Shepherds Bush done got two turntables and a microphone

Beck was brilliant. His support act, a guy with a laptop and a shellsuit, was a prick, but it just made Beck look all the better. The lights went down and came up to a small stage right in the middle of the stage, full of puppets, all playing along to recording of Loser - the crowd cheered like crazy, and then after a verse, the real band came on and took over from where the recording left off. For the rest of the show (which would have been fabulous on its own) the puppets mimicked the real performers unnervingly closely, and the huge video wall at the back of the stage showed puppet footage. Beck and his band rattled through a number of new ones, and some more familiar songs to me, 'Tropicalia', 'Devil's Haircut', 'Where it's at', and the singles from Guero. Beck did treat us to a little solo stuff, while his band sat down to a meal. Halfway through the meal they all began playing the table as percussion (which the puppets did too)! All in all, an energetic, imaginative and highly entertaining evening. With excellent company too, if they're reading.