Austin: BEAT (Belew, Vai, Levin, Bozzio) at ACL Live
BEAT, the all-star band celebrating the music of King Crimson, comes to ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2026. Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin, and Terry Bozzio take the stage at 8:00 PM, and tickets start at $87.
About BEAT and the King Crimson music they play
BEAT is built around two veterans of King Crimson’s celebrated 1980s lineup. Guitarist and singer Adrian Belew and bassist Tony Levin joined Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford to make Discipline in 1981, Beat in 1982, and Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, three albums that fused interlocking guitars, new wave, and gamelan-like rhythms into something no other rock band sounded like. The group takes its name from that middle record.
Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai, best known for Passion and Warfare and his work with Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth, handles Fripp’s intricate parts. For the past two years Tool’s Danny Carey sat behind the kit, but his Tool commitments kept him off this fall’s run, so drummer Terry Bozzio, another Zappa alumnus known for U.K. and Missing Persons, steps in. Belew has said the band is also adding some 1990s King Crimson material to the set this time around.
Austin has a deep bench of guitar heroes, as our story on Gary Clark Jr. and Austin’s guitar royalty shows, and a lineup of this caliber is a rare treat for local players. The Moody Theater was built for broadcast-quality sound, which matters for music this detailed.
The fall tour runs about 40 dates from early October to early December, and it has been billed as BEAT’s final North American run. Get your tickets on StubHub while you still can.
Doors typically open an hour before showtime. It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving, so expect lighter crowds downtown than usual, but leave time to park near the venue on Second Street.