David Byrne's "Who Is The Sky?" Tour Becomes 70mm Concert Film With Brady Corbet

David Byrne’s legendary 2025/26 world tour is getting the cinema treatment in the most ambitious way possible. Brady Corbet, the Oscar-nominated director behind“The Brutalist,”shot multiple nights from Byrne’s Baltimore hometown shows on 70mm film—a format rarely used for concert documentaries. The tour itself was massive: 150+ performances across four continents featuring 13 musicians, intricate visual art installations, and storytelling elements that transformed each show into a complete artistic experience. When Byrne first saw Corbet’s footage, he was genuinely amazed at how the ultra-wide 70mm format captured the full visual scope of the performance in ways he’d never seen before.

This collaboration continues Byrne’s long tradition of working with heavyweight filmmakers to capture live music as cinematic art. He previously partnered with Jonathan Demme on the iconic Talking Heads film“Stop Making Sense”and more recently with Spike Lee on 2020’s“David Byrne’s American Utopia.”Corbet brought the same precision and artistic vision that earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA awards to this concert project, calling the performance“an inclusive celebration of community, and of Baltimore in particular.”The director emphasized the cultural significance of Byrne’s hometown, positioning the film as more than just a concert recording.

The concert film is currently in post-production with distribution details and a release date still to be announced. For music fans and film enthusiasts alike, this represents a significant moment in how live performances are being reimagined for the big screen. What aspects of a concert film excite you most—the music, the visuals, or the whole immersive experience?