David Byrne Does Imelda Marcos

Fans of David Byrne, Santigold, Sharon Jones, Tori Amos and women with shoe fetishes married to crooked Filipino politicians should be interested in Byrne's forthcoming concept album, Here Lies Love.

The record revolves around Imelda Marcos, the wife of the late Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos, and is being produced by Norman Cook. Byrne and Cook worked together on "Toe Jam" on The Brighton Port Authority's I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat before the man better known as Fatboy Slim checked himself into rehab earlier this year.

Irish singer/songwriter Roisin Murphy and American hip-pop artist Santigold are among the guest vocalists on Here Lies Love.

"We've got three more singers who have still to record on it, but we're almost there," Byrne recently told Britain's BBC 6 Music.

"There is a different singer on every song, including Sharon Jones [from Amy Winehouse's backing band The Dap-Kings], Alice Russell and Tori Amos. There's a lot of singers, it goes on and on."

Byrne recorded "Knotty Pine" with The Dirty Projectors for the recently released Dark Was The Night charity compilation and appears on the new N.A.S.A. album, The Spirit Of Apollo.

The multi-talented former Talking Heads frontman issued Big Love: Hymnal — Music Written For The HBO Series Plus Other Recent Compositions last year.

Byrne is still touring in support of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, last year's collaborative album with Brian Eno. You can see him here:

April 13 London, England @ Royal Festival Hall
April 14 Brighton, England @ Brighton Dome
APril 16 Stuttgart, Germany @ Hegelsaal
April 17 Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus Zurich
April 19 Senigallia, Italy @ La Fenice
April 20 Verona, Italy @ Teatro Filarmonico
April 21 Milan, Italy @ Auditorium Dal Verme
April 22 Modena, Italy @ Teatro Comunale
April 24 Barcelona, Spain @ Palau De La Musica Catalana
April 26 Oviedo, Spain @ Auditorio Principe Felipe
April 27 Madrid, Spain @ Teatro Lope De Vega
April 28 Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseo
May 3 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall (Dark Was The Night Live)
June 1 Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum
June 3 Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
June 5 Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center
June 6 Vienna, VA @ Filene Center
June 8 Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell
June 10 Charlottesville, VA @ Charlottesville Pavillion
June 12 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
June 14 Dallas, TX @ The Majestic Theatre
June 15 Houston, TX @ Jones Hall For The Performing Arts
June 17, Santa Fe, NM @ Lensic Performing Arts Center
June 18 Telluride, CO @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 20 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
June 23 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
June 24 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
June 26 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre (University Of California Berkeley)
July 6 Athens, Greece @ Badminton Theatre
July 7 Skopje, Macedonia @ Universal Hall
July 8 Belgrade, Serbia @ Sava Centre
July 10 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Krizanke
July 11 Vienna, Austria @ Open Air Arena
July 12 Ostrava, Czech Republic @ Colours Festival
July 14 Zagreb, Croatia @ Gallery Klovic
July 15 Budapest, Hungary @ Millenaris
July 16 Graz, Austria @ Kasematten
July 18 Fiesole, Italy @ Festival Teatro Romano
July 20 Rome, Italy @ Parco Della Musica
July 22 Naples, Italy @ Castel Sant'Elmo
July 24 Bari, Italy @ Locus Festival Cantina Sociale
July 30 Lyon, France @ Grand Theatre Romain De Fourviere
Aug. 3 London, England @ Barbican Theatre
Aug. 4 Southampton, England @ Southampton Guildhall
Aug. 9 Ledbury, England @ Big Chill Festival