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The members of legendary rock band Talking Heads have allegedly turned down a whopping $80million offer to reunite for a tour.
Live Nation offered the eye-watering sum to get the four band members to embark on a reunion tour, playing six to eight festival gigs and concerts, reports Billboard.
The iconic eighties band was made up of frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz, and guitarist Jerry Harrison.
They formed in 1975 and reached critical and commercial success, creating hit songs like Psycho Killer and Once in a Lifetime.
This comes after David Byrne mended a rift with his former pals in time for the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, their concert film, which debuted in 1984.
Reunion: The came together for the 40th anniversary of their concert film, Stop Making Sense, which debuted in 1984
Back in the day: The iconic eighties band was made up of frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and guitarist Jerry Harrison (pictured in 1982)
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 said: ‘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.
Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of art rock group ‘The Talking Heads’ perform onstage in circa 1980
Coming together: Jerry recently said that working together on the re-worked film had been a ‘healing experience’ for the group (pictured in 2002)
Departure: When the group split, Chris said that their breakup had been caused by David (pictured) and that he had learned his bandmate was leaving from a Los Angeles Times article
‘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.
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.’
