Wednesday, Feb 19, 1997
Beck
With The Cardigans , Sukia
- Date
- Wednesday, Feb 19, 1997
- Show time
- 8:00 PM
- Venue
- RIMAC Arena, UCSD Campus
- City
- La Jolla, CA
- Seating
- General Admission
- Face value
- $15.50
- Promoter
- Goldenvoice / Fineline Presents
- Sold by
- Ticketmaster
Odelay tour. The Cardigans opened — the Swedish band John remembered by the 'love me, love me' hook of Lovefool, which was on the radio that month. Sukia also played. setlist.fm logs all three at RIMAC.
What they played
- Devils Haircut
- Where It's At
- The New Pollution
- Loser
- Hotwax
5 songs, from setlist.fm. Contributed by whoever was standing there taking notes.
The moment
One week after this show, Beck stood up at the Grammys and collected two awards for Odelay — the record that made collage the sound of 1996 and 'Where It's At' the anthem of two turntables and a microphone. He was the consensus coolest man in music, playing a college gym for $15.50. And the opener was its own time capsule: the Cardigans, with 'Lovefool' inescapable that exact month off the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack. Two acts at their precise commercial peak, one Wednesday in La Jolla.
From the time
- Odelay
“The 1996 sample-collage landmark that swept the year-end polls and won Beck his first Grammys — a week after this show.”
The stub
