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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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#455: "Erin Thorngren, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison in studio (1980s)"

Eric Thorngren at a studio console with David Byrne and Jerry Harrison for a Talking Heads session in the 1980s. Photographer and year unknown, possibly from Little Creatures or True Stories era around 1985. Source: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-talking-heads-road-nowhere

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#438: "Talking Heads performing at Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, IL (1982)"

Talking Heads performing at Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale, Illinois (at Southern Illinois University / SIU) on September 13, 1982. Left to right: Steve Scales, David Byrne, Dolette McDonald. Photographed by friends of Reddit user BadDogMaggie, who shared a set of photos from the event: https://www.reddit.com/r/talkingheads/comments/1fim90z/42_years_ago_at_siu_carbondale/

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#437: "Talking Heads performing at Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, IL (1982)"

Talking Heads performing at Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale, Illinois (at Southern Illinois University / SIU) on September 13, 1982. Left to right: Dolette McDonald, Bernie Worrell, David Byrne, Steve Scales, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Alex Weir, Jerry Harrison. Photographed by friends of Reddit user BadDogMaggie, who shared a set of photos from the event: https://www.reddit.com/r/talkingheads/comments/1fim90z/42_years_ago_at_siu_carbondale/

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#435: "Joey Ramone, Fred Schneider and David Byrne at Stop Making Sense premiere (1984)"

David Byrne with Joey Ramone (from The Ramones) and Fred Schneider (from The B-52's) at the Stop Making Sense premiere that took place in 1984 at The Ritz in New York City. Source: Faces magazine, posted on Tumblr by rockwithbibberly: https://www.tumblr.com/rockwithbibberly/688431879323516928/joey-ramone-fred-schneider-and-david-byrne-in

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#422: "Talking Heads in San Francisco for Stop Making Sense 15th anniversary (1999)"

A candid portrait of Talking Heads on April 27th 1999 in San Francisco during the Stop Making Sense 15th anniversary reunion, photographed in black and white by Jay Blakesberg. Source: Jay Blakesberg's website https://www.blakesberg.com/film/portrait?itemId=hd30y8noemuy38j3r07zw6plu9s295

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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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#404: "Talking Heads performing The Big Country at UC Berkeley (1978)"

Talking Heads performing The Big Country at UC Berkeley's Lower Sproul Plaza as part of their More Songs About Buildings and Food Tour on November 27, 1978, shot on a handheld Sony Portapak and uploaded by mario ferrari on Youtube

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#403: "Talking Heads performing (1978)"

Talking Heads performing (Jerry Harrison not pictured) at the Lower Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, California, as part of their More Songs About Buildings and Food Tour on September 18, 1978, photographen in Black and White by Robert Toren. Source: The Scholarly Kitchen

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#400: "Talking Heads Fan Club: Comunique #3 (1977)"

Informational Flyer made by the talking heads fan club, made to promote their CBGB's show in New York City, October 10, 1977 (which subsequently would be their last at the club), the flyer promotes that every accredited member of said fan club had their names on the guest list could invite one one person of their choosing, as well as informing the fanbase that the concert would be recorded for posterity. The photocopied image used is the artwork for talking heads' single "Uh-oh, Love Comes To Town / I Wish You Wouldn't Say That" Source: Doom & Gloom From The Tomb on Tumblr

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#399: "Talking Heads concert review (White Plains, NY, 1977)"

A review of Talking Heads playing at Beefsteak Charlie's in Scarsdale, NY on September 24, 1977, written by Michael Aron. Scan of a section published any time between September 25th and November 1st under the headline "Talking Heads is used to saying why they're not punk". Republished with changes in the November 17 issue of Rolling Stone, although this scan is not necessarily from Rolling Stone. To read the republish: https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/michael-aron-talking-heads-beyond-safety-pins-1977/

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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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#389: "Talking Heads (1977)"

Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne) candidly photographed sometime in late 1977 by an unknown photographer. Source: The Cat's Cradle on Ebay

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#388: "Talking Heads (1977)"

Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne) candidly photographed sometime in late 1977 by an unknown photographer. Source: The Cat's Cradle on Ebay

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#385: "David Byrne and Tina Weymouth Performing (1980)"

David Byrne and Tina Weymouth performing in Brussels, Belgium on 10/12/1980. Photographed by gie Knaeps. Source: gieknaeps on instagram

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#382: "David Byrne performing (1978)"

David Byrne performing with Talking Heads on the More Songs About Buildings and Food Tour at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA. on November 19, 1978. photo by Brad Elterman. Source: Brad Elterman's website

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#379: "David Byrne performing (1978)"

Talking Heads (David Byrne Pictured) performing on the More Songs About Buildings and Food Tour in San Fransisco, 1978, Photo By Joyce Weir, Source: Fine Art America's website

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#378: "David Byrne performing (1978)"

Talking Heads (David Byrne Pictured) performing on the More Songs About Buildings and Food Tour at The Boarding House, San Francisco, Ca. September 16, 1978. Photo By Joyce Weir, Source: Fine Art America's website

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#377: "David Byrne Performing (1981)"

Talking Heads (pictured: David Byrne) performing on the Remain in Light tour at the Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokio, Japan on February 26, 1981. Photo by Koh Hasebe. Source: russtygold's ebay listing

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