Stephen Colbert and David Byrne Perform "Burning Down the House"

On Tuesday night’s episode of The Late Show , David Byrne staged a performance of Talking Heads’ classic “Burning Down the House,” delivering a fittingly cathartic moment in the face of his show’s end. Stephen Colbert himself joined Byrne and his band near the song’s conclusion, slipping into their signature blue suit and dancing with reckless abandon.

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Byrne will spend much of the next few months on the road, including an early summer run through Europe followed by late summer dates across Asia and the US .

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/05/stephen-colbert-david-byrne-talking-heads-burning-down-the-house/)._