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Music hitlist

6 Aug 2009

The best music from the festival

The Bang Bang Club, David Byrne, Dub Syndicate, The Edge, Rough Cut Nation, Rough Cut Nation, Shooglenifty, The Stranglers, Time(less) Machine

David Byrne - Edge Festival Edinburgh

13 Jul 2009

Former Talking Heads leader returns to his groundbreaking roots

As artsy polymaths come, they don’t get much more well-rounded than David Byrne. Over the years, the Dumbarton-born New Yorker has worked on projects involving theatre, dance, photography and opera, and now in his late 50s, he’s showing no signs of…

Edinburgh festival highlights: The top 30 shows

13 Jul 2009

August’s finest entertainment at a glance

We bring you a selection of the best shows at Edinburgh this year across all the festivals, including barnstorming retelling of the Goethe story Faust, former Talking Head David Byrne in experimental mood, The Wire's creator David Simon and theatre…