David Byrne Kicks Off 'Who Is The Sky' Tour With Talking Heads Goodies Ahead Of Australian Dates

David Byrne just began his highly anticipated Who Is The Sky tour and confirmed that it’s a show for all fans of his solo work and Talking Heads.

The tour began in Pittsburgh on Tuesday (16 September) and saw Byrne debut new solo songs and revisit Talking Heads classics, including Psycho Killer for the first time in nearly two decades, during a 21-song set.

Along with the Who Is The Sky singles What Is The Reason For It? and Everybody Laughs, he also debuted his new album’s deep cuts, My Apartment Is My Friend and Don’t Be Like That.

In addition to those numbers, Byrne performed Strange Overtones, his 2008 collab with Brian Eno, as well as Everybody’s Coming To My House and the live debut of his cover of Paramore’s Hard Times. There was even an unreleased song with the tentative title of “My beliefs are on my t-shirt,” per setlist.fm.

Of course, Psycho Killer wasn’t the only Talking Heads song performed on the first night of the tour. Byrne also played Heaven, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Once In A Lifetime, set closer Burning Down The House, and more.

You can check out the setlist below.

David Byrne will return to Australia for the first time since 2018 in January 2026.

The tour begins on Saturday, 17 January, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, and will see him travel around the country for headline dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. Before hitting Australia, Byrne will perform at Auckland’s Spark Arena.

Tickets to Byrne’s 2026 Australian tour dates are now available via the Frontier Touring website.

David Byrne @ Benedum Centre PAC, Pittsburgh, on Tuesday 16 September Setlist:

Heaven (Talking Heads song)

Everybody Laughs

And She Was (Talking Heads song)

Strange Overtones

Houses In Motion (Talking Heads song)

Unknown song with the lyric, “My beliefs are on my T-shirt.”

(Nothing But) Flowers (Talking Heads song)

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads song)

What Is The Reason For It?

Like Humans Do

Don’t Be Like That (Live debut)

Independence Day (First performance since 1992)

Slippery People (Talking Heads song)

I Met The Buddha At A Downtown Party (Live debut)

My Apartment Is My Friend (Live debut)

Hard Times (Paramore cover) (Live debut)

Psycho Killer (Talking Heads song; first performance since 2006)

Life During Wartime (Talking Heads song)

Once In A Lifetime (Talking Heads song)

Encore

Everybody’s Coming To My House

Burning Down The House (Talking Heads song)