Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck is poised to embark upon a UK tour in May and June 2022, which includes a date at The Sage Gateshead.
The Grammy award-winning guitarist’s tour will begin in Cardiff on May 27, going on to call at Sheffield, London for two evenings at the Royal Albert Hall, Gateshead on June 2, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, and York. Having cultivated one of the most influential careers in rock history, Jeff 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-plus year music career, he has earned 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.
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Beck famously replaced Eric Clapton as the Yardbirds’ lead guitarist in 1965, playing for a while alongside Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page, and later went on to form The Jeff Beck Group, which featured Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass. Their two albums - Truth (1968) and Beck-Ola (1969) – would become musical touchstones for hard rockers in the years to come.
The constantly evolving Beck’s next move - a power trio with bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, which released Beck, Bogert and Appice (1973), once again shattered people’s preconceptions of what a rock guitarist was supposed to sound like. In 1980 he teamed up with drummer Simon Phillips and keyboard players Jan Hammer and Tony Hymas for the critically acclaimed There And Back .
1985’s Flash kept Beck in the spotlight as he earned the Best Rock Instrumental Grammy for the song “Escape.” A second Grammy came with Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas, and a third for “Dirty Mind” from the You Had It Coming album in 2001. 2009 saw the release of the platinum-selling Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott’s , which earned a Grammy for “A Day In The Life”.
Beck’s 2010 solo album, Emotion & Commotion , brought about two additional Grammy Awards; he was nominated in five categories before bringing home three: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Hammerhead” and Best Pop Instrumental performance for “Nessun Dorma”, both from Emotion & Commotion, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Imagine,” his collaboration with Herbie Hancock.
His Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honouring Les Paul album was nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. In 2016 he released Loud Hailer and in 2017 Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl was released, both to widespread acclaim. Jeff will be joined on the tour by special guest, the Grammy Award Nominee and BRIT Award winning singer-songwriter Sharon Corr of The Corrs.
Jeff Beck 2022 Tour Dates:
Friday, May 27: Cardiff St David's Hall
Sunday, May 29 : Sheffield City Hall
Monday, May 30: London Royal Albert Hall
Tuesday, May 31: London Royal Albert Hall
Thursday, June 2: Gateshead: The Sage
Friday, June 3: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Saturday, June 4: Manchester O2 Apollo
Monday, June 6: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday, June 7 : York Barbican Centre
Tickets are available from MyTicket.co.uk
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