"Dressed from head to foot in iridescent orange, David Byrne and his 12-piece backing band look as if they're about to burst into flames. On a vast, empty stage uncluttered by amplifiers, microphones or any of the usual things that anchor a live performance the former Talking Heads frontman is still full of twitchy energy. Thankfully, there's no spontaneous combustion. The template for tonight's spectacle remains the legendary Stop Making Sense tour of 1984 via American Utopia where the show is built in increments."
"Afterwards, other musicians file on, with various percussionists also wearing bits of kit. It allows the entire troupe to perform more like a marching band. With nothing tied down, everyone is in perpetual motion. Behind them, video screens project them in a variety of settings. On (Nothing But) Flowers, they're in an empty department store, then a cornfield; on the heaving funk of Slippery People, they're being tossed around in the ocean."
David Byrne appears in iridescent orange leading a 12-piece band on a vast uncluttered stage, sustaining high energy without traditional amplifiers or microphones. The show uses an incremental build, opening with "Heaven" from 1979 and deploying a visual Earth backdrop. Musicians wear portable instruments and percussion rigs, enabling constant movement and a marching-band style. Video screens place performances in varied settings such as empty department stores, cornfields and oceanic imagery. The set spans two hours at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and balances solo material with choreographed group numbers while foregrounding a multiracial, gender-diverse ensemble.
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