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Watch Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand Perform At London Song Reader Event

Beck - Song Reader event

Beck – Song Reader event

|Beck - Song Reader event

In 2012 Beck released an album of sheet music, Song Reader. Earlier this week, on July 4, Beck played songs from this album with a full band in London at The Barbican. It was Beck's first time playing songs from this album with a full band, and he was joined by a cast of collaborators including Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beth Orton, Conor J O'Brien of Villagers, the Staves, Guillemots, and various others. Watch footage from the show below.


Beck and Jarvis Cocker - “Why Did You Make Me Care?”
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Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg Live - "Just Noise"
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"Don't Act Like Your Head Isn't Hard"
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"I'm Down"
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Beck, Joan Wasser, and Conor J O'Brien - "Do We We Do"
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"Rough On Rats" finale
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