Beck, best know for his 1994 breakthrough hit “Loser”, has 16 concerts booked from August 21 in Reno, NV through October 2-3 in Chicago, IL. The October 3 show at the Aragon Ballroom is sold out. The Brooklyn-based futurist rock/pop ensemble MGMT picks up the tour in midstream and opens from September 22-October 3.
Beck will be promoting his new eighth studio album “Modern Guilt,” which was released on July 8. Strangely, in the CD era when an hour-plus worth of music can easily be contained within, the “Modern Guilt” has less than 34 minutes of music. Beck collaborated with producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, part of the Gnarls Barkley duo, on the 10 track album.
The vinyl edition of the album includes download codes for high-quality (320 kbps) MP3s “produced from a playback of the vinyl master,” according to a press release.
Beck itinerary:
Dates subject to change
| August 21 | Reno, NV | Grand Sierra Resort and Casino |
| August 22 | San Francisco, CA | Golden Gate Park– Outside Lands Festival |
| August 24 | Bend, OR | Les Schwab Amphitheater |
| August 27 | Victoria, BC | Royal Theatre |
| August 28 | Vancouver, BC | Orpheum Theater |
| August 30 | Seattle, WA | Bumbershoot |
| September 19 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Street Scene Festival |
| September 20 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl |
| September 22 | Phoenix, AZ | Dodge Theatre (with MGMT) |
| September 23 | Albuquerque, NM | Kiva Auditorium (with MGMT) |
| September 25 | El Paso, TX | Abraham Chavez Theatre (with MGMT) |
| September 27 | Austin, TX | Zilker Park–Austin City Limits Music Festival |
| September 29 | Kansas City, MO | Uptown Theater (with MGMT) |
| September 30 | Minneapolis, MN | Wilkins Auditorium (with MGMT) |
| October 2-3 | Chicago, IL | Aragon Ballroom (with MGMT) |
