Having got the new Eno-collaboration CD "Everything That Happens, Will Happen Today" and loving the gospelly feel to it I was really up for the first David Byrne gig at Symphony Hall Birmingham. Travelling from Bristol for the gig and short of time, the accident we came across en route nearly made us late but it took just a few seconds of David Byrne to transport us to his wierd take on reality and for it to become a hot contender for "Gig of the Year".
This show featured three dancers as well as the excellent musician-type band members. Whilst I might normally look sceptically on such additions to a music show the point is that David Byrne has a clear vision for the gig and the dancers work really well in that context.
As ever the whole gig was strictly controlled and choreographed. It featured songs from the new album as well as songs from the previous eno Collaboration "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" and some top notch Talking Heads favourites as well. His singing was sublime and the music was tight, dynamic and exciting. Pretty much all the tracks were brilliant but "I Feel My Stuff" was just exceptional. The Talking Heads classics included "Life During Wartime", "Take Me to the River", "Heaven" and as an encore "Burning Down the House". It doesn't get much better than this. The pace was relentless. The last encore was "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" and the haunting beauty of the music and words was a perfect coda to an outstanding gig.
After the gig I saw that he was playing Nottingham twelve days later so we took that in as well.
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