What's New! 2018

This marks Rhonda Smith's eighth year with Beck and Colaiuta returns after having been absent since 2010 except for a one-off gig in Sao Palo, Brazil in 2014. He was Jeff's drummer from 2005 thru 2009. Singer Jimmy Hall has had a long relationship with Beck starting on the FLASH album in 1985, he also plays harmonica(harp). Ms. Freebairn-Smith is the newcomer to the outfit.

Additionally, a new U.S. date has been added in Pittburgh with Ann Wilson as support act on August 11th and on the European side there are two new dates, one in early June just after their rehearsals and another on July 14th details TBA. And a change in venue for the June 28th gig in Barcelona. Updated list below.

JEFF BECK EUROPEAN TOUR 2018
June 5 - TBA
June 8 - Grollo, Netherlands, Holland - International Blues
       Festival
June 9 - Paris - Olympia Theater
June 12 - Nottingham, UK - Royal Concert Hall
June 13 - Glasgow, Scotland - Royal Concert Hall
June 15 - London, UK - Live At Chelsea
June 16 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Hall
June 19 - Berlin - Tempodrom
June 20 - Munich, Germany - Circus Krone
June 21 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
June 23 - Brescia, Italy - Teatro Vittoria
June 24 - Rome, Italy - Teatro Ostia Antica
June 25 - Torino, Italy - Stupinigi Park
June 28 - Barcelona, Spain - Jardins de Pedralbes
June 29 - Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botanico Festival
June 30 - Sondika, Spain - Music Legends Festival
July 2 - Vienne, France - Jazz a Vienne Festiva
July 4 - Dusseldorfm Germany - Redbox
July 5 - Karlruhe, Germany - Tollhaus Festival
July 7 - Skaanevik, Norway - Skaanevik Blues Festival
July 9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival
July 14 - TBA

North America
Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson 'Stars Align' Tour

July 18 - West Valley City, UT - Usana Amphitheatre
July 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Five Point Amphitheatre
July 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theater w/Nils Lofgren
July 22 - Chula Vista, CA - Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 24 - Houston, TX - Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
July 25 - Dallas, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
July 26 - Austin, TX - Moody Theater (solo show)
July 28 - St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 29 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly
          Island
July 31 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 1 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage
Aug. 3 - Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Aug. 4 - Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion
Aug. 5 - York, PA - Appell Center
Aug. 7 - Lewiston, NY - Art Park w/Ann Wilson
Aug. 8 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 10 - Indianapolis, IN - Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Aug. 11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall w/Ann Wilson
Aug. 12 - Holmdel, NJ - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
Aug. 14 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 15 - Port Chester, NY - Capitol Theater (solo show)
Aug. 17 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Aug. 19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 20 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap w/Ann Wilson
Aug. 22 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Amphitheater
Aug. 23 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place Amphitheater
Aug. 25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 - Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

The Stars Align stars were in New York this week to help promote Live Nation's 'National Concert Week' featuring 'All-In' $20 tickets. Here's the photos....

Live Nation's 'National Concert Week' is really a great promotion to make concerts affordable this summer. Here's their blurb for the promotion...

Today starts the beginning of Live Nation’s ‘National Concert
Week’ which will take places now through May 8 with an exclusive
$20 all-in ticket offer for fans to celebrate the kickoff to its
biggest summer season. The deal will include over 1.5 million
tickets to 2,000+ shows across Live Nation’s roster of summer
tours including Comedy, Country, Hip-Hop, Latin, Metal, Rock,
Pop, and more.
For one week only, fans can get their hands on the $20 all-in
tickets Monday, April 30 at 8:00 am time at NCW.LiveNation.com,
through Tuesday, May 8 at 11:59 pm local time. DJ Khaled shared
his excitement about the ticket offer from 45,000 feet,
encouraging music fans to nab their tickets to the hottest
summer shows.
Produced by Live Nation, National Concert Week is a time for
artists and fans to celebrate their love of live music. To
launch the week, Live Nation will hold a special media event in
New York featuring dozens of their touring artists. Talent in
attendance talking about their upcoming summer tours will
include Paramore, Lindsey Stirling, Bush’s Gavin Rossdale, Jeff
Beck, Counting Crows' Adam Duritz, Ann Wilson of Heart,
Evanescence’s Amy Lee, Foreigner’s Mick Jones, 3 Doors Down, Bad
Company and Free’s Paul Rodgers, Coheed and Cambria, Collective
Soul, Pentatonix, O.A.R., Poison, Soul Asylum, Stone Temple
Pilots, Styx, Taking Back Sunday, The Cult, The Offspring,
Whitesnake, and more.

While Jeff was in New York, he played the 'WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala' at the Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, New York, NY, which honored promoter Ron Delsener and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, celebrating the music of Ray Charles. Other performers included; La Tanya Hall, Carolyn Leonhart, Michael Leonhart and band, Russell Malone, Maceo Parker, John Patitucci, Bernard Purdie, Catherine Russell and Special Surprise Guests.

Jeff Beck will appear on two albums set to drop in the next few months. First, Buddy Guy's upcoming 'The Blues Is Alive And Well' album which in due out June 15th. Jeff plays on the cut 'Cognac' which also features Keith Richards. Mick Jagger adds vocals to another song on the album, 'You Did The Crime'. I happen to know that cognac is one of Buddy's favorite drinks. Back in the 80's I went to see Buddy play at old Miami blues joint, 'Tobacco Road'. I got there really early and was sitting at the bar during Buddy's soundcheck. After it he walked by me at the bar and I asked, "Buddy can I buy you a drink?". He replied, "Sure." "What would you like?" "A Courvosier straight up." I had one too on the rocks. LOL. We had a nice drink together and I got to tell him how I saw him back in the 60's at another blues/jazz club outside of Boston called 'Lenny's On The Pike'. He remembered the place. Dick was at that show with me too.

Jeff will also appear on Ann Wilson's new album 'Immortal' which will drop soon. The album is a collection of covers and Jeff will play on a cover of Cream's 'Politician'.

Be seeing you...

JEFF BECK EUROPEAN TOUR 2018
June 8 - Grollo, Netherlands, Holland - International Blues
       Festival
June 9 - Paris - Olympia Theater
June 12 - Nottingham, UK - Royal Concert Hall
June 13 - Glasgow, Scotland - Royal Concert Hall
June 15 - London, UK - Live At Chelsea
June 16 - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Hall
June 19 - Berlin - Tempodrom
June 20 - Munich, Germany - Circus Krone
June 21 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
June 23 - Brescia, Italy - Teatro Vittoria
June 24 - Rome, Italy - Teatro Ostia Antica
June 25 - Torino, Italy - Stupinigi Park
June 28 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
June 29 - Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botanico Festival
June 30 - Sondika, Spain - Music Legends Festival
July 2 - Vienne, France - Jazz a Vienne Festiva
July 4 - Dusseldorfm Germany - Redbox
July 5 - Karlruhe, Germany - Tollhaus Festival
July 7 - Skaanevik, Norway - Skaanevik Blues Festival
July 9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival

North America
Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson 'Stars Align' Tour

July 18 - West Valley City, UT - Usana Amphitheatre
July 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Five Point Amphitheatre
July 22 - Chula Vista, CA - Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 24 - Houston, TX - Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
July 25 - Dallas, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
July 28 - St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 29 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly
          Island
July 31 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 1 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage
Aug. 3 - Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Aug. 4 - Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion
Aug. 8 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 10 - Indianapolis, IN - Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Aug. 12 - Holmdel, NJ - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
Aug. 14 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 17 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Aug. 19 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 22 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Amphitheater
Aug. 23 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place Amphitheater
Aug. 25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 - Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

There is no word yet as to whom his accompanying musicians will be for his 2018 tour dates. We'll let you know when we know.

Jeff was in LA recording from February 10th thru 24th. It is not known the direction of his next album. He also hung out with Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen (of Alice Cooper band and Johnny Depp band) and Bones (Rosie Bones and Carmen Vandenberg). No producer information about the new recordings.

Bones is not involved with his new recordings as they are doing their first USA headlining tour on their own this spring.

LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL is being released as a CD album on April 6th and on vinyl on May 25th on Rhino/Atco/Warner Music Group.

You saw it on our marquee...great news! Summer tour! Here's the press release courtesy of www.broadwayworld.com.

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 18th
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 50th 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.

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

**This is an add...Jeff Beck European Tour 2018 Dates announced...

June 8, Grolloo, Netherlands, Holland International Blues Festival
June 9, Paris, France, Olympia Theatre
June 19, Berlin, Germany, Tempodrom
June 20, Munich, Germany, Circus Krone
June 21, Prattein, Switzerland, Z7
June 23, Brescia, Italy, Teatro Vittoria
June 24, (Happy B-day) Rome, Italy, Teatro Ostia Antica
June 25, Torino, Italy, Stupinigi Park
June 30, Sondika, Spain, BBK Music Legends Festival
July 4, Dusseldorf, Germany, Redbox
July 5, Karlruhe, Germany, Tolhaus Festival
July 7, Norway
July 9, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen Jazz Festival

If you go to the Citi presale site and they ask for a code we're told that it's 'BOLERO'. Not sure if you'll need it or not. In addition to these U.S. dates, we understand Jeff also has some two European dates planned right now although we don't have details. Those are June 8th in Holland in July 7th in Norway. (Added above.)