Followers have been hoping for a Speaking Heads reunion for the reason that early Nineties, and their want is lastly coming true in a small scale method.
Members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison will seem collectively publicly for the primary time since their 2002 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction at an upcoming fortieth anniversary celebration of the band’s beloved live performance movie Cease Making Sense. A newly restored model of the film will likely be screened on Sept. 11 at Cineplex’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre as a part of the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition, in keeping with Spin.
The group can even partake in a Q&A moderated by filmmaker Spike Lee, earlier than the refreshed Cease Making Sense premieres on Sept. 22 by way of distributor A24.
The unique Cease Making Sense was shot over three nights throughout 4 exhibits on the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles in December 1983 and has since been added to the Nationwide Movie Registry by the Library of Congress.
It options the group performing such now-classics as “Psycho Killer,” “Slippery Folks,” “Burning Down the Home,” “Life Throughout Wartime” and “As soon as in a Lifetime,” in addition to Frantz/Weymouth aspect undertaking Tom Tom Membership’s oft-sampled “Genius of Love” on a spare stage.
Watch the Cease Making Sense 2023 trailer beneath.
