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Illustration: Lauren Cierzan

In March, left-field pop maestro Beck made a special one-off appearance at The Basement East, playing a solo acoustic show. Jack White, seemingly enjoying some downtime before the massive world tour supporting his two new LPs, strolled onto the stage before the show began. Mimicking his turn as Elvis in Walk Hard, he introduced himself as Beck, here to play “one of my favorite Beck songs from the 1990s, that I wrote,” followed by a li’l medley of Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping” and The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).” Beck, seemingly in on the joke, played the perfect straight man to White’s wiseguy, adding a little extra touch of whimsy to one of the year’s more memorable shows.

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