Legendary US Rock Band Hints at Summer Reunion

Talking Heads sent fans into a frenzy after posting a cryptic message on their social media on Monday.

The legendary US rock band – consisting of front man David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Fantz and guitarist Jerri Harrison – shot to stardom after forming in 1975.

During a 16-year period together the band achieved commercial and critical success thanks to much-loved tracks such as Once in a Lifetime and Road to Nowhere before they split in 1991.

Now, many supporters think they may finally have got their wish for a reunion after the band posted an obscure video on social media.

The animation simply showed the sun and the moon rising behind the caption: ‘June 5, 2025.’

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Talking Heads – consisting of (L-R) Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne and Jerry Harrison – shot to stardom after forming in 1975 [Pictured September 2024]

Now, many supporters think they may finally have got their wish for a reunion after the band posted an obscure video on social media with a date

The date actually marks exactly 50 years since the group’s first ever show at the CBGB club in New York, leaving supporters wondering whether a reunion tour could be on the cards this summer.

Thousands of excited fans took to the comments section, writing: ‘announce a tour i date are you’,

‘Just get back together for some shows and make the world a brighter place!’,

‘IS TALKING HEADS COMING BACK DON’T PLAY WITH MY FEELINGS’,

‘Give the people what they really want and need, and that’s a tour!!!’

It would be the first time the band – who have four albums named in the 2003 Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list – have performed a live show together since 1984.

If supporters’ suspicions are indeed true and Talking Heads are reuniting, it would likely mean the four band members had a change of mind on an offer they received some six months ago.

The group reportedly turned down a whopping $80million offered to them by Live Nation in December for a reunion tour consisting of six to eight festival and concert gigs, Billboard reported.

After much critical and commercial success, the band split in 1991 with fans longing for their return since [Pictured 1980]

Thousands of excited fans took the post’s comments section asking the band to reunite

It came months after the group’s lead singer David mended a rift with his former band mates ready for the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, their concert film, which debuted in 1984.

Coachella’s curator Paul Tollett told Billboard he also approached the band members in September to play at the iconic California festival – but said that he ‘sensed there were no shows happening, so I didn’t make an offer.’

Talking Heads announced their split in December 1991, with the bandmembers excluding David briefly and continuing touring as Shrunken Heads.

After a screening of their movie anniversary in September, they did a Q&A with filmmaker Spike Lee, where Chris said: ‘It’s so good to be here with my bandmates tonight. It’s been a long time.’

According to the LA Times, all four members sat in separate rows to watch the film, but claimed ‘[no] tensions were on display’.

Jerry recently said working together on the re-worked film had been a ‘healing experience’ for the group.

He revealed: ‘We get along OK. It’s all very cordial and whatever. It’s not like we’re all best friends. But everybody’s very happy to see this film coming back out.

‘We’re all united in the fact that we really love what we did here. So that kind of helps us talk to one another and get along.’

When the group split, Chris said their breakup had been caused by David and that he had learned his bandmate was leaving from a Los Angeles Times article (pictured in 2022)

When the group split, Chris said their breakup had been caused by David and that he had learned his bandmate was leaving from a Los Angeles Times article.

He said at the time: ‘As far as we’re concerned, the band never really broke up. David just decided to leave.

‘We were never too pleased about the way David handled the situation.’

David has spoken about his regret over the way the band disbanded, telling People last month: ‘As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around. When I was working on some Talking Heads shows, I was more of a little tyrant.

‘And then I learned to relax and I also learned that, collaborating with people, both sides get more if there’s a good relationship instead of me telling everybody what to do.

‘I think [the end] wasn’t handled well. It was kind of ugly. I have regrets on how that was handled.

‘I don’t think I did it in the best way, but I think it was kind of inevitable that would happen anyway.’