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David Byrne, front man from the band Talking Heads, took his artistic musical adventure to York, PA on 12-04-2008.  The ever quirky and creative David Byrne was years ahead of his time with his music, artistry, and videos during the 70’s and 80’s.  His songwriting has inspired many new and old bands and also got themselves inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.  That is a long way to come since playing their first gig at the legendary CBGB as an opening band for the Ramones in 1975.

This tour was called Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno.  David Byrne and Brian Eno worked together for a few short years starting in 1978 when Brian Eno began producing the Talking Heads albums including “Remain In The Light”.  Recently, they produced their first album together since 1981 called “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”.  For this album, Eno wrote most of the music and David Byrne wrote some of the music and all of the lyrics.

The evening began with David Byrne explaining to the audience that the show will be much like going to a restaurant, only there are no selections on the menu, he will be our waiter for the evening, and only he knows what will be served to us.  Since it was a fixed setlist (for the most part) for the tour I think many did have an idea of what would be served up to us…. But I am not sure anyone expected it to be one of the best concert spectacles this area has seen in a while.

David Byrne is on tour with ten extra helpers which included a percussionist, a drummer, a keyboard player, a bass player, three backup singers, and four dancers!  About half the songs had choreographed dances that were performed during the songs like we were seeing a Broadway play.  The whole group looked like they were having a blast while performing.  It took a while but eventually the audience built enough courage to stand for the show but once they did, it seemed to lift the bands playing to a whole new level.  This was certainly a case of the band feeding off the audience and visa versa. 

The set included many Talking Heads huge hits including “Once In a Lifetime”, “Burning Down The House”, their cover of Al Green’s “Take Me To The River”, and Heaven.  It also included a heavy dose of the new David Byrne and Brian Eno album.

The full band came out in tutu’s for the second encore immediately causing a laughter from the audience.  David Byrne is always stretching every sensory to make each performance an experience for his audience.  You come to a show expecting the least expected.  I can only imagine what the early shows were like back in the day with the Talking Heads  at the legendary CBGB shows. 

The setlist for the night was:
Strange Overtones
I Zimbra **Talking Heads Song** (With Dancers)
One Fine Day
Help Me Somebody
Houses In Motion **Talking Heads Song** (With Dancers)
My Big Nurse
My Big Hands (With Dancers)
Heaven **Talking Heads Song**
Never Thought
Poor Boy
Cross-Eyed And Painless **Talking Heads Song**
Life Is Long (With Dancers)
Once In A Lifetime (With Dancers)
Life During War
I Feel My Stuff (With Dancers)

Encore 1:
Take Me To The River **Talking Heads Song**
The Great Curve (With Dancers)

Encore 2:
Air **Talking Heads Song**
Burning Down The House **Talking Heads Song**

Encore 3:
Everything That Happens