The Talking Heads kicked off their Remain in Light Tour at the Heatwave Festival in Canada on August 23, 1980, where they live debuted several new songs from their forthcoming album.
The Canadian music festival was unofficially being dubbed as the New Wave Woodstock as it boasted a line up of The Clash, B52s, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Rockpile and others along with the Talking Heads for the all day event at Mosport Park about an hour east of Toronto.
“As of now this is the biggest New Wave event that has ever happened,” promoter Larry Weinstein said in a press conference before the show.
When The Clash backed out, organizers feared the walk up ticket sales would be affected. Tickets were $20 in advance and $25 day of show. The park’s capacity was 100,000.
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