Beck has announced plans to play his 2012 sheet-music album Song Reader live again with a star-studded lineup. He first performed the "album" live in San Francisco then in London over the summer and will try it out again on Nov. 24 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone reports.
As with his London performance, Beck will hit the stage with a group of special guests, including Jarvis Cocker, Jenny Lewis, Childish Gambino, Van Dyke Parks and John C. Reilly with his father, David Campbell, conducting the concert.
The concert is a partnership with eyewear company Warby Parker. Beck collaborated with the company on a pair of limited-edition frames, which he named Carmichael. They will go on sale in mid-November and are available in Root Beer and Crystal colorings suitable for both optical and sunwear use.
Beck spoke with Rolling Stone last year about the album saying, "I think there's something human in sheet music, something that doesn't depend on technology to facilitate it - it's a way of opening music up to what someone else is able to bring to it."
The singer also announced earlier this week that the first album on his new label will be Morning Phase. It is his first recorded album since 2008's Modern Guilt and is said to be reminiscent of his early album, Sea of Change. Morning Phase is due out in February via Capitol Records.
Pre-sale tickets for his Song Reader show in Hollywood go on sale Nov. 2 with a general on-sale set for the next day.
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