SAVE THE DATE: Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck in ITALY!

It was revealed by the president of the Umbria Jazz Foundation, Gian Luca Laurenzi, that the unknown “very special guest” set to perform with Jeff Beck is indeed Johnny Depp!

“In the final evening we will have as special guest is Johnny Depp who will go up on the main stage of the Arena Santa Giuliana with Jeff Beck.”

Johnny will be joining on stage to play with Jeff Beck next JULY 17, at 21h on the last day of the Umbria Jazz 22 Festival(a ten days festival with the best of the Italian and International Jazz organized during the month of July), at the Arena Santa Giuliana, in Perugia, a region of central Italy.

>  Curiosities:

*Jeff Beck was originally confirmed on the fastival, last week on March 22 along the announcement of a “Very Special Guest” which was going to be revealed on the next days. 

* As we know, Johnny will play Louis XV on the new historic movie directed by the French director, Maïwenn and it’s also scheduled to start to be filmed nextJuly 8 in Paris, France.
The show will happen one week after the beginning of the filming, so either will be a quick travel or the schedule changed.

* This will event will mark the first time in more than TWO YEARS Johnny will be playing on stage.
The last time was on January 24, 2020 when he attended and performed with Alice Cooper as special guests during Aerosmith’s performance on the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year, at the West Hall, at Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles, California. 

* This concert will also mark the first time THREE YEARS, Johnny will be a special guest on a Jeff Beck show. The last time was September 24, 2019 when he performed in 6 shows of Jeff’s 2019 Tour.

* Talking about tours, it was also announced that Jeff Beck will have a European tour set to start in May 2022 with some dates in the UK before the Italian concert. It’s unknown if Johnny will be performing as special guest, just like he was on September 17,18,20,21, 22 and24, 2019.

* As Jeff and Johnny has a collaboration album set to be released soon, based on the last songs they performed together they will play  their cover of John Lennon’s “Isolation”, his unreleased song “This is a Song for Ms. Hedy Lamarr” and their cover of ZZ Top’s “Hey Mr. Millionaire”. Or who knows a new song, such as Johnny’s sexy unreleased cover of The Velvet Underground “Venus in Furs” ? Either way, Johnny will probably join on stage in the middle of the show when Jeff starts to play “Rumble” by Link Wray.

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Chrissie Hynde, Jeff Beck, Slash and David Bowie backstage at Los Angeles Sports Arena after the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck performance on The Fire Meets the Fury Tour, December 1, 1989 © Jeffrey Mayer | RockIconix

David Bowie, Terry Bozzio, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt, Slim Jim Phantom, Slash and Albert Collins backstage at Los Angeles Sports Arena after the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck performance on The Fire Meets the Fury Tour, December 1, 1989 © Jeffrey Mayer | JeffreyMayerPhotography.com

The Yardbirds - Keith Relf - Jimmy Page

The Yardbirds - Stroll On @ Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)

Jeff Beck - guitar
Jimmy Page - guitar
Keith Relf - harmonica, vocals
Jim McCarty - drums
Chris Dreja - bass