David Byrne Announces Philippines Benefit Show

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In April, David Byrne's concept album with Fatboy Slim about the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love, got a theatrical adaptation at the Public Theater in New York. Now, in the wake of the damage caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Byrne is throwing a benefit show with the original cast of the production. It'll happen on November 25 at Terminal 5 in New York City, and proceeds will go toward the relief efforts of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.

“The show is about the resiliency of the Philippine people—it couldn’t be more timely,” Byrne said in a press release. “Upon hearing about this tragedy the cast contacted me about doing a show to raise money for relief efforts. Most of our cast is Filipino, and all of us feel the same way. It’s personal for all of us."

Benefit tickets are available here.

Watch David Byrne discuss the Here Lies Love project:

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