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#468: "Tina Weymouth performing at the University of Illinois Auditorium (1979)"

Tina Weymouth performing with Talking Heads at the University of Illinois Auditorium, Urbana, October 24, 1979. Photo by Dave Boe. Source: newspapers.com

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#467: "Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz performing at the University of Illinois Auditorium (1979)"

Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz performing with Talking Heads at the University of Illinois Auditorium, Urbana, October 24, 1979. Photo by Dave Boe. Source: newspapers.com

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#466: "Talking Heads performing at the University of Illinois Auditorium (1979)"

David Byrne, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth performing with Talking Heads at the University of Illinois Auditorium, Urbana, October 24, 1979. Photo by Eric Altenberg. Source: newspapers.com

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#465: "David Byrne performing at the University of Illinois Auditorium (1979)"

David Byrne performing with Talking Heads at the University of Illinois Auditorium, Urbana, October 24, 1979. Photo by Peter Swank. Source: newspapers.com

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#464: "David Byrne performing at the Downtown Music Hall (1979)"

David Byrne performing with Talking Heads at the Downtown Music Hall, Houston, September 11, 1979. Photo by Bruce Kessler. Source: https://texashistory.unt.edu

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#441: "David Byrne (1979)"

David Byrne performing at Achiel Eeckloo Rockweide, Torhout, Belgium during the More Songs about buildings and food tour, July 7, 1979. Photographer unknown. Source: Getty/Goedefroit Music

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#440: "David Byrne (1979)"

David Byrne performing at Achiel Eeckloo Rockweide, Torhout, Belgium during the More Songs about buildings and food tour, July 7, 1979. Photographer unknown. Source: Getty/Goedefroit Music

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#427: "David Byrne with Brian & Steve Butler (CBGB, 1979)"

David Byrne at CBGB in 1979 with brothers Brian Butler & Steve Butler, who were members of the band Quincy (later renamed Lulu Temple) and then the band Smash Palace. Quincy was managed by Hilly Kristal, owner of CBGB. Posted on Facebook by Smash Palace in 2010: https://www.facebook.com/SmashPalaceMusic/photos/a.401535084582/401535089582/?type=3

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#420: "Talking Heads sex & drugs interview with OUI (1979)"

An infamous interview from September 1979 featuring the four members of Talking Heads, with questions focusing mainly on sex and drugs. Not much is known about the context of this interview or whether any of the answers are taken out of context or exaggerated at all. Interview conducted by Scott Cohen for the porn magazine OUI in the band's loft in Long Island City, Queens, NYC. Source: Brian Eno News / moredarkthanshark on Twitter, https://x.com/dark_shark/status/836392856231149568/photo/1, with a text transcript on the moredarkthanshark website: https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_oui-aug79.html

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#419: "Talking Heads article in Roadrunner (1979)"

Scan of an article about Talking Heads and Fear of Music, released in September 1979 in Roadrunner, written by Donald Robertson. Source: Brian Eno News / moredarkthanshark on Twitter, https://x.com/dark_shark/status/987281556573048833/photo/1, with a text transcript on the moredarkthanshark website: https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_rr-sep79.html

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#394: "David Byrne (1979)"

David Byrne performing with Talking Heads as part of the Fear of Music tour, photo taken by Steve Richards at the Electric Ballroom, London, December 7, 1979. Source: Shutterstock

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#393: "David Byrne (1979)"

David Byrne performing with Talking Heads as part of the Fear of Music tour, photo taken by Steve Richards at the Electric Ballroom, London, December 7, 1979. Source: Shutterstock

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#234: "Jerry Harrison performing in Belgium (1979)"

Jerry Harrison performing with Talking Heads at Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium on August 7, 1979. Photo by Gie Knaeps. Source: guitar.com

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#232: "David Byrne in Scotland (1979)"

David Byrne in an Edinburgh hotel while Talking Heads were touring in Scotland, photographed by Jill Furmanovsky in November 1979. Source: rockarchive

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#201: "Talking Heads Group Photo (1979)"

Talking Heads on the Chelsea Hotel rooftop, New York City. Photographed by Norman Seeff in 1979. Source: Norman Seeff Productions on facebook

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#165: "David Byrne and Tina Weymouth at Torhout Festival (1979)"

David Byrne and Tina Weymouth performing with Talking Heads at the Torhout Festival in Werchter, Belgium. Photographed by gie Knaeps on July 8, 1979. Source: gieknaeps on instagram

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#126: "David Byrne and Jerry Harrison performing (1979)"

David Byrne and Jerry Harrison performing at the Ontario Theater, DC in during the Fear of Music tour. November 1979, by Rudy Childs, Source: rudichilds.com

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#112: "Talking Heads Performing (1979)"

Talking Heads (pictured David Byrne, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth) performing a show in 1979, photographed by Gus Stewart. Source: Daily Express

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#107: "David Byrne in Amsterdam (1979)"

David Byrne in Amsterdam in 1979, photographed in B&W by Gijsbert Hanekroot, Source: gijsberthanekroot.com

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#101: "David Byrne Cornflakes"

David Byrne holding a bowl of Cornflakes cereal, used within a Kellog's Cornflakes box cover. From photoshoot circa 1979 by Bobby Grossman which also featured others like Tina Weymouth, Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol, and Lou Reed.

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#79: "Talking Heads on Rockpop TV (1979)"

Talking Heads while filming for German television show Rockpop in mid December, 1979. (They did a lip-sync of Take Me to the River) Photo from the United Archives, Source: Getty Images

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#53: "Talking Heads Performing on SNL (1979)"

Talking Heads Performing on SNL on February 10, 1979. Photographed by Al Levine for NBCUniversal. Source: Getty Images

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#52: "Talking Heads Performing (1979)"

Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) performing at a concert circa 1979 in Hollywood, California. Photographed by Michael Ochs. Source: Getty Images

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#51: "Talking Heads Performing (1979)"

Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) performing at a concert circa 1979 in Hollywood, California. Photographed by Michael Ochs. Source: Getty Images

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#50: "Talking Heads perform Artists Only on SNL (1979)"

Talking Heads performing "Artists Only" on Saturday Night Live (February 10, 1979)

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