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Among the brilliant first four Talking Heads albums, More Songs About Buildings and Food has always been a dark horse candidate for the all-around greatest. Released 47 years ago this month, it sounds more electable now than ever. With its lean muscularity, panic-attack propulsion, weird ambiance, highwire anxiety, paranoid prescience and formal coherence, it comes across as the Sgt. Pepper of media-age alienation.

That alone would merit a shout-out for More Songs About Buildings and Food (Super Deluxe Edition), yet another super-sized major label classic album vault-scraping. But there’s context,...

As the world awaits the upcoming Spinal Tap sequel (due this September), the creators of the beloved fake band have announced a new behind-the-scenes book, titled A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap (pre-order here).

Written by director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever will be released on September 9th via Simon & Schuster. Content-wise, the book will feature first-hand stories about the creation of the 1984 film and its iconic one-liners — including “None more black,” “You can’t dust for vomit,” “These go to eleven,” and more.

The book will also feature musings and real-life “Spinal Tap moments” from actual rock stars from the era, including Slash of Guns N’ Roses, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and Don Henley of the Eagles.

Additionally, no good Spinal Tap...

During Women’s History Month in March, Classic Rewind recognizes the Girl Power that makes the genre rock. But who are the top women voices in classic rock?

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We listed a bunch of possibilities, you cast your votes, and we tallied them up. Now it’s time to listen to the “Top 10 Women Voices in Classic Rock” countdown, premiering on-air March 6 just before International Women’s Day and available to stream on the SiriusXM app.

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Here are the possible artists you voted on for the countdown:

Ann Wilson

Annie Lennox

Bonnie Raitt

Carly Simon

Carole King

Chrissie Hynde

Christine McVie

Courtney Love

Debbie Harry

Ellen Foley

Grace Slick

Gwen Stefani

Janis Joplin

Joan Jett

Joni Mitchell

Kate Pierson

Linda Ronstadt

Lita Ford

Melissa Etheridge

Merry Clayton

Nancy Wilson...

David Byrne in his big suit is an indelible image from the 1984 Stop Making Sense concert film and is as much a part of Talking Heads iconography as any of their album covers. One of the most recognizable rock bands of the latter part of the 20th century, Talking Heads' influence can be found in everything from the sound of Danny Brown to Vampire Weekend's lyrics to the name of Radiohead. It's hard not to see just how ubiquitous their funky world-ranging sound is in modern pop and indie music.

Consisting of Chris Frantz on drums, Tina Weymouth on bass, Jerry Harrison on keyboards and guitar, and frontman David Byrne on lead vocals and guitar, Talking Heads are often counted among the greatest bands of all time (via Rolling Stone). Music isn't the only medium they dominated. Their film Stop Making Sense is considered one of the best concert movies ever.

Talking Heads have been celebrating the 40th anniversary of their historic concert film Stop Making Sense and its accompanying soundtrack album dating back to last year. On Tuesday night (October 15th), they continued the festivities by presenting a Jeopardy! category dedicated to them.

Ranging from the venue where Talking Heads played their first show to the director of Stop Making Sense to the group’s biggest hit, the category’s clues were pretty reasonable for anyone with a passable familiarity with the quartet’s music.

In September 2023, Talking Heads appeared onstage together for the first time since 2002 for a Stop Making Sense panel at the Toronto International Film Festival. This led to Live Nation (unsuccessfully) attempting a proper reunion at Coachella 2024.

However, fans were still able to get their Talking Heads fix when the band brought Stop Making Sense back to theaters and released< a tribute album (get your copy...

This week marks the official 40th anniversary of the theatrical release of Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, and to celebrate, the band reunited on Jeopardy! to present a category entirely devoted to the group’s legacy.

David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison first appeared on-screen together to reveal they would ask contestants “clues about the movie and our music.”

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While digging through their musical archives, Talking Heads unearthed hours of material that will appear on the upcoming reissue Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition). Out Nov. 8, the extensive release will include four LPs worth of music, including a newly-released acoustic version of “Psycho Killer” recorded with the late musician Arthur Russell nearly five decades ago.

“We knew cellist and singer/songwriter Arthur Russell from the downtown world. He died early from AIDS, and during his life, he released very disparate records,” Talking Heads’ David Byrne shared in a statement, recalling...

Talking Heads have announced an extensive 4xLP box set celebrating their 1977 landmark debut, Talking Heads: 77.

Arriving on November 8th, the super deluxe edition of Talking Heads: 77 features one LP of the remastered original album, one LP comprised of rare and previously-unreleased demos and outtakes, and two LPs with the complete live album Live at Cbgb’s, New York, NY, Oct. 10, 1977, which is only available in this box set.

The box set also contains four 7-inch singles, including the newly-released acoustic version of “Psycho Killer” featuring Arthur Russell. The singles are set in a gatefold with a black and white image of the band; the box set also features an 80-page hardcover book featuring unearthed photos, fliers, artwork, and liner notes handwritten by band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, as well as original recording engineer Ed Stasium. Pre-orders for the vinyl box set are now ongoing.

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Thursday, July 18 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

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Married since 1977, the year of this band’s 1st album, two members referenced another album with their 2023 “Remain in Love” tour

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Thursday, July 18 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz

Final Jeopardy Explanation – Thursday, July 18 2024

The band referred to in today’s Final Jeopardy is Talking Heads, and the two members are Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. They have been married since 1977, which is also the year Talking Heads released their first album, “Talking Heads: 77.” In 2023, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who were key members of Talking Heads, toured under the name “Remain in Love.” This tour name references Talking Heads’ acclaimed 1980 album, “Remain in Light.

The core four members of Talking Heads — vocalist and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Chris Frantz, bassist Tina Weymouth and keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison — split rather acrimoniously in 1991 and have rarely shared stages in the years since. But in celebration of A24’s 40th anniversary reissue of their galvanizing 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” the erstwile bandmates have spoken more kindly of each other and reunited for a series of interviews, and on Thursday night the four sat down for a Q&a with Questlove at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre that followed a screening of the film.

While the Q&a was primarily a lovefest between the quartet, who shared frequently told anecdotes about the film’s complex production, shooting schedule and Byrne’s big suit that were common knowledge to most superfans who attended the sold-out event. Yet one moment while discussing the film’s narrative rattled the crowd.

From an early age, we’re trained from media osmosis to expect, and to celebrate, performers who lord their power, their status, and their entitlement over us. We celebrate, with a certain degree of self-loathing, these peoples’ transformations from regular Joes to the icons we’re raised by television, magazines, and movies to want to be.

Talking Heads, the quartet consisting of David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, have a more centered, settled sensibility, one that somehow still doesn’t compromise the energy we expect and want from a good rip-roaring concert. In Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, the group put on a show that revels in a smaller, more personal, self-actualization: It’s about rock stars learning to dominate themselves as opposed to others, to fit into a wider-reaching society that they accept as baffling, uncomfortable, and joyous.

Stop Making Sense doesn’t feel self-conscious and “good for you,...

The Talking Heads Tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense has arrived today, and it begins with a cover of “Psycho Killer” from none other than Miley Cyrus.

The album, announced by A24 Music back in January in the wake of Stop Making Sense’s 40th anniversary re-release, features renditions of the film’s original 16 tracks. Paramore kicked things off with their cover of “Burning Down the House,” Lorde reimagined “Take Me to the River,” The National covered “Heaven,” and girl in red tackled “Girlfriend Is Better.”

Other contributions come from Cyrus, Kevin Abstract (“Once in a Lifetime”), Teezo Touchdown (“Making Flippy Floppy”), Blondshell (“Thank You For Sending Me an Angel”), The Linda Lindas (“Found a Job”), Badbadnotgood and Norah Jones (“This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”), and more. Stream the album below.

Miley Cyrus is no stranger to rock covers or “Psycho Killer.

Behind-the-scenes drama impacted iconic bands like Fleetwood Mac and the Everly Brothers, influencing their music and relationships. Conflict within bands like Talking Heads and Pink Floyd led to disbandment and legal battles over creative control. Feuds between legendary musicians like Axl Rose and Slash, as well as brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, highlight the challenges of fame and success in the world of rock music.

Rock and roll will forever be associated with drama, and there are numerous iconic bands with enough backstage turmoil to inspire an unforgettable music biopic. From the tumultuous relationships within Fleetwood Mac to the bitter feuds between brothers in Oasis and the Everly Brothers, the world of rock music is filled with captivating stories of conflict and reconciliation. While there are lots of upcoming music biopics to be excited about, there still remain several others that have yet to receive the biopic treatment they deserve.

Growing up in Texas in the 2000s, new-generation rap-rock star Teezo Touchdown was largely unfamiliar with Talking Heads. But as he was making his own records and plotting a stage show, some of his colleagues thought he’d be inspired by the band and called up a clip from its 1984 concert movie, Stop Making Sense. “The opening shot of David Byrne coming out with a boombox and doing ‘Psycho Killer’ — I had a true discovery moment,” Teezo recalls. “With what he was doing, and the production and the visuals, they had the total package.

May is major at Max and HBO! This month, several highly anticipated shows, series, specials, live sports streams, and documentaries will be available to watch on the streamer, including the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. A24-heads will also get a double dose with the streaming premieres of both the critically acclaimed 2023 wrestling biopic “The Iron Claw” and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.”

Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.

Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!

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Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in May. The Max May 2024 lineup includes season three of the comedy series Hacks, the drama series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and the unscripted series Thirst with Shay Mitchell.

The May schedule also includes the comedy special Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, as well as the original documentaries Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. and MoviePass, MovieCrash. Turtles All the Way Down, Stop Making Sense, and The Iron Claw are some of the films coming to the service.

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The nine-episode season debuts with two episodes on May 2, followed by two new episodes each week, concluding with the season finale on May 30.

Logline: A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special...

Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man” who served as the rhythmic architect for reggae legends like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Burning Spear, and Augustus Pablo, has died at the age of 77.

Barrett’s death was announced on social media Saturday by his son Aston Barrett Jr. “With the heaviest of hearts, we share the news of the passing of our beloved Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett after a long medical battle,” Barrett Jr. wrote. “This morning, the world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of...

Earlier this month, A24 announced a Stop Making Sense tribute album honoring the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads’ seminal film and soundtrack. Now, the first single — a cover of “Burning Down the House” by Paramore — and the full roster of artists involved have arrived.

Titled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, the 16-track album will mirror the tracklist of the 1984 original (which was just re-released itself). Joining Paramore on the lineup will be: Lorde, The National, Miley Cyrus, The Linda Lindas, Toro y Moi, Kevin Abstract, Badbadnotgood, Chicano Batman, Blondshell, The Cavemen, DJ Tunez, El Mató a un Policía Motorizado, girl in red, Jean Dawson, and Teezo Touchdown.

The specifics as to which artist will be covering which song has yet to be released, as has the actual release date itself. Paramore announced their involvement with the project earlier this month, sharing a preview...

Talking Heads’ David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth reunited this past fall for the first time in 20 years to participate in a Q&a discussion at the Toronto International Film Festival’s screening of Stop Making Sense. Now, we’re learning that some promoters were hoping that the conversation could lead to a wider reunion. Among them were Live Nation and Coachella, who both hoped to book the legendary band for headlining gigs this year, but failed.

The news comes via a report from Billboard, which reveals that festival curator and Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett flew to Toronto for the screening of Stop Making Sense, hoping to discuss the possibility of a reunion at Coachella 2024 with members of the band and their reps. Upon arriving and conducting a vibe check, though, Tollett told Billboard that he “sensed there were no shows happening, so I didn’t make an offer.

If you’re eager to see “Stop Making Sense” on the big screen again, well, watch out … you might get what you’re after.

Starting Jan. 27, the beloved Talking Heads concert film will return to movie theaters across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. via A24, in honor of the movie’s 40th anniversary this summer.

“Stop Making Sense” will have residencies in cities including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and more. Tickets will be available to purchase here.

A24 will also release a special collection of merchandise available to purchase at selected theaters. A preorder for a collector’s edition 4K and Blu-ray release of the film will open Jan. 27. And considering Talking Heads reunited to celebrate the film last year at Toronto International Film Festival, perhaps members of the band will make surprise cameos at theaters throughout the theatrical tour.

Hayley Williams and her Paramore band members have a tape they’d like to play for you. Not long after parting ways with Atlantic Records to become an independent rock band, Paramore is teasing a partnership with A24 to release a 16-track Stop Making Sense tribute album inspired by the life-altering album and concert performance by the Talking Heads. While details remain a mystery, the project teases “16 tracks from 16 artists.”

Paramore is singer Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Recently, the band created a panic among its fanbase when rumors about them breaking up circulated online. The nail-biting occurred when the band removed its website and scrubbed its social media platforms. However, the band has no intention of parting ways—quite the opposite. In addition to announcing the Stop Making Sense tribute album, Paramore will support Taylor Swift on her sold-out Eras arena tour in 2024.

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The classic Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” has generated $5 million at the box office since returning to theaters in the fall.

With this benchmark, the “Stop Making Sense” re-release has generated more coinage than the film’s entire initial 41-week run ($4.95 million) in 1984. Of course, this milestone comes with a massive caveat: Ticket sales aren’t adjusted for inflation, and prices were significantly less expensive four decades ago. So, attendance was higher during the original release.

Still, it’s an impressive turnout for a 40-year-old documentary about a band whose members are currently in their 70s. (Concert films don’t need to sell at the level of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” to be successful.) According to its distributor A24, it’s not just old fans of Talking Heads who are returning to the big screen. More than 60% of audience members were not alive when the film was originally released,...

2023 has seen a surprising rise in the popularity of concert movies. While it is certainly not the case for every concert film, most end up being basic recordings of live shows, put out on DVD and streaming services for fans that either couldn't attend the gigs or thought that seeing their favorite artist live 15 times in a row just wasn't enough. Concert films rarely make a noticeable dent at cinemas or in the public conscience, outside of fans of said artist, but 2023 has seen a drastic change in the cultural zeitgeist, with concert films directly affecting and influencing the decisions of major studios.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, released back in October following the artist's lucrative worldwide tour, quickly broke multiple box-office records, including becoming the highest-grossing concert film of all time. The buzz around the cinematic release of The Eras Tour was so high for its October release...

Duran Duran have shared another preview of their upcoming Halloween-themed album Danse Macabre. It’s a cover of Talking Heads’ de facto spooky anthem “Psycho Killer,” with an assist from Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin.

In a press release, De Angelis said that Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth was one of her biggest influences when she began playing bass. Meanwhile, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor lauded De Angelis as “probably the most important electric bassist out there right now.” He recalled: He continued: “I met a couple of the guys from Måneskin at a party and they said, ‘you’ve got to meet our bass player.’ She’s such a dynamo! I was like ‘what inspired you?’ and Vic said, ‘Tina Weymouth.’ So when Psycho Killer made the cut for the album, I thought, ‘I’m gonna ask her if she’d like to have a bass-off!’”

“I then got a...

Halloween is getting closer, and Duran Duran are feeling the spooky energy. On Friday, the band will release their studio album Danse Macabre, a 13-song collection featuring covers of on-theme songs from Billie Eilish, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Rolling Stones, and more — including one rendition of the 1977 Talking Heads single “Psycho Killer” delivered with a special assist from Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis.

“I got a call from John [Taylor]…saying he was working on a cover of Psycho Killer, and he wanted to ask me first about playing on it,...

If you’re here wondering why “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” isn’t new tonight, wonder no further. Tuesday’s episode was canceled at the last minute because Colbert is still battling a recent Covid-19 infection.

“I always want to be able to do the show the audience deserves, but today Covid had other plans. Taking it day by day and I hope we can all see each other tomorrow night,” Colbert said in a message posted on X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday afternoon.

On Monday, Colbert taped his parts of “The Late Show” from his home after testing positive for the illness. In his monologue, he explained that he had somewhat mild symptoms. “”Flaming throat, a little sweaty, coughy,” he said.

“So that’s it. I have a Covid-19 again, even though it’s 2023. I should at least have something new, like...

Let’s say you’re a band — a famous and well-regarded one — and you are deep into a tour that’s ambitious, theatrical, and almost triples the number of musicians you normally have onstage. Once upon a time, you played stark post-punk songs and Al Green covers at Cbgb. Now your shows are messing around with German expressionistic lighting, Kabuki tropes, and comically oversize suits. There are multimedia slides with random words and phrases (“Dollface,” “Drugs,” “Public Library”) projected on screens behind you. Your lead singer does an Astaire-and-Rogers...

Watching “Stop Making Sense” in 4K IMAX at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival was a transporting, immersive, joyous experience. Some of us also saw the 1983 Talking Heads concert tour promoting their fifth album, “Speaking in Tongues”; when Jonathan Demme saw the show, the director asked if he could document the concerts. The band, who admired Demme films such as “Caged Heat” and “Melvin and Howard,” loved the idea.

Demme shot the film over three performances in December 1983 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Four months later, it was in theaters and grossed $5 million. Forty years later, the band holds the film rights. They worked with A24 to release the restored 4K version for its exclusive IMAX run on September 22 before heading to conventional theaters September 29 around the world.

At the Toronto world premiere, even the band rose up in their vertiginous IMAX seats and danced — who could resist “Road to Nowhere,...

“Think of when you’re at a concert,” explained Talking Heads guitarist and keyboardist Jerry Harrison as he discussed the 4K remastering of “Stop Making Sense.” “It’s always best to be in the middle as both your eyes and ears are getting a well-balanced experience, but we tried to mix music so that it would sound great wherever you were sitting.”

A24’s dynamic restoration of what is widely considered the greatest concert film of all time is far from the same as it ever was, and the theatrical experience recreates the experience of being in the audience as closely as is technologically possible without it being overpowering.

“To begin with, we bring the audience in when they reacted to the original, but we were very judicious and restrained about the amount of the audience tracks,” the musician explained. “I guess we just tried to make it feel natural.

The 40th anniversary 4K-cut of Stop Making Sense continues to make a lot of cents.

In the wake of the Talking Heads A24 re-release racking up the biggest grossing Imax live event ever with close to $641K, we’re hearing that showtimes for this weekend’s Imax run are already selling out.

Move over, Barbie (which is getting her first release in Imax this Friday for one week), because you’re going to have to contend with the Talking Heads in the house, not Ken.

Originally the re-release of the 1984 Jonathan Demme concert film was bound to run in around 150 Imax auditoriums, now it’s 300. That’s a nice appetizer for any pop rock aficionado waiting in the lobby for the Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert to start. Stop Making Sense expands again next Friday, Sept. 29.

After dancing in their seats at their TIFF reunion last week, the Talking Heads...

Considered by many critics to be the greatest concert film ever made, Stop Making Sense recently enjoyed its fortieth anniversary, prompting a reissue of the film – directed by the late Jonathan Demme – after a picture and audio restoration that leaves little doubt as to the validity of the claims of the piece being the best concert film of all time.

The concert captured here was shot over three December nights in 1983 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and features the core members of The Talking Heads – David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison – alongside additional musicians Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, and Edna Holt performing many of the band’s most memorable songs.

For those that haven’t seen the film yet, it begins with Byrne walking to the center of an empty stage with an acoustic guitar and a tape player. He then begins the performance,...

The Talking Heads were one of the most successful bands in their heyday. From the late 70s to 80s, the David Byrne-led group produced popular music with an alternative, New Wave twist. The documentary, Stop Making Sense, was about their “Speaking in Tongues” Tour, which completely changed the way that concerts and tours are performed. Now, 30 years later, it has been re-released and remastered for IMAX by A24, first as a live-streamed event, and then in regular viewing times.

The Wrap reports that Stop Making Sense officially became IMAX’s best-selling live event ever. The remastered version of the concert documentary was released this past Monday, September 12th. The event garnered $640,839 of same-day revenue, spread across over 25 sold-out theaters in the United States, and the IMAX theater in London.

Related: How A24 Has Changed the Face of Indie Cinema

The world premiere, which happened in Toronto, also featured a Q&a panel.

The band Talking Heads reunited for a special 40th anniversary screening of their landmark 1984 concert documentary Stop Making Sense at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Monday, September 11, 2023.

Members of the band, including: David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth joined filmmaker Spike Lee, who served as moderator for the event, to discuss the seminal film directed by Jonathan Demme. You can check out a video of the discussion right here on CinemaNerdz (see below) as well as a trailer for the new re-release of the film (above)!

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Monday night’s special Imax Live 40th anniversary screening of Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense at TIFF has become the highest grossing Imax Live event of all time in North America.

The event, which was hosted by Spike Lee at Cineplex’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre in Toronto, earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America and the BFI IMAX in London.

Monday’s screening played like a live concert as ticket-holders danced in the aisles. It was followed by a live-streamed Q&a featuring...

If you’re the Talking Heads, you may find yourself at the top of the Imax charts after the Toronto International Film Festival Imax screening of Stop Making Sense, the band’s legendary concert film. The Stop Making Sense 40th Anniversary TIFF screening, courtesy of A24, earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax markets in North America and the BFI Imax in London.

Fans lucky enough to attend the world premiere at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Imax Theatre in Toronto experienced a special Q&a live stream from TIFF, moderated by Spike Lee. The band’s four original members reunited for the event: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrington.

“The unforgettable Stop Making Sense looks and sounds even more incredible in Imax, and we’re excited to share this event with TIFF and our audiences everywhere,” said CEO Rich Gelfond. “This further establishes our ability to deliver live...

Jonathan Demme’s classic Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” returned to theaters for its 40th anniversary and became Imax’s highest-grossing live event. The film earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America, according to the company.

All things considered, this is a pretty niche record within Imax. The previous benchmark for Imax Live — which consists of early screenings followed by live Q&As with stars and filmmakers — was Brandi Carlile’s “In the Canyon Haze,” which earned $505,000 in September 2022. Prior events have included director Peter Jackson’s Disney+ documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” and Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling.”

The world premiere of A24’s 4K restoration of “Stop Making Sense” was held on Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Theatre. It was followed by a Q&a live-streamed from TIFF and moderated by filmmaker Spike Lee with...

A24’s 4k restoration of Jonathan Demme’s “Stop Making Sense” had its global premiere on Monday night. It played at the Toronto Film Festival, while also live-streaming concurrently to 165 Imax locations. The 40th-anniversary screening, featuring a Q&a with the original Talking Head band members, shattered records for a live Imax event. It sold out in 25 screens in North America and the BFI Imax in London and earned $$640,839.

The world premiere took place on Monday, September 11 at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Imax theater in Toronto. The Q&a, moderated by Spike Lee, featured members David Bryne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison.

The previous record for an Imax live event was the “Brandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze – Live from Laurel Canyon” connected theatre event. That one earned $505,000 in September of 2022.

“The unforgettable Stop Making Sense looks and sounds even more incredible in IMAX, and we’re excited to...

Monday night’s special 40th anniversary screening of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense at the Toronto Film Festival is now Imax’s highest-grossing live event, the company said. The groundbreaking Talking Heads concert film, from A24, earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America and the BFI Imax in London.

The remastered world premiere at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Imax Theatre in Toronto was followed by a Q&a live-streamed from TIFF and moderated by filmmaker Spike Lee with all four original band members in attendance: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison. Lee called it “the greatest concert film ever.”

“The unforgettable Stop Making Sense looks and sounds even more incredible in Imax, and we’re excited to share this event with TIFF and our audiences everywhere,’ said CEO Rich Gelfond. “This further establishes our ability to deliver live and music experiences with extraordinary quality,...

The entire Talking Heads section at Toronto’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre on Monday night stood up and danced during their landmark concert film, Stop Making Sense, instigated by enthusiastic audience members, especially at the back who were on their feet as if at a live show. One person even leapt over the railing, ran across the aisle, and sprinted up the stairs then back to his seat, lickety split.

It was that kind of atmosphere for the world premiere of the newly restored 4K version of the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film celebrating its 40th anniversary as part of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival: Joyous. Fun. Clapping and cheering included, although it was hard to tell to if it was live or the December 1983 audience at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Such is the brilliance of digital surround sound.

It was also hard to see in the dark theater...

At a Toronto International Film Festival that saw its wattage dimmed by a SAG-AFTRA strike, it took a Talking Heads reunion at the 40th Anniversary of Stop Making Sense to crank up the festival’s volume to an 11 in Spinal Tap-speak.

Talking Heads’ David Byrne in ‘Stop Making Sense,’ 1984

The new A24 re-release of the Jonathan Demme concert film, which moderator Spike Lee billed as “the greatest concert film ever,” is a 4K Imax restoration.

And the night literally lived up to the large format exhibitor’s slogan “Watch a movie, or be part of one” as Talking Heads bandmembers David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz and Lee himself got up and danced during such numbers as “Burning Down the House” and “Once in a Lifetime” during the screening. Talk about a cinema-surround show.

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Stop Making Sense played at Toronto’s Scotiabank auditorium No.

It usually starts around “Burning Down the House.” That’s six numbers into Stop Making Sense, the 1984 Talking Heads concert film, and the first number to feature not just the central quartet — David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Frantz — but the whole expanded band they were using during that tour. People get up and start dancing in their seats, in the aisles, in the front, and in the back of the theater. I’ve been to screenings where it starts a little earlier, around “Thank You for Sending Me an Angel,...

The hottest ticket at TIFF this year was for a 40-year-old concert film of a band that broke up in 1991.

Toronto audiences Monday night were treated to the world premiere of the new, IMAX, 4K restored version of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, originally released in 1984.

The band members: Frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and keyboarder/guitarist Jerry Harrison all attended the screening at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre and took part in a Q&a afterward with Spike Lee, who directed the concert film David Byrne’s American Utopia — which premiered in Toronto three years ago.

“I want to go on the record: This is the greatest concert film ever!” said Lee of Demme’s movie, which was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983, as The Talking Heads were touring to promote their Speaking in Tongues album.

Jerry Harrison recently joined Kyle Meredith to talk about the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film spotlighting Talking Heads. Though the band endured a bit of a rocky breakup, the 4K restoration of the movie is bringing Harrison and his former David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Frantz together next month for their first public reunion in over 20 years.

Harrison said that the film’s distributor A24 played a significant role in bringing Talking Heads back together: “We own the film together, [so we had] to work together to make a decision. ‘Is A24 the right distributor for us, the right partner for us?’ We had to have conversations about that, and this is something we did together. Then A24 is going like: ‘Here’s the offer — we’re going to get really behind this, if you help us.’ And so it was like, ‘obviously, we need...

The Talking Heads are reuniting after 21 years due to a restored concert film, Stop Making Sense, returning to theaters. Directed by Jonathan Demme, the film is hailed as the "greatest concert film of all time" and was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. After a screening at the Toronto Film Festival, there will be a live Q&a with the band, moderated by Spike Lee, who recently worked on a recorded version of David Byrne's Broadway show.

The Talking Heads are going to be doing some talking, appropriately enough, for the first time in 21 years. The band members, consisting of David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Christ Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, made their last public appearance as a group at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction back in 2002. They performed “Life During Wartime,” “Psycho Killer” and “Burning Down the House.” The reason they are back together...

With Talking Heads set to reunite next month for a live Q&a about their legendary concert film, Stop Making Sense, David Byrne has reflected on their acrimonious breakup and expressed regret about how he handled the situation.

“As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around. When I was working on some Talking Heads shows, I was more of a little tyrant,” Byrne told People. “And then I learned to relax, and I also learned that collaborating with people, both sides get more if there’s a good relationship instead of me telling everybody what to do.”

He added, “I think [the end] wasn’t handled well. It was kind of ugly.”

As pioneers of new wave, Talking Heads released eight albums from their formation in 1975 through their split in December 1991. While speaking to the Los Angeles Times the following year, drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth...

“Stop Making Sense,” the Talking Heads concert film breathlessly directed by the late, great Jonathan Demme, is returning to theaters this fall, newly restored for its 40th-ish anniversary (the movie actually came out in 1984 but was filmed in 1983).

While a re-release of “Stop Making Sense,” overseen by A24, is exciting, perhaps even more exciting is the fact that the band will reunite at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, September 11 for a chat moderated by Spike Lee. Lee directed the filmed version of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” for HBO.

Byrne will be joined by Jerry Harrison and the still-married Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth on stage. The chat will be live-broadcast for a special Global IMAX Live event that same night; the movie will then be in IMAX theaters exclusively on September 22 and everywhere September 29 “in a pristine new 4K restoration,” according to A24.

In a new interview...

World premiering at TIFF before hitting IMAX and theater screens later this fall, the trailer arrives from A24 today for the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Jonathan Demme‘s Stop Making Sense. The seminal Talking Heads concert film captures the band—comprised of David Byrne, Jerry Harrison and spouses Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, married now for 45 years—performing at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983. The September 11 TIFF world premiere of the 4K restoration will be followed by a Q&a conducted by Spike Lee with all of the original Talking Heads band members (this should be juicy in its […]

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World premiering at TIFF before hitting IMAX and theater screens later this fall, the trailer arrives from A24 today for the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Jonathan Demme‘s Stop Making Sense. The seminal Talking Heads concert film captures the band—comprised of David Byrne, Jerry Harrison and spouses Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, married now for 45 years—performing at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983. The September 11 TIFF world premiere of the 4K restoration will be followed by a Q&a conducted by Spike Lee with all of the original Talking Heads band members (this should be juicy in its […]

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Talking Heads have a tape they want to play — again. Ahead of its 4k re-release in theaters in September, A24 has shared a new trailer for the band’s indelible concert film Stop Making Sense. Check out the clip below.

Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.

Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...

Talking Heads have a tape they want to play — again. Ahead of its 4k re-release in theaters in September, A24 has shared a new trailer for the band’s indelible concert film Stop Making Sense. Check out the clip below.

Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.

Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...