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MUSICAL genius David Byrne is renowned as a man who likes to do things differently, so perhaps Insider shouldn't have been too surprised to spot him around Hope Street ... on his bike! The 56-year-old Talking Heads frontman front·man  
n.
1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority.

2. Music A leading singer with a group.
 was in Liverpool to perform what has been hailed as one of the gigs of the year at the Phil.

But in addition to being an inspirational singer and songwriter, Byrne also lists cyclist and keen conservationist among his talents and he was clearly keen to display them all.

"He arrived with a trailer-load of bikes behind the tour buses and promptly jumped on one for a ride around the Hope Street area," reports our source. "He was gone for about half an hour, outpacing a few autograph autograph

Any manuscript handwritten by its author; in common usage, a handwritten signature. Aside from its value as a collector's item, an early or corrected draft of a work may show its stages of composition or “correct” final version.
 hunters who were waiting outside the Phil, then came back and got on with his sound check." The exercise evidently did him some good as fans reported it was an amazing a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
 gig.

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Publication:Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:Apr 9, 2009
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