news / updates
August 27, 2005
Beck is playing at this year's Vegoose festival in Las Vegas, from October 29th to the 30th. Tickets available here.
posted by Robyn at 4:32 AM EST
August 25, 2005
Resfest is presenting a Beck Music Video Retrospective. "A selection of his music videos hand-picked by Beck himself, from his first video – the breakout hit 'Loser' to his most recent video for 'Girl' off the acclaimed new album Guero, will get a big screen tribute around the globe as part of the RESFEST world-wide tour." [beck.com]
Screenings:
- RESFEST New York Saturday, September 17th 8PM Tribeca Performing Arts
- RESFEST San Francisco Saturday, September 24th 6PM Palace of Fine Arts
- RESFEST Los Angeles Saturday, October 1st 6PM Egyptian Theater
- RESFEST Chicago Saturday, October 12PM Museum of Contemporary Art
Filter Magazine has a review for the White Stripes show Beck appeared at. [from Beth]
posted by Robyn at 6:24 PM EST
August 19, 2005
Beck appears in the satirical/UNICEF benefit song "Do They Know It's Halloween?", which you can listen to at Vice Records. Other contributors include The Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Feist, Devendra Banhart and a gazillion more. The "epic journey into the pulsating heart of fear" (...whoa) will be released on October 11th.
Beck is performing at the KROQ Inland Invasion on September 17th at the Helen Hyundai Pavilion.
Beck's Next Single Features Christina Ricci, A.K.A. 'Kurisuti-na': information about "Hell Yes" and the music video.
posted by Robyn at 2:47 PM EST
August 18, 2005
Beck's "E-Pro" video was nominated for a Best Male Video VMA. More info at Newsday.
Beck joined the White Stripes onstage at their August 12th show in LA to play "Cold Brains". [from Productshop NYC]
Justine contributed this photo of Beck from Portland: 
posted by Robyn at 6:23 PM EST
August 14, 2005
Trey McIntyre's latest dance project incorporates Beck songs. Read more about it at nytimes.com.
There's a new "Girls 'horrible' Peach stripes T" available in the Beck emporium. [from Jmj/David/Me]
posted by Robyn at 3:11 AM EST
August 11, 2005
Beck wrote the introduction to The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (out October 5th), compiled by Dave Eggers and featuring a bunch of authors you probably haven't been required to read.
posted by Robyn at 2:22 AM EST
August 9, 2005
Becktabs is giving away two DVDs (Sessions at West 54th, Union Chapel, April 28, 2003) to two people. All you have to do is post something in the forum.
posted by Robyn at 4:22 AM EST
East Coast tour dates (mtv.com article)
- 9/19 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
- 9/20 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
- 9/21 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
- 9/22 – Detroit, MI @ State Theatre
- 9/24 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena (with the Rolling Stones)
- 9/25 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
- 9/26 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (with the Rolling Stones)
- 9/29 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
- 10/1 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Stadium (with the Rolling Stones)
- 10/2 – Brooklyn, NY @ KeySpan Park (Across the Narrows festival)
- 10/5 – Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
- 10/8 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Hopefully there's more to come since most er, some of the dates are with the Rolling Stones. [from Jmj/David/Me]
posted by Robyn at 1:51 AM EST
August 8, 2005
Information about the "Across the Narrows" music festival in NY is up at acrossthepondnyc.com. Beck is headlining on October 2nd in Keyspan Park.
There are some photos of Beck at The Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre 36th Anniversary Gala. [from hotzappa11]
posted by Robyn at 1:44 PM EST
August 7, 2005
Best Beck tribute ever: Pickin' On Beck. Listen to more sound clips at Tower Records [from Jmj/David/Me]. (You may also be interested in The Bluegrass Tribute to Air.)
Filter Magazine reviews Beck at the Universal Amphitheater.
posted by Robyn at 4:45 AM EST
August 4, 2005
Beck performed at a news conference in Tokyo to mark Japan's new iTunes online music store. Here's a photo from his performance. There are more photos RBB TOday. [from cash]
Pitchfork reviews Beck at Universal Amphitheater. [from fruit].
There's a small mention of Beck in a Scientology segment from The Daily Show (uses Windows Media Player).
posted by Robyn at 10:19 PM EST
August 3, 2005
See photos and read reviews from the Fuji Rock Festival at fujirockexpress.com. [from Jmj/David/Me]
posted by Robyn at 12:19 AM EST
August 1, 2005
Kaitlin wrote an awesome review of Beck in LA (photos). Read the whole thing! One girl got Beck's tambourine and took photos. Another person took photos and got backstage. FUN-NESS.
Billboard says that Beck will be part of the Across the Pond concerts in NY, to be held in Keyspan Park in Brooklyn and Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island on October 1-2. Other artists scheduled to appear are the Pixies, Oasis, and the Killers.