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Aha, that's more like it! Those feeling a little stiffed by the meager offering of live dates David Byrne served up a short while back can rest easy: the Talking Head has revealed the first leg of a generous world tour, set to storm the States and Canada as summer turns to fall.

This is, of course, the "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" tour-- which, it bears repeating, features David Byrne but not Brian Eno. Instead, Byrne will focus on Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts material created in conjunction with Eno. I guess you could say he'll be there in spirit.

Look for the North American leg of Byrne's journey to kick off September 16 in Pennsylvania and wrap up November 8, also in Pennsylvania. Mr. Byrne then intends to hit up "Australasia" in early 2009 and Europe this coming March, though those dates have yet to materialize.

What has materialized: "Strange Overtones", the previously mentioned free download off Byrne and Eno's forthcoming Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, which you can nab here now with but the click of a mouse and the sacrifice of an email address (which the guys promise not to use for nefarious purposes). Everything is due in download and stream form August 18, with its physical counterparts slated for release "later in the fall." Cool beans.

"Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno":

09-16 Bethlehem, PA - Zoellner Arts Center
09-17 Baltimore, MD - Lyric
09-18 Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center for the Arts
09-20 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
09-21 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
09-22 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
09-23 Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
09-25 Austin, TX - Paramount
09-26 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-28 Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
09-30 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre
10-02 San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
10-03 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
10-04 Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre
10-06 San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall
10-08 Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
10-11 Park City, UT - Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
10-12 Denver, CO - Buell Theater
10-14 Minneapolis, MN - State Theater
10-15 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10-17 Omaha, NE - Kiewit Concert Hall
10-18 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
10-19 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
10-21 Louisville, KY - Palace Theater
10-23 Cleveland, OH - Allen Theatre
10-24 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
10-25 Indianapolis, IN - Clowes Memorial Hall
10-26 Chicago, IL - Civic Opera House
10-29 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
10-30 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-31 Boston, MA - Wang Center
11-01 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
11-03 Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
11-05 Albany, NY - Empire State Plaza
11-07 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall
11-08 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre