T-shirt’, co-written by Eno. Written concerning the significance of serving to others amid the present political local weather, it has been accompanied reside by slogans together with ‘Make America Homosexual Once more’ and ‘No Kings’.
Byrne’s earlier political statements have included sharing a playlist known as ‘The Lovely Shitholes’ in 2018 in response to feedback Donald Trump was reported to have made relating to “shithole nations”.
Earlier this yr, he coated Olivia Rodrigo’s single ‘Drivers License’ as a part of the monitor’s five-year anniversary celebrations. In an Instagram put up, Rodrigo described Byrne as “certainly one of my all-time heroes”, saying: “I truly cried after I heard his model of this music”.
The B-side of that single, which was launched on a particular version translucent ruby 7”, included the reside model of Speaking Heads’ ‘Burning Down The Home’ which Rodrigo and Byrne carried out in the course of the former’s headline set at New York’s Governors Ball final summer season.
