The Love This Giant Tour was a joint tour by American musicians

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and

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. It started on 15 September 2012 in

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, United States, and ended on 12 September 2013 in

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, Italy, after 74 concerts on 14 countries and 3 continents. The tour was officially announced along with ''

Love This Giant ''Love This Giant'' is a studio album made in collaboration between musicians David Byrne and St. Vincent (Annie Clark), released on 4AD and Todo Mundo on 10 September 10, 2012, in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. ...

'', the album it promoted, on 14 June 2012. On the stage, they were accompanied by a backing band consisting of eight brass players, a keyboardist and a drummer. The performers engaged in complex choreography onstage while performing.

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 29 September 2012 at Williamsburg Park in New York City. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. # "Who" # "Weekend in the Dust" # "Save Me from What I Want" (St. Vincent song) # " Strange Overtones" (David Byrne &

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song) # "I am an Ape" # "Marrow" (St. Vincent song) # " This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (

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song) # "The Forest Awakes" # "Ice Age" # "

Like Humans Do "Like Humans Do" is the fourth track from David Byrne's '' Look into the Eyeball'' and was also released as a single in 2001. Most notably, the radio edit version of the song (which omits the line referring to cannabis) was selected by Microsoft ...

" (David Byrne song) # "Lightning" # "Lazarus" # "Cheerleader" (St. Vincent song) # " Lazy" ( X-Press 2 song featuring David Byrne) # "I Should Watch TV" # "Northern Lights" (St. Vincent song) # "The One Who Broke Your Heart" # "Outside of Space and Time" ;Encore: #

"Cruel" (St. Vincent song) # "

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" (Talking Heads song) ;Second encore: #

"The Party" (St. Vincent song) # "

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" (Talking Heads song)

Tour dates

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Cancelled shows

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the NPR website. Band * David Byrne – Vocals, Guitar, Natural Trumpet, Theremin * St. Vincent – Vocals, Guitar, Electronic Drums, Theremin * Daniel Mintseris – Keyboards, Musical Director * Brian Wolfe – Drums * Kelly Pratt – Trumpet, Flugelhorn, French Horn, Flute * Dave Nelson – Trombone * Jon Natchez – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone * Bryan Murray – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone * Rachel Drehmann – French Horn * Jason Disu – Trombone * John Altieri – Sousaphone, Tuba * Carter Yasutake – Trumpet, Flugelhorn Choreographers * Annie-B Parson – Choreographer

References

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