David Byrne's hometown Baltimore shows on his recent tour will be the focus of an upcoming concert film shot on 70mm by The Brutalist director Brady Corbet.
Filmed over multiple nights at Baltimore's Hippodrome on Byrne's lengthy trek in support of his 2025 album Who Is The Sky?, the concert film is currently in post-production, with release details to follow. Corbet shot the film on a combination of 8-perf and 15-perf 70mm film.
Byrne, who was born in Scotland but later raised in Baltimore County, Maryland, said in a statement: "When Brady told me he wanted to shoot our show in 70 millimeter (70 millimeter!) I didn't realize what a difference it would make until I saw some frames he sent me." "He was right; it really does capture the wide screen visual scope of the show. I've never seen anything like it."
Corbet added: "I am so grateful to David Byrne and his entire team for entrusting us to capture his hometown show on 8-perf and 15-perf 70mm."
The Brutalist director earned ten Academy Award nominations for the 2024 film, winning three. He also directed 2018's Vox Lux, a musical drama starring Natalie Portman.
Like his American Utopia trek, the Who Is the Sky? tour features Byrne and an ensemble of 13 musicians, singers, and dancers in constant motion onstage, with the setlist seesawing between Byrne solo cuts and Talking Heads classics.
The concert film is produced by Corbet's Pre-Code along with The Deep End Films. The Deep End's Jason Fine and Amit Dey said: "We are thrilled to help bring David Byrne's incredible, joyous tour to the screen in a way that can be shared for all time."
Byrne has previously worked with Jonathan Demme on Talking Heads' 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, and with Spike Lee on 2020's American Utopia.
The Who Is the Sky? tour, which launched in September 2025, will come to an end on 19 September at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York. The tour included UK dates in March 2026 at venues including the Eventim Apollo in London, SEC Armadillo in Glasgow, and O2 Apollo in Manchester.
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