On January 8, David Byrne announced his forthcoming solo record, American Utopia, during a presentation of “Reasons To Be Cheerful,” an ongoing series curated by Byrne of hopeful writings, photos, music, and lectures. The presentation was given at New York’s New School to a live audience, as well as live-streamed via his Facebook page. American Utopia will be released March 9, Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, accompanied by a world tour that will bring a choreographed concert that Byrne has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense tour.
Information to date is below, with extensive additional dates to be announced soon.
Current American Utopia 2018 Tour Dates. More to Come
3/3/2018 -Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre SOLD OUT
3/4/2018 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts SOLD OUT
3/6/2018 – Buffalo, NY – Center For The Arts SOLD OUT
3/7/2018 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Theatre SOLD OUT
3/9/2018 – Waterbury, CT – Palace Theater SOLD OUT
3/10/2018 – Kingston, NY – Ulster Performing Arts Center SOLD OUT
3/16/2018 – Santiago, CHI – Lollapalooza (Chile)
3/18/2018 – Buenos Aires, ARG – Lollapalooza (Argentina)
3/24/2018 – Sao Paulo, BRA – Lollapalooza (Brazil)
4/7/2018 – Guadalajara, MEX – Sonico Festival
4/14/2018 – Indio, CA – Coachella
4/21/2018 – Indio, CA – Coachella
5/4 – 5/6/2018 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees
6/22-23/2018 – Prague, Czech Republic – Metronome Festival
6/25/2018 – Zagreb, Croatia – INmusic Festival
6/30 – 7/1/2018 – Ewijk, Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole
6/30 – 7/7/2018 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
7/5/2018 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
7/11/2018 – Oeiras, Portugal – Cool Jazz Festival
7/13/2018 – Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao BBK Live Festival
7/13-14/2018 – Barcelona, Spain – Cruilla Barcelona
7/19/2018 – Ravenna, Italy – Ravenna Festival
7/20/2018 – Perugia, Italy – Umbria Jazz Festival
7/21/2018 – Trieste, Italy – Piazza UNita
7/27/2018 – Camden ,NJ – XPoNential Music Festival