David Byrne revives Psycho Killer at Who Is the Sky? tour opener

David Byrne revived the Talking Heads classic Psycho Killer for the first time in nearly two decades as he opened his Who Is the Sky? world tour at Pittsburgh's Benedum Center on September 16. The 21-song set mixed new material from his recently released album with a string of Talking Heads staples, live debuts and a surprise Paramore cover, marking a career-spanning night that drew fans and social media attention.

Byrne opened the show with the Talking Heads song Heaven before moving into solo tracks including Everybody Laughs and the new single What Is the Reason for It?. The set featured live debuts of Who Is the Sky? songs Dont Be Like That, I Met the Buddha at a Downtown Party and My Apartment Is My Friend, plus a performance of Strange Overtones, his collaboration with Brian Eno. Toward the end of the set Byrne performed a solo acoustic Psycho Killer for the first time since 2006, bookended by his cover of Paramore's Hard Times and Talking Heads' Life During Wartime. The concert closed with Once in a Lifetime and Burning Down the House as the encore.

Fans posted short clips of the performance on social platforms, where observers noted Byrne and his band and dancers in...