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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 Tom Petty in Chula Vista, Calif.
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.
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