{"id":323,"date":"2018-11-25T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatgigs.com.au\/?p=323"},"modified":"2019-05-09T22:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:09:42","slug":"david-byrne-rod-laver-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatgigs.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/david-byrne-rod-laver-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"David Byrne @ Rod Laver Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Tonight&#8230; David Byrne&#8230;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could wax on lyrical about how he has yet again reinvented the live concert&#8230; and just what a tour de force it was, but Q Mag already said it all so much better&#8230; and way back in their September issue&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI thought by stripping everything away from the stage, it makes it about us as human beings,\u201d Byrne says. \u201cIt\u2019s not about stuff. It\u2019s not about explosions, or big screens with crazy imagery, or lighting that\u2019s going to blow your face away. It\u2019s about people. And I think that\u2019s what people need now. They miss that connection. This is part of what\u2019s got the world so fucked up at the moment. They think social media is actually connecting with people. It\u2019s not. Ticking Like is not connecting with people, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Byrne - I Zimbra [Talking Heads song] (Houston 04.28.18) HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SlfBdsSTLFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qthemusic.com\/articles\/david-byrne-the-alchemist?fbclid=IwAR2_rMLPjshHqQqwXi9gBClvSfrijFzQ-SibE20_k_xxAcjBn_7cTf5IsoM\">https:\/\/www.qthemusic.com\/articles\/david-byrne-the-alchemist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks David Byrne and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kimberley.marsden?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&amp;eid=ARC3rEgiyEXlnRj0vTLPVO8LDQZjGvnfGAyB33PrEtSYe0507ZIhwvBgj1C4jkBbQCynrj18EIb8ktMw&amp;fref=mentions\">Kimberley Marsden<\/a>&#8230; so fun to share this gig with those who totally get it! 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