David Byrne - 27/10/18

We saw the earlier version of this tour back in June and were so blown away we just had to have a reprise. This time the support was different - billed as Benjamin Clementine but actually after one solo track he brought on wife plus two others and it became the Clementines. She contributed as much as he did - she has a great singing voice, sort of folky but with power and volume when required. I didn't take much to the early tracks but the latter half of the set included some interesting songs - one about a fat man in Vegas and another involving keeping calm. David Byrne for his part produced almost the same set list and the same moves from this show, which is what I expected. The single very welcome change was the introduction of 'Road to Nowhere' as the first encore song (replacing 'Dancing Together'). Given that the first encore comes right after the astonishing live 'Burning Down the House' which finishes the main set, it was a good change to add another classic storming track. For my part I enjoyed 'Once in a Lifetime' much more this time. I don't know whether the change comes from them or me but who cares. Absolutely classic stuff. If he comes back in another four months I'll go again.