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The Idolator Q & A: William Beckett Of The Academy Is... [In Conversation]

Mar 27, 2009, 10:00am Idolator
The Idolator Q & A: William Beckett Of The Academy Is... [In Conversation] Two weeks ago, I caught an acoustic show by The Academy Is... —well, really just lead singer/songwriter William Beckett —along with hundreds of adoring teenagers, some of whom were camped out four hours ahead of showtime in the venue's lobby, hoping to catch a sight of Beckett in person. The show itself was good, although as fan of the group's most recent album Fast Times At Barrington High , I feel like I would have enjoyed it a bit more as a full-band spectacle. It's not that I didn't appreciate the Jimmy Eat World [...]
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