Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck announce new album, days after Amber Heard verdict

Actor Johnny Depp joins musician Jeff Beck on stage during a concert, in Gateshead, Britain June 2, 2022. Photo: Reuters

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 publicised 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). "We actually made an album. I don't know how it happened. It will be out in July."