David Byrne played Auditorium Theatre (pics)

David Byrne is currently in the midst of his visually striking, "untethered" American Utopia tour which hit Chicago's Auditorium Theatre for three nights (June 1-3). The setlist has been pretty much the same since the start of the tour, with David and the 12 musicians in his band playing a mix of new songs from American Utopia, lots of Talking Heads material, plus older solo stuff, and songs from his records with St. Vincent and Fatboy Slim, plus a cover of Janelle Monae's "Hell You Talmbout." Setlist is below and pictures from the first Chicago show (6/1), which was with Benjamin Clementine, are in the gallery above.

SETLIST: David Byrne @ Autitorium Theater June 1, 2018
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Lazy
I Zimbra (Talking Heads song)
Slippery People (Talking Heads song)
I Should Watch TV (David Byrne & St. Vincent cover)
Dog's Mind
Everybody's Coming to My House
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads song)
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)
Doing the Right Thing
Toe Jam (Brighton Port Authority cover)
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (Talking Heads song)
I Dance Like This
Bullet
Every Day Is a Miracle
Like Humans Do
Blind (Talking Heads song)
Burning Down the House (Talking Heads song)

Encore:
Dancing Together
The Great Curve (Talking Heads song)

Encore 2:
Hell You Talmbout (Janelle Monáe cover)

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photos by James Richards IV