British music legend Brian Eno spotted at this independent Birmingham restaurant

British musician Brian Eno has been spotted in a popular Birmingham restaurant which has attracted a host of household names.

The 75-year-old visual artist, composer, and record producer is the man behind the score for the 2009 film The Lovely Bones and several collaborations with David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, U2, Coldplay, and Talking Heads.

He was snapped enjoying a meal with his family in Stirchley on Friday (July 14) at Eat Vietnam. The owner of the restaurant posted about his interaction with the legendary musician. Eno was seen wearing two tiny finger puppets that looked like hands as he posed with the restaurateur.

Eat Vietnam’s team shared a photo saying: “It was a quiet lunch service yesterday. I respectfully didn’t disrupt him while he was eating with his lovely family, but couldn’t help to declare that I’m a fan as they were settling up. Told him that I still play Regiment out whenever I have a chance. A record that’s always been in my box, if I’m taking vinyl out to play. He responded yeah that’s 42 years old. I was thinking how d’you even remember that so quickly when you have made so many great records. Amazing! Mr Eno.”

Regiment is a 1981 single by Brian Eno and Scottish-American singer-songwriter David Byrne. He left Roxy Music in 1973 but was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2019. A self-described “non-musician” has been called “one of popular music’s most important and influential figures” by Wired magazine. He also developed a musical app alongside composer and programmer Peter Chilvers, to take his work in generative music forward.