Guitar legend will hit the road next summer for five dates around the UK

Former Yardbird recorded last year's intimate shows

The Grammy Award winning guitarist comes to London next month

Undeservedly obscure synth duo reappraised

Originally released in September 1969, left Beck's second album read like a superstar summit meeting, but for the guitarist it was just another day at the office. He'd already replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds, supported The Beatles in Paris, and appeared in Antonioni's movie Blow-Up, livening up the psychedelic club scene with some extreme axe-mangling GBH.

Axeman of distinction returns with 14th solo album

Sixties group and session work from Britain's first truly 'modern' guitarist