Jeff Beck confirms joint album release date with Johnny Depp

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Jeff Beck has provided fans with an update about the release of his joint album with Johnny Depp, after news of their collaboration first emerged in 2020.Beck, who has been joined by Depp as a guest guitarist on his UK tour recently, told the audience at The Sage, Gateshead last night (June 2) that the album “will be out in July”.“I met this guy five years ago and we’ve never stopped laughing since.

We actually made an album. I don’t know how it happened. It will be out in July,” The Guardian reports Beck told fans onstage.Depp has been performing cover versions of songs on Beck’s tour including Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Little Wing’ and Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’.His first UK appearance with Beck was in Sheffield last Sunday (May 29) while a jury was deliberating his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, which he has since won.The actor and musician also played with Beck the following night (Monday, May 30) at London’s Royal Albert Hall.During last night’s concert in Gateshead Depp didn’t make reference to the judgment reached on the previous day (June 1), however, Beck said “what a result”.The pair’s joint album was first announced in April 2020 by Depp in an Instagram post.

He described Beck then as “my dear friend and my brother… one of my all time guitar heroes”.A post shared by Johnny Depp (@johnnydepp)Beck and Depp released a track from writing sessions alongside the album announcement, which was a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’.“Lennon’s prophetic words are pure poetry; the profundity of his lyrics seemed to Jeff and me especially fitting for what’s happening right now,” Depp said at the time, referencing the outbreak of the COVID pandemic.It’s not the first time that Depp has turned his hand to music.