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JEFF BECK's New Album Cracks U.S. Top 15

April 21, 2010

JEFF BECK's first album in seven years, "Emotion & Commotion", sold around 26,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 11 on The Billboard 200 chart. This was the highest debut of Beck's 45-year career and his highest chart position since 1975's "Blow By Blow". "Emotion & Commotion" also claimed Beck's best sales week of the SoundScan era.

Continuing to lend his personal notoriety to such worthy causes, Beck will appear tonight on the hit television show "American Idol" for their annual "Idol Gives Back" special. Beck will be joined on stage by songstress Joss Stone to perform their hit duet "I Put A Spell On You", the first single from "Emotion & Commotion".

Never one to rest on his laurels, immediately following "Idol Gives Back", on Thursday, April 22, Beck will perform an intimate live show for 200 guests at the Grammy Museum for legendary Los Angeles radio station KLOS. For those not lucky enough to be there in person, the show will also be webcast live in its entirety at 7:30 PM PT at 955klos.com.

The first leg of the "Emotion & Commotion" U.S. tour kicked off on April 16 in San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles, where a 22-piece orchestra added to the exciting live show. The tour will continue this week hitting such cities as Houston, Dallas, and Tulsa, before ending at the world-famous New Orleans Jazz Festival on May 1. The newly added second U.S. leg will light up the Boston scene on June 3 before hitting Atlanta, New Jersey, Detroit, and Indianapolis, including a stop at this year's Bonnaroo festival and an appearance at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival, to finish the U.S. tour on June 26.

Accompanying Beck on the "Emotion & Commotion" U.S. tour dates will be his new touring band, including the Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Narada Michael Walden on drums, Rhonda Smith on bass, and Jason Rebello on keyboards.

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