Final yr’s announcement that Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey had been to tour collectively as BEAT to carry out highlights from King Crimson‘s eighties catalogue was greeted with a lot rejoicing, and the following reveals had been rapturously acquired.
If you happen to weren’t fortunate sufficient to attain a ticket, a brand new video hints at what all of the fuss was about. For after 65 reveals in 2024 and one other eight this yr, pro-shot footage of a full set from the BEAT undertaking has emerged on-line.
It is unclear the place the filming happened, though the YouTube channel’s Argentine origins counsel it could have been at one of many two reveals the band performed within the nation final month, in Cordoba and Buenos Aires. Full footage under.
BEAT have one different present lined up this yr, on the famed Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, on September 1. And whereas no UK or European reveals have been confirmed, they continue to be a chance.
“I imagine that’s potential,” Adrian Belew informed Prog final yr. “However there’s no approach to know proper now. I’m shocked at how excited Steve is. He’s the one I used to be involved about as a result of he does plenty of touring, however I feel he’s beginning to see that that is one thing he’d love to do greater than much less.
“Steve retains telling me how stunning the music is and what a problem it’s for him. But it surely’s one which he desires to do. And Danny’s in the identical boat. Then there’s Tony and me, who want to do that as a lot as potential.”
BEAT Performing The Music of 80s King Crimson: setlist
Set 1
Neurotica
Neal and Jack and Me
Heartbeat
Sartori in Tangier
Dig Me
Mannequin Man
Man With an Open Coronary heart
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic Half III
Set 2
Ready Man
The Sheltering Sky
Sleepless
Body by Body
Matte Kudasai
Elephant Discuss
Three of a Good Pair
Indiscipline
Encore
Pink
Thela Hun Ginjeet