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Posted: 2025-10-11 at 01:39:40 UTC by Naomi
Last updated: 2025-10-28 at 20:43:13 UTC

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Header photo features David Byrne recording "Open the Door" with Hayley Williams, shared on her Instagram.

  • Hayley Williams was a special surprise guest at David Byrne's New York City concert tonight! With Hayley wearing a blue uniform to match the band, they performed their duet from David's new album together, "What Is the Reason for It?", as well as the Paramore hit "Hard Times".
  • Earlier today, David Byrne and Hayley Williams also released their new single "Open the Door", the end credits song they created for the upcoming Netflix film The Twits. Several other songs on the soundtrack were written by David Byrne and performed by other characters. The film is available on October 17. For more details about this, you can read this article.
  • Talking Heads are releasing a special Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live album for Record Store Day on November 28, featuring a set of recordings made by the band in their early years, including two demos recorded in 1974 by David Byrne and Chris Frantz's earlier band, The Artistics. Click here for details.

  • Talking Heads have released some new Remain in Light-themed merch to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the album on October 8.

  • October 10 is the 39th anniversary of David Byrne's film True Stories being released.

  • David Byrne has teased that the Latin American leg of his tour will take place around June or July next year.

  • Another collab: Miley Cyrus released a 13-minute song called "Lockdown" featuring David Byrne. (This was a few weeks ago, but it was missing from the previous newsletter...)

As more news emerges this month, especially with the continuation of David Byrne's tour, Talking Heads Journal will continue sharing updates. Click here to subscribe to this newsletter!