David Byrne’s recent world tour turned into 70mm concert film by Brady Corbet

David Byrne’s 2025/26 tour is coming to cinema, with the hometown concerts being shot on 70mm film by director Brady Corbet.

READ MORE: ‘American Utopia’ review: Spike Lee presents David Byrne in all his glory Launching in September 2025, Byrne’s ‘ Who Is The Sky? ’ tour travelled to four continents and over 150 shows, with 13 musicians creating what the press release described as a show that “blends visual art, storytelling, and music into one compelling live performance”.

The tour’s multi-night stop at The Hippodrome in Baltimore has been captured by Corbet, and Byrne was quoted in a press release at being amazed by the results.

“When Brady told me he wanted to shoot our show in 70 millimeter (70 millimeter!) I didn’t realise what a difference it would make until I saw some frames he sent me,” shared David Byrne.

“He was right, it really does capture the wide screen visual scope of the show.

I’ve never seen anything like it.” Brady Corbet is best known as the director of The Brutalist , winning Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for the epic drama as well as earning three Oscar nominations.

He has also directed The Childhood Of A Leader with Robert Pattinson and Vox Lux starring Natalie Portman .

“I am so grateful to David Byrne and his entire team for entrusting us to capture his hometown show on 8-perf and 15-perf 70mm,” he stated in the release.

“The band’s performance is an inclusive celebration of community, and of Baltimore in particular—one of America’s most underappreciated historic cities.” A still from ‘Who Is The Sky?’ CREDIT: Press The film is currently in post-production, with distribution and release date yet to be announced.

David Byrne has worked with award-winning filmmakers before, such as Jonathan Demme on Talking Heads’ seminal concert movie Stop Making Sense , as well as Spike Lee on the 2020 stage production David Byrne’s American Utopia.

NME reviewed Byrne’s performance as this year’s Mad Cool festival in Madrid.

“For more than half a century, he’s been raising an arched eyebrow at the world – and we sure do need his anarchic sense of humour right now,” Jordan Bassett wrote.

“The 74-year-old certainly gave us reasons to be cheerful throughout this totally unique performance, though it had a political edge too.” “As he and his backing musicians moved in formation across the stage, video screens depicted a variety of colourful environs – waves, a misty forest – before the Talking Heads track ‘Life During Wartime’ was accompanied by images of brutal ICE raids.” The review concluded: “Time marches on, but you can always rely on David Byrne to make sense of the madness.

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