The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Beck

Rock royalty, movie stars and the global music industry pay tribute to the 'six-string warrior', guitarist Jeff Beck, after his sudden death

Osbourne was among the first to pay tribute to Beck, writing that it had been ‘such an honour’ to know and play with him on his most recent album.

The renowned guitarist’s death, at the age of 78, was announced by his family in an online statement on Wednesday.

The guitarist was one of the leading figures of rock music in the 1960s and was a major influence on many of the stars who followed.

Mick Jagger and Ozzy Osbourne were among a number of stars to pay heartfelt tributes to guitarist Jeff Beck following his death being announced this evening

Jeff Beck's representatives confirmed the inspirational guitarist and close friend of Johnny Depp passed away at the age on 78 on Tuesday

Beck’s collaborators and contemporaries said the musician had ‘blazed a trail impossible to follow’ and hailed the ‘powerful influence’ he had had .

‘I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world,’ Ronnie Wood tweeted

Fellow rock legends are paying tribute to Jeff Beck, the guitar virtuoso and musical innovator who died Wednesday

Jeff Beck, the influential, genre-bending English guitarist who rose to fame with The Yardbirds before later embarking on a solo career, has died at the age of 78, his family announced on social media on Wednesday.

Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He was 78.