Beck Surprise Show Tomorrow

Dunno how this popped up outta nowhere, but Beck will perform at the Gypsy Tea Room tomorrow night. Tickets are $16 ($12 plus service charge) and are obviously going fast [UPDATE: Sold out in about one hour]. The only question, really, is why the show is being billed as "Beck Jam" rather than just "Beck." Does this mean fans are in for an acoustic set? Some sort of tribal pow-wow where everyone in the crowd is given a tambourine and encouraged to..."jam"? Queries to the booking folks at the Gypsy Tea Room and Charles Attal Presents have yet to be answered, but it's probably fair to guess that no matter what the twist is, the show'll be plenty entertaining...remember, this is Beck, not Matt Sharp during his solo career plunge. You can probably buy a ticket with little worry about the show's quality.

At any rate, be happy that your status as a diehard Dd fan secured your Beck ticket. You do check this site every hour on the hour, right...? -SM

UPDATE: Just spoke to Chris Cantalini, who was apparently hip to the gig as of yesterday. Frickin big-time bloggers think they're so cool... ahem. "They were trying to find a venue to throw it at," Cantalini says, "because the ballroom side was too big, but the tea room side was too small...but I guess that's where they're doing it now." He linked me to the following report of a similar gig in DC and let me know that some of these Beck gigs have gone sale on the day of the show...I guess we lucked out. Looks awesome!