Paramore Covers Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down The House’ Opening For Taylor Swift In France
The band recorded the song for an upcoming tribute album’.
By Andy Kahn May 10, 2024 • 8:18 am PDT

Paramore kicked off their run supporting Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour with an opening set Thursday at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France near Paris. Lead singer Hayley Williams led her bandmates through their first public performance of the Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House.”
Paramore recorded a cover of “Burning Down The House” for the forthcoming Talking Heads tribute album Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. Their track is one of 16 covers of songs associated with the Talking Heads included on the compilation coming out on May 17.
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Paramore is on board to support Swift’s Eras Tour throughout the European leg, which runs through August. Watch video footage of Paramore covering Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House” below:
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Setlist
- Hard Times
- Burning Down the House
- Still Into You
- Caught in the Middle
- Brick by Boring Brick
- The Only Exception
- That's What You Get
- Ain't It Fun
- This Is Why