"here lies love" was performed live four times before the album was released. it was first presented as a song cycle (with vocals by byrne, dana diaz-tutaan and ganda suthivarakom) at the adelaide festival of arts under the artistic direction of brett sheehy in adelaide, australia, on 10 march 2006 with additional dates on 13 and 14 march, and was also performed live at the carnegie hall in new york city on 3 february 2007, as part of the carnegie hall perspectives series.