Beck - Tiny show!

[Parkey]

Beck is playing the Islington Academy (which is tiny) on Monday... Get there if you can!

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

i can certainly get there, but getting there and getting in is another question. do you have any other infos?

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

ah. tickets on sale tomorrow at 9am. no beer for me tonight.

[Parkey]

nice one. I want a full run down when you've been (y)

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

if i go...yeah :)

[b-grrrlie]

This from Beck's mailing list few hours ago, really wish I was in London now....
Beck's playing a show this coming Monday, March 14th at the Islington Academy
in London. Tix go onsale Saturday at 9am. You can order them here:
http://www.gigsandtours.com/index.asp?link=beck&site=beck

also, for those in the UK, we're giving away 1 pair of tix for Beck's
appearance on both CDUK, filming on Saturday March 12th and Jonathan Ross, filming on
Wednesday March 16th . All you have to do to enter is live in the London area,
and send an email with your name, address, and email to contest@beck.com

Each winner will be selected randomly tomorrow.

[Teh]

Lucky you, brodie :)

I can't wait for the new album. E Pro and Guero rock my socks.

[Documad]

I got the email from his website and got so excited -- thinking he'd actually scheduled a show here -- but it's on Monday and IN ENGLAND! Damn!

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

i didnt heed my own advice, and got in quite late. so late in fact, that i decided that it would probably be easier if i stayed up til 9am. at half five now and i am wondering whether this is a good idea. hmmm...

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

balls. not the good kind either.

[Teh]

You get them, then? :(

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

nope. probably just as well in the end. i couldnt really afford it. £25! fuck that.

[Teh]

Unlucky man. (n)

At least now you can sulk with us.

[checkyourprez]

just got the new album. blazin.

[Teh]

just got the new album. blazin.

It's not out here until the 21st. :(

Consider yourself lucky!

[Parkey]

From NME (http://www.nme.com/news/111707.htm);

BECK played a short-notice, intimate show in LONDON last night (March 14).

Having only announced the Islington Carling Academy gig via NME.COM on Friday (March 11), the venue sold out in just 45 minutes, creating a real buzz of expectation as Beck used the occasion to preview tracks from new album ‘Guero’.

Playing for just over an hour, Beck and his new band performed a combination of tracks from the new album including ‘Girl’ and new single‘E-Pro’ along with older favourites including ‘Where It’s At’, although that didn’t satisfy everyone.

After repeated calls from an audience member “to play some old stuff”, Beck eventually responded by telling the punter to “shut up”, winning loud applause from the rest of the crowd.

Speaking to NME.COM after the show, Beck admitted that he enjoyed playing smaller venues and the banter that went with it.

“These days I like the smaller shows, I’m enjoying that,” he said. “The energy gets very focalised and it’s interesting. It’s more conversational in a way – you can hear what the audience are saying. I usually talk back a bit more but I’m a bit punch- drunk from jetlag.”

The songs played were:

’Black Tambourine’
’Devil’s Haircut’
’Scarecrow’
’We Dance Alone’
’Guero’
‘Girl’
’Knock You Out’
’Missing’
’Go It Alone’
’Broken’
’Where It’s At’
‘Hell Yes’
’Rental Car’
’Emergency Exit’
’E-Pro’
’Get Real Paid’

’Guero’ is released in the UK on March 28.

[beastiegirl]

Damn! not been on the internet for a few days-found out 1 day too late about the beck gig. Had the day off aswell so easily could've gone :(

[b-grrrlie]

From NME (http://www.nme.com/news/111707.htm);

BECK played a short-notice, intimate show in LONDON last night (March 14).

Having only announced the Islington Carling Academy gig via NME.COM .....
Jeez NME is so up their own arse they don't know there's a world out there! What about us who got the info through Beck's mailing list!!!!??!!!