Big Ears Presents: David Byrne - Who Is The Sky?

This performance is presented as part of the 2026 Big Ears Festival. Festival pass purchasers receive early access to tickets and preferred pricing. Tickets for this special performance may be offered to the Public pending availability.

org for more details. The list of songwriters who have changed the shape of rock and pop music as much as David Byrne is so short it barely exists. A founding member of the Talking Heads and a pioneer of using sampling to build uncanny worlds of rhythm and melody.

Byrne's enthusiasm for artistic evolution remains abundant on his 2025 album, Who Is The Sky?