{"id":2074151,"date":"2026-08-02T19:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074151"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:43:56","slug":"watch-david-byrne-join-anna-calvi-on-stage-in-halifax-and-cardiff-for-strange-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074151","title":{"rendered":"Watch David Byrne join Anna Calvi on stage in Halifax and Cardiff for \u2018Strange Weather\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dave_Simpson_Lorne_Thomson.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch David Byrne join Anna Calvi on stage in Halifax and Cardiff for \u2018Strange Weather\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Calvi opened for the former Talking Heads frontman at both outdoor shows, where they revived their 2014 collaboration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-02T20:43:56+01:00\">2nd August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dave_Simpson_Lorne_Thomson-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Dave_Simpson_Lorne_Thomson\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">David Byrne and Anna Calvi. CREDIT: Dave Simpson\/Lorne Thomson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>David Byrne\u00a0joined\u00a0Anna Calvi\u00a0on stage in Halifax and Cardiff for performances\u00a0of\u00a0their collaborative track \u2018Strange Weather\u2019 \u2013 see footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1269\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>David Byrne: \u201cI have a little bit of hope.\u00a0Not\u00a0ever\u00a0day, but some days\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Calvi served as the support act for both dates on Byrne\u2019s ongoing\u00a0\u2018Who Is\u00a0The\u00a0Sky?\u2019 tour, opening for him at the Piece Hall in Halifax on July 18 and at Cardiff Castle\u00a0on\u00a0July 26.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On both occasions, she invited the former\u00a0Talking Heads\u00a0frontman\u00a0on stage to revive their\u00a02014 cover of \u2018Strange Weather\u2019, the song by\u00a0French-Israeli\u00a0artist Keren Ann that they recorded for Calvi\u2019s covers EP, also titled\u00a0\u2018Strange\u00a0Weather\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn\u00a0honour\u00a0to share the stage with David Byrne last week at The Piece Hall,\u201d Calvi later wrote on Instagram. \u201cIt was really inspiring to perform Strange Weather with him once again.\u00a0Thank you Halifax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out footage here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbL5KfcF12P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave the \u2018Strange Weather\u2019 EP a three-and-a-half-star review back in 2014, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s only worth doing a version of someone else\u2019s song if you bring something new to it. Anna Calvi certainly does that on this five-track EP of covers.\u00a0Potential\u00a0cover performers take note: this is how you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byrne\u2019s tour is in support of his latest solo album \u2018Who Is\u00a0The\u00a0Sky?\u2018, which he released last September as his first studio record since 2018\u2019s \u2018American Utopia\u2018. It featured contributions from Hayley Williams,\u00a0St.\u00a0Vincent\u00a0and\u00a0The Smile\u2018s Tom Skinner.<\/p>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>was at his set at Mad Cool this summer, describing it as a \u201cbonanza\u201d, adding:\u00a0\u201cAs he and his backing musicians moved\u00a0in formation\u00a0across the stage, video screens depicted a variety of\u00a0colourful\u00a0environs \u2013 waves, a misty forest \u2013 before the Talking Heads track \u2018Life During Wartime\u2019 was accompanied by images of brutal ICE raids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will also be going on an intimate book tour in the UK to support his forthcoming book <i>Sleeping Beauties<\/i>. He will visit London, Brighton, Manchester,\u00a0Bristol\u00a0and Edinburgh in November \u2013 see\u00a0all of\u00a0the info\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Calvi, meanwhile,\u00a0released her collaborative\u00a0EP \u2018Is This All There Is?\u2019 in March, featuring Matt Berninger,\u00a0Laurie Anderson,\u00a0Iggy\u00a0Pop\u00a0and\u00a0Perfume Genius.<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared on the star-studded\u00a0War Child benefit album \u2018HELP(2)\u2019\u00a0earlier this year, which has now been\u00a0nominated for this year\u2019s\u00a0Mercury Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Anna 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album<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>David Byrne\u00a0joined\u00a0Anna Calvi\u00a0on stage in Halifax and Cardiff for performances\u00a0of\u00a0their collaborative track \u2018Strange Weather\u2019 \u2013 see footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1269\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>David Byrne: \u201cI have a little bit of hope.\u00a0Not\u00a0ever\u00a0day, but some days\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Calvi served as the support act for both dates on Byrne\u2019s ongoing\u00a0\u2018Who Is\u00a0The\u00a0Sky?\u2019 tour, opening for him at the Piece Hall in Halifax on July 18 and at Cardiff Castle\u00a0on\u00a0July 26.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On both occasions, she invited the former\u00a0Talking Heads\u00a0frontman\u00a0on stage to revive their\u00a02014 cover of \u2018Strange Weather\u2019, the song by\u00a0French-Israeli\u00a0artist Keren Ann that they recorded for Calvi\u2019s covers EP, also titled\u00a0\u2018Strange\u00a0Weather\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn\u00a0honour\u00a0to share the stage with David Byrne last week at The Piece Hall,\u201d Calvi later wrote on Instagram. \u201cIt was really inspiring to perform Strange Weather with him once again.\u00a0Thank you Halifax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out footage here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbL5KfcF12P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave the \u2018Strange Weather\u2019 EP a three-and-a-half-star review back in 2014, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s only worth doing a version of someone else\u2019s song if you bring something new to it. Anna Calvi certainly does that on this five-track EP of covers.\u00a0Potential\u00a0cover performers take note: this is how you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byrne\u2019s tour is in support of his latest solo album \u2018Who Is\u00a0The\u00a0Sky?\u2018, which he released last September as his first studio record since 2018\u2019s \u2018American Utopia\u2018. It featured contributions from Hayley Williams,\u00a0St.\u00a0Vincent\u00a0and\u00a0The Smile\u2018s Tom Skinner.<\/p>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>was at his set at Mad Cool this summer, describing it as a \u201cbonanza\u201d, adding:\u00a0\u201cAs he and his backing musicians moved\u00a0in formation\u00a0across the stage, video screens depicted a variety of\u00a0colourful\u00a0environs \u2013 waves, a misty forest \u2013 before the Talking Heads track \u2018Life During Wartime\u2019 was accompanied by images of brutal ICE raids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will also be going on an intimate book tour in the UK to support his forthcoming book <i>Sleeping Beauties<\/i>. He will visit London, Brighton, Manchester,\u00a0Bristol\u00a0and Edinburgh in November \u2013 see\u00a0all of\u00a0the info\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Calvi, meanwhile,\u00a0released her collaborative\u00a0EP \u2018Is This All There Is?\u2019 in March, featuring Matt Berninger,\u00a0Laurie Anderson,\u00a0Iggy\u00a0Pop\u00a0and\u00a0Perfume Genius.<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared on the star-studded\u00a0War Child benefit album \u2018HELP(2)\u2019\u00a0earlier this year, which has now been\u00a0nominated for this year\u2019s\u00a0Mercury Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-david-byrne-join-anna-calvi-on-stage-in-halifax-and-cardiff-for-strange-weather-3960355&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dave_Simpson_Lorne_Thomson.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch David Byrne join Anna Calvi on stage in Halifax and Cardiff for \u2018Strange Weather\u2019 Calvi opened for the former Talking Heads frontman at both outdoor shows, where they revived their 2014 collaboration By Max Pilley 2nd August 2026 David Byrne and Anna Calvi. 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