Actor Johnny Depp seems to have given a surprise musical performance at a live performance in the United Kingdom on Sunday evening as the jury in his defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard, his former spouse, ready to proceed deliberations Tuesday.
Depp appeared to take the stage at a show at the Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, a metropolis about 40 miles southeast of Manchester, for guitarist Jeff Beck’s European tour, movies and pictures of the performance show.
In video shared on social media, Depp could possibly be seen taking part in the guitar and singing a rendition of John Lennon’s traditional “Isolation” that he and Beck launched as their first single collectively in April 2020.
In a news launch asserting the single, Beck’s web site had mentioned the two performers had been “musical soulmates” and had been “working behind-the-scenes for the past several years on new music.”
“Johnny and I have been working on music together for a while now and we recorded this track during our time in the studio last year,” Beck had said in a statement accompanying the release.
“We weren’t expecting to release it so soon but given all the hard days and true ‘isolation’ that people are going through in these challenging times, we decided now might be the right time to let you all hear it,” he mentioned, noting that the rendition was launched towards the begin of the coronavirus pandemic.
He mentioned followers may anticipate to listen to “more from Johnny and me in a little while.”
Of the collaboration, Depp had mentioned “Lennon’s poetry — ‘We’re afraid of everyone. Afraid of the Sun!’ — seemed to Jeff and me especially profound right now, this song about isolation, fear, and existential risks to our world.”
“So we wanted to give it to you, and hope it helps you make sense of the moment or just helps you pass the time as we endure isolation together,” he mentioned in a press release shared on Beck’s web site.
Surprised followers took to Twitter to precise their pleasure over the Sunday performance.
“Just been to the see Jeff Beck at Sheff City Hall……Johnny Depp….guest vocals awesome set,” one Twitter consumer wrote.
In a press release, sources near Depp mentioned he’s “in the United Kingdom this weekend, as he was a few weeks ago, to adhere to his previously scheduled work obligations.”
The show was not the actor’s first musical performance. He has additionally carried out in the supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry.
Depp’s performance got here after the jury started deliberations Friday in his case in opposition to Heard as the six-week trial neared its finish.
The jury is anticipated to renew deliberations Tuesday following the Memorial Day vacation.
Depp launched the $50 million lawsuit in opposition to Heard over an op-ed she printed in The Washington Post in 2018 in which she recognized herself as an abuse sufferer, with out naming Depp as an alleged abuser.
Heard has countersued for $100 million after a lawyer for Depp branded her abuse allegations a “hoax.”