Love This Giant Tour

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Associated albumLove This Giant
Start dateSeptember 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)
End dateSeptember 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
No. of shows52 in North America
5 in Oceania
17 in Europe
74 Total
Love This Giant Tour
Tour by David Byrne and St. Vincent
David Byrne and St. Vincent performing in Padua in September 2013
Associated albumLove This Giant
Start dateSeptember 15, 2012 (2012-09-15)
End dateSeptember 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
No. of shows52 in North America
5 in Oceania
17 in Europe
74 Total
David Byrne tour chronology
Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour
(2008–09)
Love This Giant Tour
(2012–13)
American Utopia Tour
(2018)
St. Vincent tour chronology
Strange Mercy Tour
(2011–12)
Love This Giant Tour
(2012–13)
Digital Witness Tour
(2014–15)

The Love This Giant Tour was a joint tour by American musicians David Byrne and St. Vincent. It started on 15 September 2012 in Minneapolis, United States, and ended on 12 September 2013 in Florence, Italy, after 74 concerts on 14 countries and 3 continents. The tour was officially announced along with Love This Giant, the album it promoted, on 14 June 2012.[1] 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.[2]

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 29 September 2012 at Williamsburg Park in New York City.[3] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Who"
  2. "Weekend in the Dust"
  3. "Save Me from What I Want" (St. Vincent song)
  4. "Strange Overtones" (David Byrne & Brian Eno song)
  5. "I am an Ape"
  6. "Marrow" (St. Vincent song)
  7. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Talking Heads song)
  8. "The Forest Awakes"
  9. "Ice Age"
  10. "Like Humans Do" (David Byrne song)
  11. "Lightning"
  12. "Lazarus"
  13. "Cheerleader" (St. Vincent song)
  14. "Lazy" (X-Press 2 song featuring David Byrne)
  15. "I Should Watch TV"
  16. "Northern Lights" (St. Vincent song)
  17. "The One Who Broke Your Heart"
  18. "Outside of Space and Time"
Encore
  1. "Cruel" (St. Vincent song)
  2. "Burning Down the House" (Talking Heads song)
Second encore
  1. "The Party" (St. Vincent song)
  2. "Road to Nowhere" (Talking Heads song)

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