Beck Plays Surprise Set at Newport Folk Festival, Covers Bob Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm”: Watch

The sixty fifth Newport People Competition kicked off Frinday, and together with performances by Adrianne Lenker, Wednesday, MUNA, and extra, festival-goers have been handled to a shock set by Beck.

Taking the Quad Stage within the afternoon alongside a full band, Beck delivered a brief set consisting largely of covers of basic American songs paying tribute to the competition’s musical roots, together with renditions of Jimmie Rodgers’ “Ready for a Practice,” Blind Willie Johnson’s “God Strikes on the Water,” and the traditionals “John Hardy” and “Stagger Lee.” He additionally performed just a few ‘60s period songs, together with Fred Neil’s “The Different Aspect of This Life” and, in a basic Newport transfer, Bob Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm.”

Closing out the efficiency, Beck performed a handful of his personal songs, together with “The Golden Age,” “One Foot within the Grave,” and the set-closer, “Loser.” Take a look at movies of the efficiency beneath.

Beck was lately featured on the most recent Orville Peck single, “Loss of life Valley Excessive,” which debuted earlier this month. Up subsequent, he’ll end up his 2024 orchestral tour with two dates in New York Metropolis on July twenty ninth and thirtieth, adopted by just a few competition appearances in September, together with the inaugural South Star Music Competition. Seize tickets to Beck’s upcoming reveals right here.

Beck 2024 Newport People Competition Setlist:
Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan cowl)
The Different Aspect of This Life (Fred Neil cowl)
John Hardy
Ready for a Practice (Jimmie Rodgers cowl)
Stagger Lee
God Strikes on the Water (Blind Willie Johnson cowl)
The Golden Age
Misplaced Trigger
One Foot within the Grave
Loser