Maybe it was just 'cause I couldn't hack the $7 beers at Huge Ticketmaster Pavilion Venue in Boston last year, but when Beck crooked his cute lil' finger at the kids in the pit and told 'em to get up and get down, I just stuttered a bunch and stood there. What a nerd.
This time around, I've got a way better reason: Puppets! (Yikes!) And not just any old run-of-the-mill puppets, oh no. Beck's snagged the likes of Puppetown Productions for his latest tour, after their antics at Bonnaroo entertained some folks who definitely didn't smoke anything at all. I don't know what you talkin' about, man.
Personally, I think the drugstore cowboy can kick out the jams pretty well on his lonesome, but hey, sometimes you need Muppet go-go dancers. (I say this like I understand. I don't. But I still love him.)
He's even gone all Sesame Street on the new record... I dub thee, sir: The Information. Produced by Nigel Godrich, it's fun for the whole family! Collectible sticker sheets inside! Collect all four! Fuck Cracker Jack!
Paint-by-number tickets!!!:
09.27.06 - Chula Vista, CA - Coors Amphitheatre *
09.30.06 - Mountainview, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre #
10.07.06 - Los Angeles, CA - 1st & Main Streets %
10.12.06 - Nashville, TN - City Hall
10.14.06 - Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
10.16.06 - Toronto, ON - Ricoh Arena
10.18.06 - New York, NY - Theater at Madison Square Garden
10.23.06 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
* w/ Tom Petty (who had better get used to the idea of googly eyes)
# Download Festival
% Detour Music Festival
