{"id":174165,"date":"2025-06-10T23:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T23:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174165\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T23:23:12","slug":"us-music-legend-announces-huge-glasgow-shows-as-he-plays-first-scottish-gig-in-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174165\/","title":{"rendered":"US music legend announces huge Glasgow shows as he plays first Scottish gig in eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US rock legend David Byrne is coming to Scotland next year amid a string of global concert dates.<\/p>\n<p>The Talking Heads frontman, 73, is bringing his Who is the Sky? tour to the SEC Armadillo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Portrait of David Byrne smiling.\" height=\"960\" width=\"753\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-poses-opening-night-731992916.jpg\" data-caption=\"David Byrne is bringing his exciting world tour to Glasgow\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-poses-opening-night-731992916.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>David Byrne is bringing his exciting world tour to GlasgowCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Talking Heads posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  L-R: Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison.\" height=\"624\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Redferns\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/talking-heads-posed-amsterdam-netherlands-844216932.jpg\" data-caption=\"Talking Heads posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in June 1977\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/talking-heads-posed-amsterdam-netherlands-844216932.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Talking Heads posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in June 1977Credit: Redferns<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Byrne playing guitar while wearing a kilt.\" height=\"960\" width=\"638\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-skirt-torhout-werchter-1001982709.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dumbarton-born Byrne wears a kilt at a 1997 concert in Belgium\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-skirt-torhout-werchter-1001982709.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Dumbarton-born Byrne wears a kilt at a 1997 concert in BelgiumCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of the Talking Heads performing on stage.\" height=\"626\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Michael Ochs Archives - Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jerry-harrison-david-byrne-chris-1135005.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jerry-harrison-david-byrne-chris-1135005.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth of the Talking HeadsCredit: Michael Ochs Archives &#8211; Getty<\/p>\n<p>It comes eight years after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/dumbarton\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dumbarton<\/a>-born singer last graced the stage of his native homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The Burning Down the House hitmaker hasn&#8217;t played live since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American<\/a> Utopia tour &#8211; which was hailed by critics as one of the best live shows of all time.<\/p>\n<p>An online blurb for his latest tour reads: &#8220;In 2023, as his triumphant\u00a0American Utopia\u00a0era came to a close after morphing from an album and tour into an acclaimed Broadway show and then a Spike Lee-directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/hbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO<\/a> film, David Byrne began jotting down the occasional groove, chord or melody. It had been a minute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The world tour comes as the iconic musician releases his first new album since 2018, titled Who is the Sky?<\/p>\n<p>The record was produced by Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon, who has worked with industry icons including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/harry-styles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Styles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/who\/miley-cyrus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/new-york-city\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a>-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra helped arrange 12 tracks on the album.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne will be in Glasgow next year on Friday 6 March and Saturday 7 March.<\/p>\n<p>Briefs are priced from \u00a342.25 for seats near the back of the venue to \u00a3180 for front row seats.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the gigs go on sale at 10am on Friday 13 June.<\/p>\n<p>It comes days after Byrne&#8217;s Talking Heads teased fans with a possible reunion.<\/p>\n<p>Moment Sabrina Carpenter&#8217;s tour bus arrives at Glasgow hotel as fans queue outside Hydro<\/p>\n<p>The US rockers posted a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> showing the moon at night and the sun emerging from clouds with the date June 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Eager fans hope it hints the previously warring group are reforming.<\/p>\n<p>But June 5 is also the date they first played live &#8211; in 1975 at New York&#8217;s CBGB club.<\/p>\n<p>It could herald the release of a remastered recording of that gig.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Byrne of the Talking Heads performing.\" height=\"634\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty - Contributor\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-talking-heads-performing-271806195.jpg\" data-caption=\"A picture of Byrne performing in Chicago, Illinois, dated October 1979\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/david-byrne-talking-heads-performing-271806195.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>A picture of Byrne performing in Chicago, Illinois, dated October 1979Credit: Getty &#8211; Contributor<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glasgow's Armadillo and Scottish Hydro Arena lit up at night, reflected in the water.\" height=\"645\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commonly-known-armadillo-scottish-hydro-898897606.jpg\" data-caption=\"The US rocker will next year play the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/commonly-known-armadillo-scottish-hydro-898897606.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>The US rocker will next year play the SEC Armadillo in GlasgowCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The band &#8211; who split in 1991 and whose hits include Once in a Lifetime and Road to Nowhere &#8211; last played together in 2002 at their induction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rock<\/a> and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Byrne, 73, said at the time more music was unlikely due to &#8220;bad blood&#8221; and musical differences.<\/p>\n<p>Their last live gig was in 1984 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US rock legend David Byrne is coming to Scotland next year amid a string of global concert dates.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,2535,712,2533,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-174165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-rock-music","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-section-showbizmusic","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114661648585861626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}