Editing Remain in Light (section)

==Promotion and release==
[[File:Talking Heads band1.jpg|thumb|alt=A guitarist, a drummer, and a keyboardist are performing a song live in concert.|Talking Heads hired five additional musicians for the ''Remain in Light'' promotional tours.]]

Brian Eno advised Talking Heads that the music on ''Remain in Light'' was too dense for a quartet to perform live.{{sfn|Bowman|2001|p=179}} The band expanded to nine musicians for the tours in support of the album, with Harrison recruiting Belew, [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] keyboardist [[Bernie Worrell]], bassist [[Busta Jones|Busta "Cherry" Jones]], [[Ashford & Simpson]] percussionist Steven Scales, and backing vocalist Dolette MacDonald.<ref name=shakers /> The larger group performed soundchecks in Frantz's and Weymouth's loft by following the rhythms established by Worrell, who had studied at the [[New England Conservatory of Music|New England Conservatory]] and [[Juilliard School]].{{sfn|Bowman|2001|p=180}}

The expanded band's first appearance was on August 23, 1980, at the [[Heatwave (festival)|Heatwave festival]] in [[Ontario]], for an audience of 70,000; Robert Hilburn of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the band's new music a "rock-funk sound with dramatic, near show-stopping force".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hilburn, Robert |date=August 25, 1980 |title=Heatwave Rock Festival in Canada |page=G1 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104572403/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628132233/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104572403/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=June 28, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022 }}</ref> On August 27, the expanded Talking Heads performed a showcase of tracks to an 8,000-person full house at the [[Wollman Rink]], as well as approximately another 10,000 seated on the grass outside the walls, in [[Central Park]].{{sfn|Bowman|2001|p=181}} Only these two performances were initially planned, but Sire Records decided to support the nine-member band on an extended tour.<ref name=shakers /> After the promotional tour, the band went on hiatus for several years, leaving the individual members to pursue a variety of side projects.<ref name="allmusic_bio" />

''Remain in Light'' was released worldwide on October 8, 1980, and received its world premiere, airing in its entirety, on October 10 on [[WPSU (FM)|WDFM]].<ref name="AIR">{{cite news |title=WDFM to air premiere of Talking Heads' newest|work=[[The Daily Collegian (Penn State)|The Daily Collegian]]|page=18|date=October 10, 1980}}</ref> According to writer David Sheppard, "it was received as a great cultural event as much as a vivid art-pop record."<ref name="Shep">{{cite book|last=Sheppard|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGoauc9eLBYC&pg=PT396|title=On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno|date=May 2009|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-4091-0593-0|page=346}}</ref> Unusually, the album's press release included a bibliography submitted by Byrne and Eno citing books by Chernoff and others to provide context for how the songs were conceived. “I didn't read those books", said an incensed Weymouth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |author-link= |date=December 8, 2020 |title=Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=9780306903373 |quote= I wanted to have more interesting interviews,” said Byrne. “It was my way to say here are the things I want to talk about.}}</ref>

''Remain in Light'' was certified Gold by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] in February 1981 after shipping 50,000 copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |title=CRIA: Search Certification Database |publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |archive-date=April 12, 2009 }} ''Note: User search required.''</ref> and by [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in September 1985 after shipping 500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |title=RIAA: Gold & Platinum |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=May 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904024728/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |archive-date=September 4, 2015 }} ''Note: User search required.''</ref> Over one million copies of the album have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ronstadt will return to Broadway stage|last=Robinson, Lisa|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]|page=45|date=June 18, 1981}}</ref>