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Beck has shared a new cover of Neil Young‘s ‘Old Man’ – check out the version below.The new version of the 1972 track was teased on Sunday night (September 25) in an NBC Sports advert during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game.Following the teaser, the full version has now been shared on streaming services, which you can listen to below.The latest in a number of takes on Neil Young songs, Beck’s solo version of ‘Old Man’ brings a haunting quality to the ‘Harvest’ track.Back in 2018, Beck teamed up with Jenny Lewis to cover Young’s iconic hit ‘Harvest Moon’ during a gig at at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado.Listen to his new version of ‘Old Man’ below.This week, Beck debuted a new collaboration with Gorillaz, with the singer and cartoon band giving new song ‘Possession Island’ its live debut at Gorillaz’ Los Angeles show this weekend (September 23).Gorillaz will release new album ‘Cracker Island’ on February 24, 2023 via Parlophone (pre-order here) and announced the record recently by sharing latest single ‘New Gold’, featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown.The new Beck collaboration will feature on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Song Machine, Season One – Strange Timez’, and they performed it for the first time at the gig at Los Angeles’ Forum on Friday night, alongside their first collaboration, ‘Strange Timez’ track ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’.Last month, Dave Grohl joined Beck on stage during an LA charity show.

Gorillaz and Beck debuted a new collaboration at the former’s Los Angeles show this weekend (September 23) – watch them perform ‘Possession Island’ below.Gorillaz will release new album ‘Cracker Island’ on February 24, 2023 via Parlophone (pre-order here) and announced the record recently by sharing latest single ‘New Gold’, featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown.The new Beck collaboration will feature on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Song Machine, Season One – Strange Timez’, and they performed it for the first time at the gig at Los Angeles’ Forum on Friday night, alongside their first collaboration, ‘Strange Timez’ track ‘The Valley Of The Pagans’.Elsewhere at the show, Gorillaz performed ‘New Gold’ with Tame Impala and Bootie Brown, and debuted ‘Song Machine’ track ‘Pac-Man’ with ScHoolboy Q.They also performed the title track from ‘Cracker Island’ with Thundercat and gave a second performance of ‘Rock The House’ with Del the Funky Homosapien, a song that was given its live debut at an earlier show this week, 21 years after its release.Watch the live debut of ‘Possession Island’ and the other collaborations below.The virtual band has a host of collaborators on ‘Cracker Island’, their eighth studio album including Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Adeleye Omotayond and more, as well as the aforementioned Beck, Tame Impala and Bootie Brown.It’s produced by eight-time Grammy Award-winning producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Greg Kurstin along with Gorillaz and Remi Kabaka Jr.Press material about Gorillaz’s new album states: “Originally based at Kong Studios in West London, the group of musical misfits – Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D – have relocated to Silverlake, California as they recruit new members to join The Last

Dave Grohl joined Beck on-stage during an intimate charity gig in LA last night (August 16).The show was organised by the film director and producer Judd Apatow as part of a series of benefit events at the 280-capacity Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.Each show is raising funds for and awareness of Victims First, “a network of surviving victims of mass casualty crime and trusted supporters who have first-hand experiences of the problems and re-victimisation that accompany these acts when there is a lack of coordinated effort and/or understanding of what survivors need”.Beck headlined last night’s charity gig, which also featured appearances from Tenacious D, Sarah Silverman and comedian Pete Holmes.A post shared by Largo (@largolosangeles)According to Variety, Beck performed a short acoustic set which included renditions of ‘Cyanide Breath Mint’ and ‘Debra’ as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Dead Flowers’.He was also joined by producer Greg Kurstin and actor John C.

Beck has said that he regrets rejecting Weird Al Yankovic’s request to parody ‘Loser’.Yankovic had asked to cover Beck’s hit in the mid-’90s but he turned him down, fearing that he was already not being taken seriously as an artist.At the time of Beck’s breakout success with ‘Loser’, he was facing what he today remembers as a barrage of negative press.Beck said in a preview of his upcoming Audible Original premiered by Billboard that he was worried the move would vindicate industry bosses and journalists who regarded his songs as “hodgepodge ideas” that weren’t “real songs”.“‘Weird Al’ Yankovic tried to do a parody of it. It was going to be called ‘Schmoozer’,” Beck recalled in the preview. “I regret denying him permission to do it.

Beck has announced his plans to re-record his classic tracks ‘Loser’ and ‘Where It’s At’ for an unspecified new project.Speaking during a keynote Q&A with New Yorker writer Amanda Petrusich (per Rolling Stone). “I think it’s a bit arbitrary that you make a record and that’s the only version that exists,” he said.“You look back at your work and you see things you want to fix. That’s what drives the next album.

Beck and St. Vincent are among the artists set to perform at a MusiCares event honouring Joni Mitchell.The iconic singer-songwriter, who was recognised last year during the 44th Kennedy Center Honours, is set to be honoured at MusiCares’ 2022 Person of the Year tribute concert; it takes place at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 1.In addition to Beck and St.

Beck and Lizzo are among the keynote speakers announced for this year’s edition of SXSW Festival next month.The two artists join author Neal Stephenson, director Celine Tricart, Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McHill Johnson and Brentwood Growth Partners Founder Reggie Fils-Aimé in giving keynote addresses as part of the program.TX IM COMING BAAAACK—- it’s been a min, is @torchystacos vegan

Eddie Vedder has announced the lineup for this year’s edition of his Ohana Encore festival, featuring two headline sets from Pearl Jam.The festival is set to take place in Dana Point, California on October 1-2, and will also feature sets from Beck, Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile and others.On October 1, Pearl Jam will be joined by Beck, Lord Huron, White Reaper and more, with Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and others playing the following night.See the full line-up for Ohana Encore 2021 below. Tickets are on sale this Friday (July 23) at 6pm BST here.

Beck and Natalie Bergman have shared a pair of new collaborations – listen to both below.The former tourmates have teamed up for a cover of Lion’s track ‘You’ve Got A Woman’, with Beck also remixing Bergman’s recent track ‘Paint The Rain’.In a statement about the new releases, Bergman said that touring with Beck as part of the band Wild Belle in 2019 was “a highlight of my career.“He has always fostered a spirit of collaboration through music,” she added. “Getting to work alongside him is a dream.

Beck has rescheduled his forthcoming UK tour to 2022 and has added several new dates.The American singer-songwriter was set to head out on a UK and European tour this summer, but he was forced to postpone the dates due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The dates for the UK leg of the tour have now been rescheduled to 2022, kicking off with a new date at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on June 14.

Beck says he was planning to sample Labi Siffre’s ‘I Got The…’ before Eminem beat him to it.Marshall Mathers famously used the track in his massive 1999 hit ‘My Name Is…’, but wasn’t the first to think about sampling the 1975 song.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music to mark 25 years of his fifth album ‘Odelay’, Beck revealed that his producers the Dust Brothers were planning on sampling ‘I Got The…’ for him for the follow-up to his 1999 record ‘Midnite Vultures’.However, in a meeting with Interscope executive Jimmy Iovine, Beck was played an advance version of ‘My Name Is…’, which sampled the same song.“I went in my first meeting with Jimmy Iovine and I had ‘Midnite Vultures’ and I was going to play it for him,” Beck told Wilkinson.

Daniel Johnston‘s  ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’ has been released in aid of mental health awareness.The clip, which features previously unseen footage of the late singer-songwriter, was created by The Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit inspired by his life and work.You can watch the video below, which features cameos from a number of different artists whose performances of the song are blended with Johnston’s original.

Beck has cancelled his UK and Europe tour dates for this summer due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.His tour was set to take in dates at London’s Brixton Academy and Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse, among others, but the entire run of shows has now been cancelled with rescheduled dates to follow at a later time.“Due to continued coronavirus-related restrictions on public gatherings, and in the interest of public safety, the below Beck shows will not be happening as scheduled,” a statement on Beck’s Twitter stated today (May 20).“We’re working to reschedule as many of these shows as soon as it is safe to do so and will keep you updated along the way. Please refer to point of purchase for ticketing/refund information.

Beck has shared his take on Paul McCartney‘s ‘Find My Way’, after recording the track for a re-worked version of ‘McCartney III’.The singer’s new cover is the second track to emerge from the album, after Dominic Fike previously debuted a hypnotic cover of ‘The Kiss of Venus’.While the funk-laden core of the track remains intact, the new offering sees Beck providing vocals and McCartney on guitar duties.Explaining how the remix initially came about, Beck said: “He [McCartney] just sent me that particular tune, so I just went right into it. The way I work with remixes is I’ll take the vocal and then I’ll just start from scratch.“I’ll just build a whole new song.

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After serving as a staple of the San Francisco Bay Area nightlife scene for 30 years, popular music club Slim’s announced on Friday (March 20) that it would be ceasing operations permanently.

Autumn de Wilde was an aspiring photographer in L.A. when, in 2000, her friend asked her to direct a video for one of his songs. She wasn’t sure if she was up to the task, but he insisted. That friend was Elliott Smith. “I was really moved that he believed in me,” de Wilde recalls. “I had started storytelling with my photography, I just didn’t quite realize it yet.” Her homespun visual for the Figure 8 track “Son of Sam”—along with that album’s now-iconic cover photo—kicked off her illustrious career.

coronavirus lockdown spending habits and admitted his wife Storm has frozen him out of his own online Amazon account.He said: ‘Storm has frozen my Amazon account. I had nothing to do at the weekend.