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Talking Heads

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High confidence · 95%

19

shows tracked

8906d

since last show

3%

coverage

92%

very consistent

Recent setlists

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Mar 18, 2002
Waldorf Astoria
New York
14% similar4 songs
Feb 6, 1984
Queen Elizabeth II Park
Christchurch · Speaking In Tongues
71% similar12 songs
Feb 4, 1984
Festival Farm
Pukekawa · Speaking In Tongues

Most played

1
Burning Down the House
19×
2
Psycho Killer
19×
3
Cities
18×
4
Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
18×
5
Heaven
18×
6
Life During Wartime
18×
7
Making Flippy Floppy
18×
8
Slippery People
18×
9
Swamp
18×
10
Take Me to the River
Al Green
18×
11
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
18×
12
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
18×
13
What a Day That Was
David Byrne
18×
14
big business
David Byrne
17×
15
Girlfriend Is Better
17×

Setlist DNA

Core — always played

Burning Down the House100%
Psycho Killer100%
What a Day That Was95%
Cities95%
Genius of Love95%

100% similar17 songs

Sports & Entertainment Centre

Melbourne · Speaking In Tongues

100% similar17 songs

Sports & Entertainment Centre

Melbourne · Speaking In Tongues

100% similar17 songs

Festival Site

Somersby · Speaking In Tongues

89% similar17 songs

Pantages Theatre

Los Angeles · Speaking In Tongues

100% similar19 songs

Pantages Theatre

Los Angeles · Speaking In Tongues

100% similar19 songs

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Most Unusual Shows

Sets that deviated most from this artist's typical setlist

1Mar 18, 2002
Waldorf Astoria
New York
86% diff
2Feb 6, 1984
Queen Elizabeth II Park
Christchurch
29% diff
3Jan 28, 1984
Festival Site
Somersby
11% diff

Heaven95%

Rotating

Crosseyed and Painless68%
Love-> Building on Fire53%
The Book I Read53%
Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)47%
Houses in Motion47%
Found a Job42%

Dormant

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Newly played

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Expected Setlist

Based on last 19 shows

Burning Down the House
100%
Psycho Killer
100%
Cities
95%
Genius of Love
95%
Heaven
95%
Life During Wartime
95%
Making Flippy Floppy
95%
Slippery People
95%
Swamp
95%
Take Me to the River
95%
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
95%
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
95%