Here Lies Love, David Byrne's song-cycle collaboration with Fatboy Slim on the life of Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos, is due out next week, on Tuesday, April 6. One week later, on Tuesday, April 13, Byrne will appear at the MoMA Design and Book Store at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City to sign copies of the album purchased there.
Here Lies Love, David Byrne's song-cycle collaboration with Fatboy Slim on the life of Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos, is due out next week from Todomundo / Nonesuch Records, on Tuesday, April 6, and is streaming in full all week as an NPR "First Listen" at npr.org. The Nonesuch Journal is pleased to announce that, one week later, on Tuesday, April 13, Byrne will appear at the MoMA Design and Book Store at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City to sign copies of the album purchased there.
Available at the book store will be the deluxe edition of Here Lies Love, which includes 22 songs on two discs, a DVD with six videos featuring songs from the album cut to archival and historical footage from the Philippines, and a 114-page cloth-bound book with lyrics, photos, and essays. The event runs from 5 to 6:30 PM.
For those of you outside of New York or unable to make the event, Here Lies Love is available for pre-order here at nonesuch.com. For more information or to reserve your copy now, visit the Nonesuch Store.
Byrne first introduced the two-disc album and the score of vocalists he enlisted for it, including Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Steve Earle, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Pierson, Santigold, and St. Vincent in an early-look video available at nonesuch.com/media. Last week, he revealed the first of the six videos from the deluxe album DVD, "Please Don't," featuring vocals by Santigold, which you can also find at nonesuch.com/media.
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