Reggie Watts Pretends to Follow Rock Heroes' Footsteps at Irving Plaza: Concert Review

The comedian-musician previewed "about 70 percent" of the songs on a forthcoming album, complete with backing tracks built live and interspersed with self-deprecating jabs. As is sometimes his wont, Reggie Watts opened his New York show on Wednesday night with a long, faux-misinformed riff on the history of the venue hosting him. Referring to Irving Plaza as Irvine Plaza, he spoke with mock reverence of artists who'd graced its stage -- and a few, including Michael Jackson, he thought had probab...