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Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have shared a new cover of The Velvet Underground – listen to their version of ‘Venus In Furs’ below.The pair are set to release a collaborative album called ’18’ next month. The album was recorded over the past three years and is due out on July 15.Depp made headlines last month (May 29) when he was a surprise guest at Beck’s show in Sheffield.

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Johnny Depp will once again appear onstage with guitarist Jeff Beck, with the actor announced today as a special guest for Montreux Jazz Festival .Depp made headlines last month (May 29) when he was a surprise guest at Beck’s show in Sheffield. The pair performed covers of John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix, and the actor went on to join Beck on stage at a handful of other gigs despite awaiting the verdict in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard at the time.Now, it has been announced that the two will appear together again at Montreaux, which runs from July 1 to July 16 on the shoreline of Lake Geneva.Beck’s show on July 15 at the Auditorium Stravinski had already been announced, but festival organisers have now revealed that Depp will be joining him.

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Johnny Depp and English guitarist Jeff Beck are set to release a joint album on July 15 after the actor joined Beck on his European tour.  The album will include 13 tracks mostly covers of songs, featuring tunes from hit artists including the Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye. Depp is also including two original songs, with one song titled "This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr" as an homage to the actress.  "It’s an extraordinary honor to play and write music with Jeff, one of the true greats and someone I am now privileged enough to call my brother," Depp said in a statement on Thursday, which also marks the actor's 59th birthday.  Beck had unofficially teased the LP at a concert appearance last week, according to Variety.  The album, titled "18", was apparently named after the energy both artists felt when recording and performing together.  "We would joke about how we felt 18 again, so that just became the album title, too," said Beck in a statement.

Fresh off his legal battle with his ex-wife, Johnny Depp has announced that he and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mostly covers next month.

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have announced details of a collaborative album called ’18’ and shared its first single.Depp made headlines last month (May 29) when he was a surprise guest at Beck’s show in Sheffield. The pair performed covers of John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix, and the actor went on to join Beck on stage at a handful of other gigs despite awaiting the verdict in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard at the time.The new album, recorded over the past three years, is coming out on July 15.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticJeff Beck and Johnny Depp have announced a joint album that’s on the way, after Beck unofficially put word of it out to a concert audience last week, and the pair are heralding it with a video that was released Thursday, for a Depp-penned original song, “This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr.”The homage to the screen siren Lamarr, who died in 2000 at age 85, is one of two songs written by Depp for the project, the other one being “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade.” These freshly penned originals are the outliers on “18,” an album otherwise made up of cover songs, some of them sung by Depp, some in fully instrumental form. It’ll be out via the Rhino label on CD and on digital platforms July 15 (with a vinyl release to follow on Sept.

Millie Bobby Brown and her boyfriend, Jake Bongiovi, are still going strong. The 20-year-old son of Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi showed off his relationship on Instagram this week, giving fans a rare peek at a little PDA bettween him and the Stranger Things star.

Fans don’t have to wait much longer to hear Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck’s album.

Zack Sharf Jeff Beck announced during his June 2 concert in the English city of Gateshead that he’ll be releasing a new album with Johnny Depp next month. The album will mark Depp’s first major project released since the end of his highly-publicized defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp bowed to the crowd during Beck’s announcement.“I’m gonna take this opportunity and tell you I met this guy five years ago, and we’ve never stopped laughing since,” Beck told the crowd about Depp (via Stereogum).

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.

Johnny Depp reconnected with his supermodel ex-girlfriend on Tuesday with a backstage get-together at a concert in London where he made a cameo performance!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRay Parker Jr., the R&B star and singer-songwriter best known for the theme from “Ghostbusters,” gets the documentary treatment in “Who You Gonna Call?,” from Sony Pictures Entertainment, which premieres on June 7 — watch the trailer below.As the documentary shows, there’s much more to Parker’s career than that theme song: He had many R&B hits under his own name and as leader of the group Raydio, and in his mid-teens became an in-demand session guitarist, particularly with Motown acts, like Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations and especially Stevie Wonder, even touring with his band when they were the opening act on the Rolling Stones’ legendary 1972 U.S. tour. He later worked with Herbie Hancock, Barry White, Boz Scaggs and many others.

Naman Ramachandran Johnny Depp, who is awaiting the verdict on a multi-million dollar defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, rocked London’s Royal Albert Hall stage with English musician Jeff Beck on Monday.This was their second gig in a row after “The Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s surprise appearance at Sheffield City Hall on Sunday as part of Beck’s European tour.Introducing Depp on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, Beck said: “He came knocking on my dressing room door about five years ago and we haven’t stopped laughing since.”The duo reportedly played their 2020 collaboration “Isolation,” a cover of the John Lennon song from 1970, and a total of seven songs together, including Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing,” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life.” The songs received a standing ovation, per some reports.MY HEART IS BURSTING I TELL YOU pic.twitter.com/dfQon1AmmT—

Johnny Depp has appeared onstage with Jeff Beck for the second time, as the guitarist continues his European tour datesDepp made headlines on Sunday (May 29) when he was a surprise guest at Beck’s show in Sheffield. The pair performed covers of John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix.Last night (May 30) Depp returned to the stage during Beck’s show at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Johnny Depp received a standing ovation at the Royal Albert Hall in London as he joined his friend and singer Jeff Beck to perform a series of music covers, including John Lennon's Isolation and Marvin Gaye's What's Going on.MORE: Surprising reason Johnny Depp WON'T be in court when trial verdict is readA video shared online shows the crowd going wild for the actor, who is currently awaiting the verdict in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.WATCH: Johnny Depp's witness goes viral after remarkable comment to Amber Heard's lawyerAs the cheers and applause continued, the actor can be seen clapping back at the audience, who no doubt enjoyed the performance.READ: Amber Heard makes surprising last-minute request regarding juryRELATED: Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose breaks social media silence amid dad's trialTaking to Twitter, one fan wrote: "So happy to see you enjoying yourself Johnny after all that you've been through."Johnny Depp is set to perform again on TuesdayAnother added: "So, so heartwarming to witness Johnny Depp with Jeff Beck live at Royal Albert Hall earlier. If he can head for London for a well-deserved party after going up against his own 'you know who', no better place to be appreciated, eh? Party time indeed.

“Isolation,” which fans captured and shared on Twitter and YouTube.The pair also covered “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye and “Little Wing” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. According to The Telegraph, Depp is expected to appear onstage with Beck when he performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London on May 30 and May 31.The Depp-Heard trial wrapped with closing arguments on Friday, May 27 before heading to the jury for deliberations.Depp, 58, initially sued his ex-wife for $50 million following a 2018 op-ed she penned in The Washington Post, in which she referred to herself as a domestic abuse survivor. Depp was not mentioned by name in the column.

A special guest. Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at a Jeff Beck concert as the jury in his ongoing defamation trial against Amber Heard began deliberation.

Johnny Depp doesn’t seem too worried about the jury’s decision. Rather than sitting at home anxiously awaiting the verdict on his defamation case, the actor — or should we say rock star? — was seen performing during a surprise appearance at Jeff Beck‘s concert on Sunday!

Johnny Depp was a surprise special guest at Jeff Beck‘s gig in Sheffield last night (May 29), with the pair performing covers of John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix.Depp, who is currently awaiting the verdict in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, hopped on a plane after closing arguments were heard in court on Friday (May 27), with a decision expected early this week.During the three song performance, Depp stayed quiet on stage, instead just playing guitar along with Beck to three classics from Lennon, Gaye and Hendrix.Watch footage of the performances below.Depp is suing his ex-wife Heard for defamation over a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, where she wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence.Heard didn’t mention Depp by name in the piece, though Depp’s lawyers argue it falsely implies she was sexually and physically abused by him in their marriage. She has also filed a counterclaim against Depp, arguing he has created a smear campaign against her.The pair met while filming 2011 film The Rum Diary and married in 2015.

Amber Heard, Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance Sunday at a Jeff Beck concert in England. According to multiple videos that surfaced online, Depp joined Beck on stage to perform their 2020 collaboration “Isolation,” a remake of John Lennon’s 1970 song. The pair also performed a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.”In addition to his film career, Depp is a notable guitarist and is a member of the band Hollywood Vampires, alongside Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.This Depp sighting comes only two days after lawyers delivered closing arguments in his $50 million defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Enterprises (UMe), the catalog division of Universal Music Group, has promoted Sujata Murthy to executive vice president of media & artist relations, effective immediately.In her role, Ms. Murthy will continue to be responsible for the label’s media department and oversee press strategy and campaigns, as well as work closely with artists, managers and estates across UMG’s roster.

Ernie Barnes’ 1976 painting The Sugar Shack, familiar to millions of TV viewers for its use during the closing credits of the ’70s sitcom Good Times as well as serving as the album cover of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 release I Want You, sold at auction in New York City last night for $15.3 million.

Kendrick Lamar isn’t like other rappers. Let every other artist competing for rap’s throne jockey for position via social media campaigns, mixtapes, cheap co-branding, and market-tested singles: King Kunta floats above it all like a hip-hop mystic, descending from his mountain a couple of times a decade to bless the masses with scripture.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers finally arrives this Friday, and he kickstarted his rollout on Sunday with a new song and video for “The Heart Part 5," a new entry in the series of songs he began back in 2010.

Naman Ramachandran Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay, has revealed the first international adaptation of hit U.K. format “Starstruck,” with a deal confirmed in South America.The show launched earlier this year to a consolidated 4.7 million viewers on U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer ITV Hub and was re-commissioned for a second series.

When country pop duo Dan + Shay teamed up with Justin Bieber in 2019 to release their hit ‘10,000 Hours’, they marked the occasion by ripping off the 1980s soul song ‘The First Time Baby Is A Holiday’. Or so says the company that owns the copyright in the 1980s soul song ‘The First Time Baby Is a Holiday’.

you have?” Meyers joked. “And just remember, any time you come up with some kinky idea involving two cartoon characters, pornography has beat you to it.

BBC News reports, Superfly – real name Mike Bernard – passed away on March 15. A cause of death has not yet been made public.Bernard became the first Black presenter on BBC Radio Bristol back in 1978, and spent time teaching Maths and English to youngsters at The Inkworks in the St Pauls suburb of the city.In the ’80s, he formed a friendship with Soul II Soul founder Jazzie B who would borrow records from Bernard’s extensive vinyl collection (via Bristol Live).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Oscars will feature an unusual all-star band starring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, legendary singer-percussionist Sheila E. and iconic jazz pianist Robert Glasper along with musical director Adam Blackstone, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced. The Oscars air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m.

Ethan Shanfeld Dua Lipa got hit with dual lawsuits this month surrounding her mega-hit song “Levitating.”The first of the copyright infringement suits comes from Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System, which accused Lipa of copying its 2017 song “Live Your Life.” The second hails from songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer, who allege that Lipa stole from two of their songs — “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” (1979) and “Don Diablo” (1980).Variety spoke with musicologists E.

Timmy Thomas, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose minimalist yet urgent 1973 hit anti-war anthem “Why Can’t We Live Together” would eventually sell more than two million copies, died Friday, March 11, at a hospital in Miami. He was 77.

NME journalist Gavin Martin, who has died.The news was reported by Louder Than War earlier today (March 11). A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.Born in 1961, Martin was first published in the NME letters page when he was just 13-years-old before moving to London as a teenager to work at the magazine alongside Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons and Danny Baker.Martin wrote U2‘s first-ever NME cover interview in 1981 ahead of the group releasing their second studio album, ‘October’, later that same year.

Kanye West‘s love life had made headlines long before becoming part of Kim Kardashian‘s reality television world. Ever since Ye broke out on his scene, his romances have been in the public eye – mainly because he’s used them as inspiration for some of his biggest songs. From rapping about his high school sweetheart on his landmark debut to having Amber Rose star in an unreleased music video to riding a motorcycle with Kim in “Bound 2,” Ye’s artistic vision has been motivated by his heart. So, who has this rapper called girlfriend?

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRay Parker Jr. had enjoyed a successful career in music when he received a call from his friend Gary LeMel about doing music for a weird film called “Ghostbusters.” Originally a session guitarist in his native Detroit, he recorded and toured with artists like Barry White, Bohannon, the Spinners and Marvin Gaye, and performed on Stevie Wonder’s classic “Talking Book” album and was the guitarist in Wonder’s band on a 1972 tour opening for the Rolling Stones.