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Tonight in Rock: No Beck for You!

Beck was scheduled to do his usual pre-tour ritual of a shortly notified concert at The Echo tonight. Tickets were already sold out online, but about an hour ago, the show was canceled for reasons unknown at this point. However, tickets are most definitely still available for his September 20th show at the Bowl where he'll play with MGMT and Spoon.
Tonight
Beck @ The Echo
Coldplay @ Jimmy Kimmel Live
Pedestrian, Adjoa Skinner @ Molly Malone's
Spider Problem, Pizza!, Kandice @ Silverlake Lounge
Afternoons, Warpaint, Kenan Bell, Gus Black @ Spaceland
Rumspringa, Darren Weiss, Dawes, Clyde Wren @ Echoplex
In Waves, Io Echo, Solare, Idyllists @ Viper Room (take the metro)
Aimee Mann @ Largo at the Coronet (first concert in the new space)
Bobb Bruno, DARYLALEXANDER, Fantastic Sleep, Voice on Tape, Zombelle @ The Smell
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