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Beck Performs ‘In the Night’ With Sacha Baron Cohen on Cello
Beck performed “In the Night” on The Tonight Show on Tuesday night, with host Jimmy Fallon.
The song is the lead single from his latest album, Ride Lonesome, released last month.
Sacha Baron Cohen joined Beck’s string section on cello during the performance.
Cohen is best known as a comedian and actor, but he has played cello since at least his first television appearance as a young musician.
Ride Lonesome continues Beck’s return to orchestrated acoustic music, a style he has used on albums including Sea Change and Morning Phase.
The performance brought together Beck’s new music and Cohen’s lesser-known musical skill on a national TV show.
Beck performed his song “In the Night” on The Tonight Show with Sacha Baron Cohen playing cello as part of the string ensemble.
The performance aired Tuesday night, October 20, 2026, on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“In the Night” is the lead single from Beck’s album Ride Lonesome, which was released last month.
Cohen appeared on the show to promote his film Ali G: Who Iz I?, due in cinemas on October 23.
Beck also spoke with Fallon about his album and said the Hansel character in Zoolander was partly based on him.
- Who
- Beck performed with Sacha Baron Cohen, who played cello.
- What
- They performed “In the Night” on The Tonight Show.
- When
- Tuesday night, October 20, 2026.
- Where
- NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
- Why
- Cohen was promoting Ali G: Who Iz I?, while Beck appeared to perform music from Ride Lonesome.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Beck released Ride Lonesome.
Beck performed “In the Night” on The Tonight Show with Sacha Baron Cohen playing cello.
Ali G: Who Iz I? was scheduled for a one-week cinema release.
- Performance song
- In the Night
- Album
- Ride Lonesome, released via Capitol Records
- Cello player
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Show
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
- Film release
- Ali G: Who Iz I? scheduled for October 23, 2026
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What people are saying
It’s a moody kinda stuff. It’s the mood of like when you’re in your house, it’s almost dark but you haven’t turned the lights on. It’s kinda like blue hour.
stupidly said no
The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him.