Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan As Police Woman, Conor J O’Brien (Villagers), Michael Kiwanuka, The Staves, Guillemots, Pictish Trail, James Yorkston, The Mighty Boosh, Jamie McDermott, Sam Amidon, Kate Tempest, Luke Wright, Simon Armitage, Sam Mumford, Bellatrix (1)

Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan As Police Woman, Conor J O’Brien (Villagers), Michael Kiwanuka, The Staves, Guillemots, Pictish Trail, James Yorkston, The Mighty Boosh, Jamie McDermott, Sam Amidon, Kate Tempest, Luke Wright, Simon Armitage, Sam Mumford, Bellatrix (1)

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Song Reader Live

A stellar-line up of artists bring Beck’s critically acclaimed catalogue of sheet music to life.

Beck has always been one of music’s great pioneers and Song Reader is an experiment in what an album might look like in the digital age: 20 songs, including two instrumentals, existing only as a book of individual pieces of sheet music, never before released or recorded. The songs are meant to come to life in a new golden age of home performance, leaving the listener, essentially, to be the performer

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Beck

Beck appearing at this event

Beck's rambling collage of sound is built up from cryptic Dylanesque lyrics, Delta blues, hiphop and rock'n'roll. Blended in a carefree, lo-fi style…

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Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker appearing at this event

Jarvis Cocker was at the heart of the 90s Britpop scene as frontman of Pulp, who released four albums during the decade, most notably 'His 'n' Hers'…

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Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand appearing at this event

Cheeky and charismatic four-piece from Scotland, pedalling angular, arty and knowing indie-pop. In 2004 they won the hearts of the music press and…

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Beth Orton

Beth Orton appearing at this event

Beth Orton is one of the UK’s most unique and beguiling voices. Across almost thirty years, Orton’s sound has shapeshifted from her output with The…

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Also Appearing

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan As Police Woman, Conor J O’Brien (Villagers), Michael Kiwanuka, The Staves, Guillemots, Pictish Trail, James Yorkston, The Mighty Boosh, Jamie McDermott, Sam Amidon, Kae Tempest, Luke Wright, Simon Armitage, Sam Mumford, Bellatrix

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Barbican Centre

Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Disabled Booking:
020 7638 8891

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Barbican Centre

Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Disabled Booking:
020 7638 8891

See all events at Barbican Centre