Watch David Byrne perform ‘When We Are Singing’ on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

David Byrne took to the stage on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside his 12-member ensemble to deliver a performance of 'When We Are Singing', a track lifted from 'Who Is the Sky?'. 

The album, out now through Matador Records, marks Byrne's first full-length release since 'American Utopia' in 2018 - a record that went on to become both a Broadway musical and an HBO film. 

Kid Harpoon handled production duties on 'Who Is the Sky?', while New York chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra took charge of arrangements across all 12 tracks. Contributing to the record are Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and Tom Skinner of The Smile.

Byrne's extensive worldwide tour begins this week in Vancouver, running through North America before crossing to Europe and the UK through the summer. The dates in full read:


APRIL
4 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
5 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
7 Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR
8 Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR
11 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA
14 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
16 Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, CA
18 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA
20 The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
21 Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
24 Smart Financial Centre, Houston, TX
26 New Orleans Jazz Festival, New Orleans, LA
28 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, MO
29 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, MO

MAY
1 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
2 Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
3 Miller High Life Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
5 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
7 Playhouse Square - KeyBank State Theatre, Cleveland, OH
9 Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN
11 Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC
12 Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC
13 The Dome, Virginia Beach, VA
15 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT
16 Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD
17 Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD

JUNE
7 St. Anne's Park, Dublin, Ireland
12 Piknik I Parken Festival, Oslo, Norway
14 Rosendal Garden Party, Stockholm, Sweden
17 O2 Universum, Prague, Czech Republic
18 Budapest Arena, Budapest, Hungary
21 Release Athens x SNF Nostos, Athens, Greece
23 Fiera del Levante, Bari, Italy
25 Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Italy
26 Marostica Summer Festival, Marostica, Italy
28 Arena Pula, Pula, Croatia

JULY
1 Open'er Festival, Gdynia, Poland
3 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
4 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen, Holland
5 Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
9 Bilbao BBK Live, Bilbao, Spain
10 Cruïlla Festival, Barcelona, Spain
11 Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain
14 Ageas Cooljazz Festival, Cascais, Portugal
18 The Piece Hall, Halifax, UK
20 Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK
21 Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK
22 Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK
24 Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK
26 Depot Live at Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, UK
29 Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland