Beck, puppets plot brief North American tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Beck will play five North American shows next month in support of his upcoming album, "The Information," augmenting two previously announced festival sets in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a September 27 opening gig for

As at recent shows, he will be joined onstage by puppets created by Puppetown Productions during the trek, which will hit Nashville (October 12, City Hall), Chicago (October 14, UIC Pavilion), Toronto (October 16, Ricoh Arena), New York (October 18, Theater at Madison Square Garden) and Philadelphia (October 23, Tower Theater).

"The Information" is led by the single "Nausea," which is currently No. 17 on Billboard's airplay-based Modern Rock chart. Other highlights of the 17-song set include the funky, harmonica-laden "Dark Star" and the gently bopping "Soldier Jane," which evinces Radiohead veteran Nigel Godrich's signature production style.

Several other tracks move Beck far afield from the more mainstream elements of his sound, including the synth and drum machine wash of "Movie Theme," the glitchy rap of "Horrible Fanfare" and the bizarre, structure-less spoken word piece "Exoskeleton," which closes the album.

The album will be bundled with videos for each song, a handful of which can be sampled in advance on Beck's Web site.

Reuters/Billboard

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