David Byrne performed “This Is a Life,” the Oscar-nominated song from the Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles last night with Stephanie Hsu, who herself was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the film, and the band Son ...
Byrne has been the recipient of many awards throughout his career, including an Academy Award for his contributions to the score of The Last Emperor (1987), a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe.
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne joined Stephanie Hsu and Son Lux for an eccentric, jaw-dropping performance of the nominated song "This Is a Life" from 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' at the 2023 Oscars.
We're sort of in touch, but we don't hang out together.” In early 2023, Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth discussed Byrne's actions in several essays penned for the Sunday Times. “He always seemed very insecure about himself and would often try to blame other people if things went wrong,” Weymouth wrote.
Since quitting Talking Heads in 1991, Byrne has successfully, and sometimes brilliantly, put his name to dance scores, film soundtracks, musicals and books. Byrne's most recent solo album, American Utopia, was released in 2018 and turned into a Broadway musical in 2019.
In 1988 the band quietly went on hiatus during which Byrne launched a solo career and the other members pursued their own projects. Talking Heads reunited in 1991 to record the single "Sax and Violins" and officially split in December 1991.
In December 1991, Talking Heads announced that they had disbanded. Frantz said that he learned that Byrne had left from an article in the Los Angeles Times, and said: "As far as we're concerned, the band never really broke up. David just decided to leave."
But now, here lies love: Byrne says he and his former bandmates — drummer Chris Frantz, keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison, and bassist Tina Weymouth — have a "cordial relationship." "We're sort of in touch, but we don't hang out together," Byrne says.
After 1984, though, they stopped touring, and they were done putting out new music together by 1988; four years later, Frantz told the Los Angeles Times that Byrne had “just decided to leave” without discussion, leaving the other group members shocked and upset.
Unfortunately, Talking Heads' David Byrne wasn't so keen on getting the band back together. Speaking to WIRED, he explained why: “I think, in a nutshell, I could say that we came together more as friends than as, you know, incredible musicians.
Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the ceremony, which can be watched live on ABC and in over 200 territories worldwide. “We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly [McNearney] returning as executive producer for the Oscars,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer when Kimmel was announced.
With four Oscars, John Ford is the most acclaimed director in the history of the awards. The films that won him these awards were The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952).
The star, whose abrupt announcement that “Oppenheimer” had won best picture took some viewers by surprise, said the show's producers had asked him not to name the other nominees.
Byrne was performing “This is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, alongside Stephanie Hsu, one of the film's stars. Hsu, who lost out on a Best Supporting Actress award to Jamie Lee Curtis earlier in the night, sung a part originally recorded by Mitski for the film's soundtrack.
“We have a cordial relationship now. We're sort of in touch, but we don't hang out together.” Despite its members' shaky relations, Talking Heads is poised to make a pop culture comeback next month with the re-release of Stop Making Sense, the band's iconic 1984 concert film.
The successes of Speaking in Tongues can be attributed, for the most part, to that of lead single “Burning Down the House”—which became the band's highest-charting single ever, peaking at #9 on the Hot 100 in 1983.
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth (/ˈweɪməθ/ WAY-məth; born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz.
Of course, this is none other than Bowie, who asked his starstruck friend, Byrne, to introduce the Starman onto the stage to be inducted into the hall of fame.
According to Frantz, Zieve visited the group with a TV Guide featuring a list of jargon used by camera operators. Among the words and phrases was “Talking Head,” which Zieve called the “most boring but also the most informative format in TV.” He added, “I think you should call your band Talking Heads.”
David Byrne (born May 14, 1952, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland) is a Scottish-born musician and interdisciplinary artist who was best known as the front man of the influential American art-rock group Talking Heads.
Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.
The 2024 'Remain In Light' Summer Tour promises a series of electrifying performances, kicking off on Friday, July 26th, at Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH.
When was the last time The Talking Heads played live?
On This Day, February 6, 1984: The Talking Heads perform their final concert together. The Talking Heads performed their last-ever concert at the Sweetwaters South Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand.
