Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew announce Remain In Light 2023 North American tour

Conversing Heads mainstay Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew – who was briefly a member of the band in the early 1980s – have declared a North American tour for upcoming 12 months in celebration of Continue to be In Mild.

The 19-day tour will start in February and contain dates in Colorado, Oklahoma, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and additional. They’ll be joined on the operate by Great Neat Cool, which has former associates of the defunct Turkuaz. See comprehensive dates and venues beneath – tickets are on sale this Friday (November 4).

It’s not the very first time Harrison and Belew have carried out the album in entire. They done it with each other with Turkuaz in 2020, and in September of this yr, performed it as section of a exclusive occasion in Los Angeles.

“Remain in Light is a higher issue in my profession,” Harrison mentioned in a assertion along with the tour’s announcement. “Adrian and I experienced usually mentioned the magic of the 1980 tour and the sheer joy it introduced to audiences.”

In his individual assertion, Belew described the impending performances as a “joyful present of Conversing Heads tracks you know and like performed by a incredibly hot, eleven-piece ensemble such as Jerry and me”. He additional: “You just cannot enable but dance and go house with a content smile on your experience.”

Continue to be In Mild, Conversing Heads’ fourth studio album, arrived in 1980 and spawned singles these as “Crosseyed And Painless” and “Once In A Lifetime”. The third and closing of the band’s albums to be developed by Brian Eno, a amount of added musicians had been introduced in to contribute to the album, like Belew, who performed guitar.

To boost Remain In Light-weight, Chatting Heads’ touring personnel expanded noticeably, with a reside band that included Belew. As these kinds of, Belew’s guitar-enjoying can be heard on the second half of the band’s 1982 double are living album The Name of This Band Is Speaking Heads.

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s 2023 Remain In Gentle tour dates are:

FEBRUARY
Thursday 16 – Denver CO, Ogden Theatre
Friday 17 – Boulder CO, Boulder Theater
Saturday 18 – Beaver Creek CO, Vilar Executing Arts Centre
Tuesday 21 – Oklahoma Town Okay, Tower Theatre
Wednesday 22 – St. Louis MO, Factory
Friday 24 – Minneapolis MN, Initial Avenue
Saturday 25 – Chicago IL, Vic Theatre
Sunday 26 – Indianapolis IN, Egyptian Home
Monday 27 – Akron OH, Goodyear Theater
Tuesday 28 – Buffalo NY, Town Ballroom

MARCH
Thursday 2 – Toronto ON, Danforth Audio Corridor
Friday 3 – Pittsburgh PA, Roxian Theatre
Saturday 4 – Baltimore MD, Rams Head Reside
Sunday 5 – Sayreville NJ, Starland Ballroom
Tuesday 7 – Philadelphia PA, Keswick Theatre
Wednesday 8 – Albany NY, Empire Dwell
Thursday 9 – New York NY, Sony Hall
Friday 10 – Boston MA, Property of Blues
Saturday 11 – New Haven CT, Higher education Street Music Corridor