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Jeff Beck celebrates his 50th anniversary with a politically aggressive new work

English rock guitar hero Jeff Beck arrives at Mel’s Drive-In in West Hollywood in vintage 1932 Ford he restored, part of book release event in conjunction with publication of his new book “Beck01.”

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The cover of the first new album in six years from British guitar hero Jeff Beck shows a megaphone with a finger on the trigger, ready to let it blast. It’s an immediate indication that 50 years into his career, Beck is not about to head quietly into that good night.

Indeed, the album is packed with songs, written by Beck and members of his current band, in which outrage at various political and social targets is palpable, emotions made all the more visceral by the scorching guitar work that’s been a hallmark of his music since he took over the lead guitar post in British Invasion band the Yardbirds from one Eric Clapton.

He’ll be drawing from the new album, “Loud Hailer,” and others across the varied turning points of a long and varied career when he takes the stage Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl for a 50 th anniversary concert. Given his entry into the Yardbirds came in 1965, the “50 th anniversary” tag is applied somewhat loosely, although it was 1966 when the first Yardbirds album with  Beck aboard, “Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds,” made its mark.

The reigning mood on “Loud Hailer” comes through in song titles such as the heavy rock workout “Thugs Club” (about political power brokers who pay no heed to the damage they inflict), the sublime and haunting ballad “Scared for the Children” (the legacy his generation is bequeathing to their offspring), the hard-driving rocker “The Revolution Will Be Televised” (frustration over technological distractions provided by television and video games) and the self-explanatory political rant in “O.I.L. (Can’t Get Enough of That Sticky).”

Time’s ripping by and people are not being brought to justice. People living on a high echelon, and they think they’re above it. — Jeff Beck

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“There was deep concern about things in general that have been upsetting me, and the more I delved into it, the worse it was getting,” Beck, 72, said as he sank back into a corner bench sofa in the lounge of his West Hollywood hotel on Monday.

“I think it was my time to speak out. It definitely felt like I can’t deal with it any more. …  Time’s ripping by and people are not being brought to justice. People living on a high echelon, and they think they’re above it.”

Yet Beck isn’t consumed by vitriol or anomie.

The album-closing “Shrine” includes the lyric “I’ll never lose my faith in rock and roll/Never let hate make a home in my soul.” It’s a song Beck refers to as “a ray of hope” to counter much of the anger and frustration he and his collaborators from the young British band Bones — singer Rosie Bones and rhythm guitarist Carmen Vandenberg, supplemented by the rhythm section of drummer Davide Sollazi and bassist Giovanni Pallotti drafted by album co-producer Filippo Cimatti— are expressing in other songs.

In conjunction with his new solo album, Beck and high-end literary publisher Genesis Publications have just issued “BeckO1,” a large-format coffee table book priced at $500 showcasing his dual lifelong passions for rock ’n’ roll — specifically electric guitars — and vintage cars.

The connection?

“America gave us the hot rod, the B-movie, the drive-in, rock ’n’ roll,” he said shortly before leaving his hotel, hopping in his immaculately restored 1932 Ford painted vibrant orange and driving down Sunset Boulevard to Mel’s Drive-In to a book release party. In line were about 50 people who had ordered copies of the book.

Among the crowd were a few celebrities, including actress Candy Clark, one of the stars of George Lucas’ 1973 breakthrough film “American Graffiti,” and George Harrison’s musician son, Dhani Harrison, both of whom spent time chatting with the evening’s honoree.

“Just about everything I was interested in was not in England,” he said. “My mother took me to the movies — that was in ’58, I think — and the support feature was ‘Hot Rod Gang.’ It was outrageous because they were racing along the curbs. My mum said, ‘No, we’ll come back when the main feature starts.’ I said, ‘No we won’t!’  Thanks, Mum!”

The text Beck has written to accompany the multiplicity of photos is often poignantly revealing, especially where he discusses his hardscrabble youth in postwar England.

“As a child, I liked building spaceships out of Oxo [beef bouillon] tins. I also used to make buildings by piling up some ancient deckchairs. … I knew where I was headed.”

It also taps his self-deprecating sense of humor. Accompanying a photo of himself with Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, from a 1990s recording session at Wood’s house in Ireland with Elvis Presley’s venerated lead guitarist, Scotty Moore, Beck notes, “I started getting a bit too extravagant and Scotty said, ‘Cut that guy’s fingers off!’”

The Hollywood Bowl show is also slated to feature Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, Czech rock keyboardist Jan Hammer, blues singer Beth Hart and an opening set from one of Beck’s own blues guitar heroes, Buddy Guy.

Over half a century, Beck said, if anything he’s become more committed to “keeping good rock ’n’ roll alive, and good blues. As Buddy will tell you, he’s sometimes in fear of the blues fading away. But I can tell you, when people go and see him, they won’t have any fear of it fading away. He’s still amazing. I think the resurgence of vinyl is encouraging as well. It means people have got a keen ear, and they’re attuned to quality sound.”

The people at Fender asked me what they could do to improve the guitar, and I said ‘Nothing.’ Just give me an in-the-box guitar from 1954, that’ll do. — Jeff Beck

Although Beck hasn’t generated as much public recognition over the years as other rock guitar gods such as Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, he’s widely regarded to be among the most talented to ever pick up the instrument. He’s a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds (the band that launched the careers of Beck, Clapton and Page), and again in 2009 for his solo career.

Rolling Stone’s 2011 ranking of the 100 Greatest Guitarists placed him at No. 5 (behind the Stones’ Keith Richards, Page, Clapton and, at No. 1, Hendrix.)

“Jeff is quite simply a ‘born’ guitarist,” fellow guitar master John McLaughlin writes in his foreword to “BeckO1,” after citing Beck as “my all-time favorite electric guitarist.”

“Not only does he have the mysterious talent that is innate,” McLaughlin continues, “he has not stopped evolving over the years. He has forged a unique and wonderful style of playing that is instantly recognizable. He has the most fluid style of playing I’ve ever heard.”

Beck’s goal over a lifetime playing music has been toward more human emotion, less reliance on any of the myriad technological gadgets available to him and other musicians.

“There are unlimited technical aids and stuff, which I’m not the slightest bit interested in,” he said. “I will be interested in quality reverbs, because if you want to get the sound that’s on ‘Scared for the Children,’ that’s a beautiful sounding reverb.

“Other than that, when you get the plug-in, you sound like everybody else,” he said. “I don’t like the idea of any other device covering up the touch, and they do that with the compression, and distortion covering up a multitude of sins. Also it gives you a cookie-cutter sound.”

What about all the advancements in guitar-making techniques in the six decades since pioneers of the instrument such as Leo Fender and Les Paul created the first generation of mass-produced electric guitars?

“The people at Fender asked me what they could do to improve the guitar, and I said ‘Nothing.’ Just give me an in-the-box guitar from 1954, that’ll do just fine,” he said with a hearty laugh. “They said ‘We need to add something to make it yours,’ so I said, ‘Just put a push button on/off switch or something.’ When you get something perfect, you don’t try to improve it.”

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Jeff Beck Remains Six String Bad Ass On 50th Anniversary Tour (SHOW REVIEW)

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For the second time in as many weeks a truly legendary pop music icon has made an appearance at the newly upgraded Chumash casino resort in Santa Ynez. Two weeks ago it was the inimitable Stevie Wonder who made an astounding two night sold out stop at the Samala Showroom inside the resort. Thursday night, August 11, Jeff Beck brought his guitar drenched 50th anniversary show to the same venue. Beck, who is arguably the greatest living rock guitarist, played nearly two hours for a very lucky sold out crowd of just over one thousand ecstatic fans. The show was even more remarkable considering that Beck had just played the 18,000 seat Hollywood Bowl the night before.

The English musician began his career as a guitarist in his teens, playing in a series of mostly R&B cover bands with some regional success. But it was in 1965 that Jeff Beck rose to international prominence as a member of the hugely successful pop rock group The Yardbirds. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page recommended Beck as a replacement for original guitarist Eric Clapton. Later Page and Beck both played in the band. In the 1966 British film “Blow Up,” by then a young director named Michelangelo Antonioni, there is a scene where the main character in the film runs through a club where the Yardbirds were playing. In the brief sequence Beck and Page can be seen trading riffs on The Yardbirds remake of the Tiny Bradshaw blues classic “Train Kept A-Rollin”. Beck has been dubbed the “Guitarists Guitarist” and may be the most innovative of the triumvirate English rock icons to emerge from The Yardbirds.

The 72 year old master of guitar innovation came right out of the gate leading his masterful quartet of musicians with all guns blazing, launching straight into a song from Loud Hailer , his brand new album, the 17th of his solo career. The group opened with “The Revolution Will Be Televised” from the new album, that is a homage to musician, poet and social activist Gil Scott-Heron, and in fact, the album is probably the most politically oriented that Beck has ever recorded. He collaborated with two of the members of his touring band singer Rosie Bones and guitarist Carmen Vandenberg, known as Bones, while making the politically charged album. The gritty vocal style of Bones lends itself well to the fiery lyrics on the new release. She confused the audience a bit at the Samala showroom Thursday as she wandered about the back of the venue singing through a megaphone, without a spotlight.

Meanwhile, Beck and the band began wailing in a cacophony of sound and light on the main stage. As adulate fans stood to get a better look at the rock icon, few knew where the vocals were actually coming from. Bones disappeared into the darkness as the band launched into the second song, an instrumental hit song called “Freeway Jam” from Beck’s innovative 1975 album Blow By Blow . This fusion era highlighted Beck’s unique and innovative style of playing electric guitar. For the most part he gave up using a pick in favor of using his calloused fingers. Sometimes he bashes the strings with  his thumb creating a funk like sound almost like a bass player. His picking style is constantly in flux constantly searching for new microtonal areas. His use of the tremolo bar keeps his sound rooted in 60’s hard rock, while at the same time expanding his tones into constantly new and innovative territory. The result is a symphony of guitar sounds that a trio of experienced pickers would be hard pressed to emulate. The explosive song also highlighted the requisite skills of the fusion rhythm section composed of Rhonda Smith on bass and Jonathan Joseph on drums. Their jazz oriented style matched perfectly with Beck’s masterful techniques.

After several more songs from the new album, Beck changed up the tempo with one of the most dramatic songs of the night, a cover salute to Mahavishnu Orchestra and their 1972 classic “You Know You Know”. The explosive cover was a testament to the powerful guitar style of one of the only modern music guitar players to rival Beck’s finesse, John McLaughlin. The dramatic song also highlighted the immense rhythm section talents of Smith and Joseph, with their respective bass and drum solos.

Beck then changed the mood again bringing out his longtime collaborator Jimmy Hall, the former lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock band Wet Willie. Hall has played with Beck as far back as 1985, when he was nominated for a Grammy his work on Beck’s album Flash. The band with Hall on the microphone launched into two soul drenched blues covers of  “Morning Dew” and “A Change Is Gonna Come,” by Bonnie Dobson and Sam Cooke respectively. On the latter, Hall was able to hit some ear shattering and starling high notes that wowed the crowd and repeatedly brought them to their feet.

Beck returned to the Blow By Blow album with another nod to Stevie Wonder, playing and astonishing version of  “Cause We Ended As Lovers”. Bones returned to sing lead vocals on several more songs from the new album in a blues drenched style finding the throaty singer sprawling across the floor of the stage. The mood returned to the political vent of the new album and the singer expressed the anguished emotion of the lyrics perfectly.

The band returned to the instrumental mode with one of Beck’s most well known tracks “Bolero.” The  stinging guitar drenched track was first recorded in 1966 by Jeff Beck on lead guitar, Jimmy Page on a 12 string, John Paul Jones on bass, Keith Moon on drums and Nicky Hopkins on piano. Jimmy hall returned to sing and play harmonica on the last four songs of the set. These included yet another homage to Stevie Wonder featuring a spirited version of  “Superstition.” The crowd by this time had surged forward pressing against the barricades and as is the custom at the Samala showroom, eager fans were allowed to swarm the front of the stage for the end of the show.

The double encore began with a Muddy Waters classic American blues song, “Little Brown Bird”. Hall returned to sing and play an appropriately rocking harmonica solo. The final encore featured an almost magical instrumental version of The Beatles classic, “A Day in the Life”. The huge crowd that stayed to meet him was a testament to the power of this amazing group of musicians.

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Jeff Beck sets 50th anniversary date in Hollywood

He'll play the Bowl on August 10 with Buddy Guy and Beth Hart in support

Jeff Beck will celebrate his 50 years in the music business with a show at the Hollywood Bowl in California this year.

The show takes place on August 10 and Beck will be supported by blues icon Buddy Guy – who will himself be celebrating his 80th birthday – as well as Beth Hart.

Beck says: “Sharing the stage and this moment with Buddy is a dream for me. His live concerts are legendary and the music world would be a very boring place without his influence.”

Beck got his break in 1965 when he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds after being recommended by Jimmy Page. He went on to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame both with The Yardbirds and as a solo artist.

He is also working on a book that focuses on his two passions – rock’n’roll and hot rodding. Titled Beck01 , the book will be published by Genesis Publishing Group later this year. He’s also working on an autobiography and an officially sanctioned documentary.

Beck adds: “Right from the beginning, I’ve tried to do something with anything I’ve got hold of. At the age of 13, I built two or three of my own guitars. I painted the frets on. It was fun just to look at it and hold it. I knew where I was headed.”

Tickets for the Hollywood Bowl are available at the venue’s website .

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Guests on hand included Mary J. Blige — who added a soulful flavor to "Gimme Shelter" — and guitar legend Jeff Beck, who joined the band for a ripping rendition of "Going Down," the Don Nix tune made famous by Freddie King, and recorded by Beck for 1972's Jeff Beck Group (not to be confused with the Rolling Stones' deep cut, "I'm Going Down").

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Jeff Beck & Paul Rodgers + Ann Wilson Of Heart Announce “Stars Align Tour”

North American Summer Run Kicks Off July 18

Tickets On Sale to General Public Starting February 2 at LiveNation.com

Los Angeles, CA (January 30, 2018) – Today, iconic legendary rock musicians Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers announced they will join forces for the “Stars Align Tour,” their co-headlining summer outing with Ann Wilson of Heart . Produced by Live Nation, the outing kicks off July 18 th in West Valley City, Utah, and will stop in cities across the U.S. and Canada including Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Toronto, Tampa, and more. The full listing of tour dates can be found below.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public for the “Stars Align Tour” beginning Friday, February 2 at 10 AM through LiveNation.com. Citi® is the official presale credit card for the tour. As such, Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase U.S. presale tickets beginning Wednesday, January 31 at 12:00pm local time until Thursday, February  1 at 10:00pm local time through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com .

“I always enjoy touring the U.S. in the summer and joining with Paul, and Ann Wilson, should make for quite an exciting night,” said Jeff Beck.

“This is going to be a knock out combination of music and musicians,” said Paul Rodgers. “I’ve always been a Jeff Beck fan, who isn’t? He is in a league of his own. Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter. 2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of ‘Free’ and I hope we can touch your spirit with the ‘Spirit of Free.’”

“I am thrilled to have been asked to perform on the Stars Align Tour with Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers,” said Ann Wilson. “They are both long time favorites of mine! They are masters at their craft and it is an honor to share the stage this summer.”

Over the course of Jeff Beck’s distinguished 50+ music career, he has earned an incredible 8 GRAMMY Awards, been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice – once as a member of the Yardbirds and again as a solo artist. In the summer of 2016, guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years of his musical career with an extraordinary concert at the famous Hollywood Bowl.  Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl  is available now.

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Paul Rodgers has led 3 bands to global success: Free, Bad Company, & The Firm. Rodgers has been named the #3 “Greatest Voice in Rock” in Rolling Stone and the #2 “All Time Best Rock Singer” in Classic Rock Magazine. For his songwriting, he was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Elton John. 2018 celebrates his 50 th anniversary as a recording artist who has sold 125 million records. For the first time in 50 years in North America Paul’s set will focus on his Free catalogue.

On this upcoming summer run, Ann Wilson fans can expect to hear an assortment of Heart hits along with tracks from her solo career.  Heart’s critically acclaimed Beautiful Broken album was released in 2016, the same year she toured with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick.

Stars Align Tour Dates:

July 18, 2018 | West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre

July 20, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA – Five Point Amphitheatre

July 22, 2018 | Chula Vista, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre

July 24, 2018 | Houston, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

July 25, 2018 | Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

July 28, 2018 | St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

July 29, 2018 | Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

July 31, 2018 |  Clarkston, MI –  DTE Energy Music Theatre

August 1, 2018 | Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

August 3, 2018 | Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

August 4, 2018 | Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion

August 8, 2018 | Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

August 10, 2018 | Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center

August 12, 2018 | Holmdel, NJ – P.N.C. Bank Arts Center

August 14, 2018 |  Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

August 17, 2018 | Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium

August 19, 2018 | Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

August 25, 2018 | West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre

August 26, 2018 | Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

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Grand Funk Railroad Announce We’re an American Band 50th Anniversary US Tour

Celebrating 50 years of the band's seminal 1973 album and hit title track

Grand Funk Railroad have announced a US tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1973 album We’re an American Band and its hit title track.

The veteran rockers will kick things off with an appearance at the Clewiston Sugar Festival on Saturday (March 18th) in Clewiston, Florida. From there, they’ll play an April 1st show in Akron, Ohio, followed by select dates throughout April, May, June, and July. The tour’s final headlining show is set for July 7th in St. Louis, with Grand Funk Railroad then supporting Kid Rock for a two-night stand in their hometown of Detroit on July 14th and 15th.

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster . Alternatively, you can look for deals or find tickets to sold-out shows on StubHub , where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

“We’re an American Band” remains an FM staple decades after it shot to No. 1 on the Billboard charts back in 1973 and stands as Grand Funk’s most well-known hit. Founding drummer Don Brewer is credited with writing the song and singing lead vocals, and he fondly recalled its origins in a press release for the upcoming tour.

“’We’re an American Band’ came to me when we were flying from town to town on our ‘Phoenix Tour’ in 1972,” Brewer said. “We were being sued by our former manager Terry Knight and he was trying to stop us from performing. The line — ‘We’re comin’ to your town, we’ll help you party it down’ — came to me first and I wrote the song around that line. Taking snippets of things going on during the tour at that time, like staying up all night with Freddy King playing poker, four young chiquitas in Omaha, sweet sweet Connie in Little Rock, and finally the declaration, ‘We’re an American Band,’ because it sounds great and sings well. I feel lucky and blessed every time we play it live.”

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You can see the full list of dates for Grand Funk Railroad’s We’re an American Band 50th anniversary tour below. Get tickets here .

Grand Funk Railroad’s 2023 US Tour Dates: 03/18 – Clewiston, FL @ Clewiston Sugar Festival – Civic Park 04/01 – Akron, OH @ Goodyear Theater 04/13 – Deadwood, SD @ Deadwood Mountain Grand Event Center 04/23 – Oxford, AL @ Oxford Performing Arts Center 04/29 – Marietta, OH @ Peoples Bank Theatre 05/06 – Highland, CA @ Yaamava’ Theater 05/13 – Lancaster, PA @ American Music Theatre 05/19 – Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 06/02 – Peachtree City, GA @ Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater 06/09 – Lincoln, RI @ Twin River Casino 06/24 – Selbyville, DE @ Freeman Arts Pavilion 07/07 – St. Louis, MO @ River City Casino & Hotel 07/14 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena * 07/15 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena *

* = supporting Kid Rock

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The Rolling Stones began their 50th anniversary tour with the biggest possible bang on Sunday night, as a host of special guests joined them for a hit-packed show in London’s O2 Arena. Former Stones comrades Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor returned to the ranks, while Mary J. Blige and Jeff Beck were also on hand to help with the celebrations.

Wyman – who left the Stones in 1992 – was greeted with warm applause and a handshake from Keith Richards as he returned to play bass on “It’s Only Rock and Roll” and “Honky Tonk Women.” But the biggest cheers came for Taylor, who hasn’t been a Stone since 1974 – he played trademark blues guitar solos on an extended version of “Midnight Rambler” and looked like he was enjoying every second of the reunion.

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Blige brought a gospel feel to “Gimme Shelter,” trading vocal acrobatics with Mick Jagger , and Beck did a flashy guitar turn on 1969’s “I’m Going Down.” But, despite the headline-grabbing special guests, the evening remained very much about the Stones’ core members and their remarkable career, with the set spanning from their second-ever single, 1963’s “I Wanna Be Your Man” to their latest, 2012’s “Doom and Gloom.”

In fact, it ended up pretty much like anyone else’s 50th birthday party: there were some old friends, some laughs, some tears, plenty of memories and a lot of embarrassing dancing – plus it was all over in time for everyone to get the last train home.

That said, the evening began half an hour later than billed, at 8.30 p.m., with a video in which stars from Iggy Pop to Elton John and Johnny Depp to Nick Cave revealed how their first time hearing the Stones impacted them. Then a host of drummers wearing gorilla masks – a nod to the cover of their new hits compilation, GRRR! – paraded around the arena before “I Wanna Be Your Man” kicked things off.

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Simian percussionists and the massive, lips-shaped stage set aside, this was a relatively gimmick-free Stones set, both in terms of stage production and musical feel. This was the Stones in the raw – or, at least, as raw as they can be after 50 years together and when playing in front of 20,000 fans. So hits like “Get Off of My Cloud,” “It’s All Over Now” and “Paint It Black,” plus a raucous “All Down the Line” were rattled through with minimum ceremony, at maximum volume.

Jagger, however, was in vintage showman form. In between pumping up the crowd with regular forays down a runway that ran around a central “lips” pit full of hardcore fans, he brought plenty of funnies, at one point even joking about the controversy over the cost of tickets for the show, which started at £90 (some were re-sold for thousands of pounds online).

“Everybody alright in the cheap seats?” Jagger asked. “They aren’t so cheap though, are they? That’s the trouble . . . “

“What a year it’s been for British celebrations,” Jagger quipped later. “There was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee . . . We didn’t do that. The Olympics . . . We didn’t do that. James Bond’s 50th anniversary . . . And we didn’t do the song for that either! But I’m so glad that we’re here and that you’re here.”

Richards – while seemingly content to let Ronnie Wood do some of the heavy lifting on guitar – was in similarly jocular form. “It’s good to see you all,” Richards grinned as he took the mic for a two-song stint, “Before They Make Me Run” and “Happy,” adding, “It’s good to see anybody.”

The other members also took their moment in the sun, Wood milking the applause to such an extent that Jagger was moved to jokingly warn him that people “had to catch the last tube.” In contrast, drummer Charlie Watts only reluctantly stepped to the front of the stage to take his bow.

The set closed with a peerless run of classics, including “Start Me Up,” “Tumbling Dice” and “Brown Sugar,” before Jagger donned a feathery cloak for an epic “Sympathy for the Devil” to close the main set.

After a brief break they returned with not one, but two choirs for a stunning “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” before a final “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” with Richards’ kinetic riffing center stage, ended the evening with a massive crowd singalong.

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Guitar Legend JEFF BECK To Embark On U.S. Tour This Fall

JEFF BECK will tour the U.S. this fall in support of the newly released, highly anticipated musical collaboration with Johnny Depp , 18. The tour will kick off on September 23 in Del Valle, TX where Beck will share the bill for the first six shows with longtime musical friends, ZZ Top. BECK will then continue on for his headline dates in Atlanta on October 1 continuing up the east coast hitting DC, Boston and the New York area before heading west with several mid-west stops before heading to the west coast. Currently, the tour will wind up in Reno, NV on November 12 th .

Pre-sale tickets will be available on tomorrow, Tuesday August 16 at 10am local time (password: beck18) with public on sale Friday, August 19.   VIP packages also available here. Full itinerary is below with all dates subject to change and more dates to be announced.

The tour will focus on the new album as well as explore Beck’s legendary career through instrumentals like “You Know You Know,” “A Day in the Life” and “Brush with the Blues.” The tour will include BECK’s current band: bassist Rhonda Smith , drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Robert Stevenson .

BECK and DEPP’s 13-track album, 18 , debuted at #10 on both the Billboard Top Albums and Top Current Albums charts marking the first top 10 for both Beck and Depp on the 31-year-old Top Album Sales chart.  The set is available on CD and digitally, with a 180-gram black vinyl version coming on September 30. The duo recently wrapped a successful European tour together on July 25 in Paris, France to much fan and critical acclaim with sold-out dates throughout northern Europe, Italy and France – including a stop at the revered Montreux Jazz Festival.

Jeff Beck found a kindred spirit in Johnny Depp when the two met in 2016. They bonded quickly over cars and guitars and spent most of their time together trying to make each other laugh. At the same time, Beck’s appreciation grew for Depp’s serious songwriting skills and his ear for music. That talent and their chemistry convinced Beck they should make an album together.

Depp agreed and they started in 2019. Over the next three years, they recorded a mix of Depp originals along with a wide range of covers that touches on everything from Celtic and Motown, to the Beach Boys and Killing Joke. “We were going to call the album ‘Kitchen Sink’ because we threw everything in it,” the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer says with a laugh. “The only game plan we had was to play songs we like and see where they took us.”

Beck is universally acknowledged as one of the most talented and significant guitarists in the world and has played alongside some of the greatest artists of rock, blues, and jazz. Over the course of his distinguished 50+ music career, he has earned an incredible eight Grammy Awards, been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice – once as a member of the Yardbirds and again as a solo artist. In the summer of 2016, the guitar virtuoso celebrated his five decades of music with an extraordinary concert at the famous Hollywood Bowl with special guests including Buddy Guy, Steven Tyler, Beth Hart, Billy F. Gibbons and Jan Hammer.

JEFF BECK U.S. Tour Dates September 23  Del Valle, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater (with ZZ Top/Ann Wilson) September 24  Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion (with ZZ Top/Ann Wilson) September 25  The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (w/ZZ Top/Ann Wilson) September 27  Franklin, TN @ First Bank Amphitheater (w/ZZ Top) September 29  Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (w/ZZ Top) September 30  Orange Beach, AL @ The Wharf Amphitheater (w/ZZ Top) October 1        Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre October 4        Washington, DC @ The Anthem October 6        Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway October 7&8   Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre October 10      Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts October 13      Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center October 14&15 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount October 17      Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall October 19      Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center October 20      Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center October 22      Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace Theater October 23      Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre November 1    Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre November 2    Temecula, CA@ Pechanga Resort & Casino November 4    Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater November 5    Thousand Oaks, CA @ Bank of America Performing Arts Center Thousand Oaks November 6    Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre November 8    Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim November 9    San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic November 10  Sacramento, CA @ Hard Rock Live November 12  Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre, Grand Sierra Resort

*All dates subject to change, more dates TBA

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Jeff Beck Announces U.S. Tour With Rhonda Smith on Bass

Dates Begin September 23rd in Texas before winding up November 12th in Reno, NV

Announced today, JEFF BECK will tour the U.S. this fall in support of the newly released, highly anticipated musical collaboration with Johnny Depp, 18. The tour will kick off on September 23 in Del Valle, TX where Beck will share the bill for the first six shows with longtime musical friends, ZZ Top. BECK will then continue on for his headline dates in Atlanta on October 1 continuing up the east coast hitting DC, Boston and the New York area before heading west with several mid-west stops before heading to the west coast. Currently, the tour will wind up in Reno, NV on November 12th. Pre-sale tickets will be available on tomorrow, Tuesday August 16 at 10am local time (password: beck18) with public on sale Friday, August 19. VIP packages also available here . Full itinerary is below with all dates subject to change and more dates to be announced.

The tour will focus on the new album as well as explore Beck’s legendary career through instrumentals like “You Know You Know,” “A Day in the Life” and “Brush with the Blues.” The tour will include BECK’s current band: bassist Rhonda Smith , drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Robert Stevenson.

BECK and DEPP’s 13-track album, 18, debuted at #10 on both the Billboard Top Albums and Top Current Albums charts marking the first top 10 for both Beck and Depp on the 31-year-old Top Album Sales chart. The set is available on CD and digitally, with a 180-gram black vinyl version coming on September 30. The duo recently wrapped a successful European tour together on July 25 in Paris, France to much fan and critical acclaim with sold-out dates throughout northern Europe, Italy and France – including a stop at the revered Montreux Jazz Festival.

Jeff Beck found a kindred spirit in Johnny Depp when the two met in 2016. They bonded quickly over cars and guitars and spent most of their time together trying to make each other laugh. At the same time, Beck’s appreciation grew for Depp’s serious songwriting skills and his ear for music. That talent and their chemistry convinced Beck they should make an album together.

Depp agreed and they started in 2019. Over the next three years, they recorded a mix of Depp originals along with a wide range of covers that touches on everything from Celtic and Motown, to the Beach Boys and Killing Joke. “We were going to call the album ‘Kitchen Sink’ because we threw everything in it,” the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer says with a laugh. “The only game plan we had was to play songs we like and see where they took us.”

Beck is universally acknowledged as one of the most talented and significant guitarists in the world and has played alongside some of the greatest artists of rock, blues, and jazz. Over the course of his distinguished 50+ music career, he has earned an incredible eight Grammy Awards, been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice – once as a member of the Yardbirds and again as a solo artist. In the summer of 2016, the guitar virtuoso celebrated his five decades of music with an extraordinary concert at the famous Hollywood Bowl with special guests including Buddy Guy, Steven Tyler, Beth Hart, Billy F. Gibbons and Jan Hammer.

JEFF BECK U.S. Tour Dates

September 23 Del Valle, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater (with ZZ Top/Ann Wilson)

September 24 Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion (with ZZ Top/Ann Wilson)

September 25 The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (w/ZZ Top/Ann Wilson)

September 27 Franklin, TN @ First Bank Amphitheater (w/ZZ Top)

September 29 Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (w/ZZ Top)

September 30 Orange Beach, AL @ The Wharf Amphitheater (w/ZZ Top)

October 1 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre

October 4 Washington, DC @ The Anthem

October 6 Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway

October 7&8 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre

October 10 Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts

October 13 Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center

October 14&15 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount

October 17 Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall

October 19 Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center

October 20 Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center

October 22 Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace Theater

October 23 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre

November 1 Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre

November 2 Temecula, CA@ Pechanga Resort & Casino

November 4 Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater

November 5 Thousand Oaks, CA @ Bank of America Performing Arts Center Thousand Oaks

November 6 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre

November 8 Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim

November 9 San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic

November 10 Sacramento, CA @ Hard Rock Live

November 12 Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre, Grand Sierra Resort

*All dates subject to change, more dates TBA

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Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers, Ann Wilson Tour: Update

Produced by Live Nation, the outing kicks off July 18 and will stop in cities across the U.S. and Canada. On April 2, Beck announced many of his own dates, several of which also feature Wilson. (See below for the complete listing.)

Tickets are available  here  and  here .

Over the course of Beck’s music career he has earned a eight Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice – once as a member of the Yardbirds and again as a solo artist. In the summer of 2016, guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years of his musical career with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

For this tour, Beck’s band features long-time collaborators, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) and Jimmy Hall (vocals) as well as long touring partner, Rhonda Smith (bass) and newcomer, cellist Vanessa Freebairn-Smith.

Rodgers has led Free, Bad Company and The Firm. 2018 celebrates his 50th anniversary as a recording artist. For the first time in 50 years in North America his set will focus on his Free catalogue.

Watch Rodgers perform in 2017

Wilson fans can expect to hear an assortment of Heart hits along with tracks from her solo career.

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Jul 18 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre Jul 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Five Point Amphitheatre Jul 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theater (Jeff Beck Solo) Jul 22 – Chula Vista, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre Jul 24 – Houston, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land Jul 25 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Jul 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Theater (Jeff Beck Solo) Jul 28 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Jul 29 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Jul 31 – Clarkston, MI -DTE Energy Music Theatre Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Bu dweiser Stage Aug 03 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Aug 04 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion Aug 05 – York, PA – Appell Center (Jeff Beck Solo) Aug 07 – Lewiston, NY – Art Park (Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson) Aug 08 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Aug 10 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Aug 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Hall (Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson) Aug 12 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center Aug 14 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Aug 15 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre (Jeff Beck Solo) Aug 17 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium Aug 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion Aug 20 – Vienna, VA – Wolftrap (Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson) Aug 22 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre Aug 23 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place Aug 25 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre Aug 26 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

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