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David Byrne has apologized for portraying people of color and wearing black and brown face in an old promotional video for the Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense. In the clip, he appears as a number of different characters interviewing himself. Byrne took to his Twitter account, which he rarely utilizes for personal use,…

David Byrne has penned an essay on coronavirus and how we should be responding to it for Reasons To Be Cheerful, the online magazine he started last year. In the piece, entitled "The World Is Changing -- So Can We," Byrne shares thoughts about connectivity and looks to other countries like Taiwan, South Korea, and…

David Byrne isn't really the kind of guest that Saturday Night Live books anymore. Their musical selection typically trends towards artists that became popular in this millennium, or at least huge legacy artists that are promoting a new album (see Foo Fighters and U2 in 2017). But Byrne returned to the show last night for…

A new round of Saturday Night Live host and musical guest pairings have been announced, and they're pretty exciting this time!