BECK with special guests MGMT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 , 2008 THE SOUND ACADEMY - TORONTO Doors 7:00pm Show 8:00pm TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY AUGUST 15 @ 10:00am Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets, Rotate This and Sonic Temple or call 416-870-8000 to charge by phone or www.ticketmaster.ca Tickets (incl. GST) $50.00 (plus FMF and service charges) *ALL AGES* Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Beck has just announced a Toronto concert – October 5th at the Sound Academy, with special guests MGMT. Beck is touring in support of his new album, the critically acclaimed Modern Guilt. The album contains 10 new songs, and with the exception of last year’s Grammy-nominated, digital-only single “Timebombâ€, Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005’s platinum Guero and 2006’s universally acclaimed The Information. Modern Guilt is a tightly assembled group of songs that range in lyrical tone from introspection and social commentary to off the cuff wordplay and lighthearted humour. Musically, the album’s tracks vacillate between economy and experimentation, hybrid and pop classicism, while consistently manifesting Beck and producer Danger Mouse’s shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration.