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6th June 2006 - JEFF PRESENTS MOJO AWARD TO BRIAN MAY.
Jeff was a guest at the Mojo Awards at the Shoreditch Town Hall in London last night to present an award to Brian May. The award in question was the Les Paul Award, now in its second year - Jeff was the first winner of the award last year. Other recipients of awards at the event included Chrissie Hynde (Songwriter Award), Jools Holland (Mojo Medal), Elton John (Hall of Fame) and David Gilmour (L...
23rd May 2006 - ADDITIONAL GERMANY DATE ADDED.
We can confirm that an additional date has been added to the Jeff Beck summer tour schedule for Mainz in Germany on Monday 17th July at the KUZ, making a total of four German dates for the tour. Details available here.
CHARITY GUITAR SIGNED BY JEFF RAISES $1.6MILLION.
A Fender guitar signed by a Jeff Beck and a host of other legendary musicians has raised $1.6 million for charity. The signing of the guitar was arranged by Bryan Adams who planned the project to raise money for the victims of the Tsunami last year.
The guitar was purchased at a charity auction to benefit the Reach Out To Asia foundation by Sheikha Miyyasah Al Thani of the Royal family...
JEFF BECK IN THE USA - WHAT THE CRITICS SAID.
Jeff's 6 shows in West Coast USA last week were raved about by public and press alike - here's some snippets of what was said:
Beck proffered melodies followed by amazingly dexterous solos for 90 minutes. Playing a single Fender guitar through four good-sized Marshall amps, he opened with a slide-driven rendition of "Beck's Bolero" that was a model of economy, a warm-up to the rapid-fire...
20th April 2006 - ANNOUNCING THE JEFF BECK EUROPEAN TOUR 2006 PLUS TWO DATES IN JAPAN!.
We can now confirm that Jeff will play the following dates in Europe and Japan this summer:
July 10th London - Tower of London
July 11th Birmingham - NIA<...
CAR CRAZY SCHEDULE CHANGE.
We have been advised by the makers of "Car Crazy" that the broadcast dates for the programme featuring Jeff have changed. The show will now be broadcast on Thursday April 6th at 6.30pm PST, with a further two repeats later in the day. It will also be re-broadcast on April 7th and 8th. It will NOT be shown on March 30th/31st or April 1st. For more information visit
JEFF ON BBC RADIO 2.
Jeff was recently interviewed for a documentary about Howlin' Wolf for BBC Radio 2 in the UK. The first episode of the programme goes out on Tuesday 4th April 2006 at 9.30pm GMT on BBC Radio 2. Jeff is also featured in the second episode, which airs on Tuesday 11th April. Radio 2 is available on 88-91FM in the UK, or listen live worldwide via the BBC Radio 2 website -
ANNOUNCING THE JEFF BECK WEST COAST SPRING TOUR 2006 .
Jeff Beck is undertaking a rare six date run in the southwest USA this spring. Last summer he was able to put the ensemble together for a tour of Japan and he has grabbed the chance to do it again for fans in America. He will be covering the entire spectrum of his illustrious career from The Yardbirds to the future and for the first time in many years will be accompanied by a gues...
JEFF ON "CAR CRAZY".
Jeff will be appearing on the programme "Car Crazy" on FOX Speed Channel later this month. The Car Crazy Team, including host Barry Meguiar, visited Jeff at home in England last autumn and spoke to him at length about his hot rods. The programme is scheduled to air on Thursday March 30th at 6.30pm PST, with a further 2 repeats later in the day. It will also be re-broadcast on Friday March 31...
"TRUTH" GETS RE-ISSUE OF THE YEAR AWARD!.
We are delighted to announce that EMI's re-issue of the Jeff Beck album "Truth" took the prize for "Re-issue of the Year" at this year's Classic Rock magazine Roll of Honour Awards which took place at London's Cafe De Paris. The album was repackaged and re-released in May of this year, and features 8 bonus tracks. Congratulations to all involved, particularly Tim Chacksfield at EMI and Hugh Gilmou...
