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heavy pettting[edit]

he was in a documentary in 1989 called "heavy petting" - i'd add it to the list myself but don't know how to properly format it Oliverwolfsacksstan (talk) 01:22, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's included in the table on "Other film and television" and has it's own article: Heavy Petting (1989 film). 86.187.173.18 (talk) 12:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arbutus foundation / Reasons to be Cheerful[edit]

I'm overly busy at the moment, but this website/ newsletter should be noted for a future expansion of the article. From the About us page of the Reasons to be Cheerful website:

Reasons to be Cheerful was founded by artist and musician David Byrne, who believes in the power of approaching the world with curiosity—in art, in music, in collaboration and in life. Under the banner of Byrne’s nonprofit organization, Arbutus, Reasons to be Cheerful embodies this sensibility, applying it now to the future of our world. Through stories of hope, rooted in evidence, Reasons to be Cheerful aims to inspire us all to be curious about how the world can be better, and to ask ourselves how we can be part of that change.

Scarabocchio (talk) 12:03, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

moving Here Lies Love to theatre section[edit]

to me, the work Byrne did/is doing on Here Lies Love clearly belongs with the section "Work in theatre, film, and television," not "Other musical contributions". perhaps when Here Lies Love was a concept album that had received one staging. now it seems pretty clearly to be a theatrical production. placing it in the musical contribution section adds ambiguity for no clear reason. this seemed a major enough change to make that i didnt' want to just do it, so i'm curious what others think ghostlight :^) (talk) 18:53, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Irish ancestry?[edit]

I've just added some information about Byrne gaining Irish citizenship in 2020. This is something that has been little reported in general, but I was wondering if anyone knows anything about Byrne having Irish ancestry? I would assume he obtained citizenship by descent, as he's never seemingly resided in Ireland, but can find no information on this. Furthermore, Byrne is commonly an Irish surname, and it's definitely not unusual for Scottish to have Irish ancestry. Does anyone know of any sources where Byrne speaks about this? JellyfishReflector (talk) 22:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]