Watch David Byrne & The Atomic Bomb Band Cover William Onyeabor On Fallon

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0047 -- Pictured: Musical guest David Byrne and the Atomic Bomb Band perform on April 29, 2014 -- (Photo by: Nathaniel Chadwick/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

Watch David Byrne & The Atomic Bomb Band Cover William Onyeabor On Fallon

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0047 -- Pictured: Musical guest David Byrne and the Atomic Bomb Band perform on April 29, 2014 -- (Photo by: Nathaniel Chadwick/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

Nigerian electro-funk musician William Onyeabor has long been a cause célèbre among musicians including Damon Albarn, Dan Snaith, and David Byrne, and in the past year that celebration of Onyeabor’s work has spilled out into the general public. Byrne’s Luaka Bop label released the compilation Who Is William Onyeabor? last year, and this year has brought us the documentary Fantastic Man and Hot Chip’s cover of Onyeabor’s “Atomic Bomb.” There was also a tribute concert in London earlier this month featuring Byrne backed by the Atomic Bomb Band, an all-star lineup including Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, LCD Soundsystem’s Pat Mahoney, Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, and project coordinators Money Mark and Sinkane. That concert is coming to these shores in May, with two New York shows scheduled for this weekend (also featuring Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes and the Rapture’s Luke Jenner) and West Coast dates in San Francisco and Los Angeles next weekend. To kick off the North American series of events, Byrne brought a version of the Atomic Bomb Band to The Tonight Show last night to perform Onyeabor’s awesome “Fantastic Man.” Read Byrne’s behind-the-scenes post here, and watch it unfold below with a band featuring Mahoney, Sinkane, Money Mark, Joshua Redman, and the Lijadu Sisters. Cowboy hats abound.

Here are the Atomic Bomb Band’s upcoming tour dates:

5/2 New York, NY @ BAM — David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Luke Jenner (The Rapture), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange), Joshua Redman, Money Mark, The Lijadu Sisters & Sinkane
5/3 New York, NY @ BAM — David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Luke Jenner (The Rapture), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange), Joshua Redman, Money Mark, The Lijadu Sisters & Sinkane
5/6 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield — David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Joshua Redman, Money Mark, The Lijadu Sisters & Sinkane
5/8 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre — David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Joshua Redman, Money Mark, The Lijadu Sisters & Sinkane



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