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David Byrne to do world tour and release new album, ‘America Utopia’

David Byrne is mounting an extensive world tour to support his new album, “American Utopia.”
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David Byrne is gearing up to return to the spotlight in a big way.

The former head Talking Heads member and longtime solo artist will release his new album, “American Utopia,” on March 9. He will then lead his new, 12-piece band on an extensive world tour that opens March 3 in at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., and conclude Aug. 28 at Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver.

Byrne’s tour will include at least five California dates, including an April 17 concert at San Diego Civic Theatre that falls between his April 14 and April 21 performances at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

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All tour dates, cities and ticket information appear below. This will be the first solo tour by Byrne, 65, since 2009. His joint 2012 tour with St. Vincent included a memorable San Diego show at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

Byrne is describing his upcoming “American Utopia” tour as a choreographed concert that — in his words — will rank as “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for ‘Stop Making Sense’,” the 1984 bar-raising Talking Heads’ concert movie directed by Jonathan Demme.

Tickets for Byrne’s U.S. “American Utopia” tour dates, including his San Diego show, go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday via ticketmaster.com and livenation.com.

Prices for Byrne’s San Diego Civic Theater show are priced between $50.50 and $201.50 each, plus service charges.

David Byrne “American Utopia” 2018 tour dates

3/3 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre SOLD OUT

3/4 Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts SOLD OUT

3/6 Buffalo, NY Center For The Arts SOLD OUT

3/7 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre SOLD OUT

3/9 Waterbury, Ct Palace Theater SOLD OUT

3/10 Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center SOLD OUT

3/16 Santiago, CHI Lollapalooza (Chile)

3/18 Buenos Aires, ARG Lollapalooza (Argentina)

3/19 Teatro Gran Rex Buenos Aires (Argentina)

3/20 Teatro de Verano Montevideo (Uruguay)

3/24 Sao Paulo, BRA Lollapalooza (Brazil)

4/3 Mexico City MX Metropolitan Theater

4/5 Monterrey MX Auditorio Pabellón M

4/7 Guadalajara, MEX Corona Capital Guadalajara

4/14 Indio, CA Coachella

4/15 Tucson, AZ Centennial Hall

4/17 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theater

4/18 Las Vegas, NV Smith Center for the Arts

4/19 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center-Ikeda Theater

4/21 Indio, CA Coachella

4/24 Dallas, TX Winspear Opera House

4/25 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion

4/27 San Antonio, TX Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

4/28 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall Outside Lawn

5/4 - 5/6 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees

5/6 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

5/8 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Civic Auditorium

5/9 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium

5/10 Durham PAC Durham, NC

5/12 Washington, DC The Anthem

5/13 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center for the Arts

5/15 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater

5/16 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater

5/17 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theater

5/19 Saskatoon, SASK TCU Place

5/20 Edmonton, ALB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

5/21 Calgary, ALB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

5/23 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theater

5/24 Seattle, WA Paramount Theater

5/27 Portland, OR Keller Audiorium

5/28 Eugene, OR Hult Center

5/30 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre

6/2 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theater

6/5 Des Moines, IA Des Moines Civic Center

6/7 Kansas City, MO Kauffman Center for the Arts

6/8 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House

6/9 Indianapolis, IN Farmers Bureau Lawn Amphitheater

6/14 Oxford, England New Theatre

6/15 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

6/17 Birmingham, England Birmingham Symphony Hall

6/18 Manchester, England Manchester Apollo

6/19 London, England Eventim Apollo

6/22-23 Prague, Czech Republic Metronome Festival

6/25 Zagreb, Croatia INmusic Festival

6/26 Wien, Austria Museumsquartier

6/30 - 7/1 Ewijk, Netherlands Down The Rabbit Hole

7/5 - 7/8 Werchter, Belgium Rock Werchter

7/6 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival

7/5 Gdynia, Poland Open’er Festival

7/11 Oeiras, Portugal Cool Jazz Festival

7/13 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao BBK Live Festival

7/13-14 Barcelona, Spain Cruilla Barcelona

7/17 Zürich, Switzerland Theater 11

7/19 Ravenna, Italy Ravenna Festival

7/20 Perugia, Italy Umbria Jazz Festival

7/21 Trieste, Italy Piazza UNita

7/27 Camden, NJ XPoNential Music Festival

7/31 Boston, MA Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

8/1 Shelburne, VT Shelburne Museum - The Green

8/3 Toronto, ONT Sony Center for the Performing Arts

8/5 Canandaigua, NY Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center

8/8 Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall

8/10 Detroit, MI Fox Theater

8/11 Huber Heightes, OH Rose Music Center

8/12 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend

8/16 Oakland, CA Fox Theater

8/18 San Jose, CA City National Civic Auditorium

8/21 Sacramento CA Community Theater

8/24 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

8/28 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater

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