Beck and the Flaming Lips will be playing at KROQ's Acoustic Christmas on December 8th along with Coldplay, Creed, Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Fallon, Good Charlotte, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, and The Vines.
Tickets for both nights of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas go on sale noon Saturday, November 30th at Ticketmaster locations only in LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties including Wherehouse, Tower Records and Ritmo Latino stores. Tickets will also be available at the Universal Amphitheatre Box-Office, Charge By Phone (213-480-3232 or 714-740-2000) and Ticketmaster.com.
No line-ups at any location before 10am. Random numbered wristbands will be distributed to determine your place in line. Limit of 2 tickets per person.
For ticket prices and more on-sale details, check back to kroq.com Wednesday, November 27.
VH1: Whose idea was it to go out with Beck?Wayne Coyne: It was Beck’s idea. We’ve tried to get him to reveal to us why he thought it would be a good idea, or if he still thinks it’s a good idea [laughs]. I think he thought to make it simpler he’d just call people who were already a band who can probably play his material and see if they’d do it. He figured I’d be up for it because I seek out the weird and unique moments for our career.
VH1: What were those first rehearsals like? Was there a period of adjustment?Coyne: We didn’t really know him. If I saw him at a festival we’d say, “Hey.” I know he’s a fan of ours and he knows I’m a fan of his. Initially, we thought maybe he’d come to Oklahoma. But little by little, we started to see how [there’s a] very Hollywood music-business [scene] oriented around him. You get a rehearsal space and next to you is one of those scary metal bands that dress up in silver-and-red make-up. Nice fellas, but very big-time music biz. Kelly Osbourne was having auditions in the space next door. Everyone is driven up in limousines and is accompanied by a big entourage that will kiss their ass.
"I think of her voice as not quite human."
At dotmusic you can watch the bit of Inside Bjork during which Beck gives some comments about Bjork and the Sugarcubes song "Birthday".
Beck and the Flaming Lips will be on Austin City Limits on January 4th. (check site for local listings)
The Beck Emporium has new Sea Change stuff! So if you want anything, definitely get it there and not from the tour or else you will be screwed out of lots and lots of magical green papery stuff (called "money"). :)
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