Johnny Depp wears a leg brace when he arrives in Berlin ahead of a performance with rock band Hollywood Vampires
Johnny Depp wears a leg brace as he arrives in Berlin ahead of a gig with rock band Hollywood Vampires – after postponing the tour due to an ankle injury
Johnny Depp was seen wearing a leg brace when he arrived in Berlin on Wednesday ahead of his show with his band Hollywood Vampires at the Citadel Music Festival.
The actor, 60, who stars in the rock group alongside Aerosmith’s Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, recently postponed the US leg of their tour due to his injury.
Johnny wore a knit hat with a graphic printed jacket and black cargo pants as he strolled around town.
He was joined by an unknown friend as he continued his European tour after their appearances in Munich and Hamburg.
After spraining his ankle while promoting his movie, Jeanne Du Barry, at the Cannes Film Festival, a source revealed to TMZ that the star “emphasized it further while trying to get through” at a tribute show for his late friend Jeff Beck.
Injury: Johnny Depp, 60, (right) was seen wearing a leg brace as he arrived in Berlin on Wednesday ahead of his show with his band Hollywood Vampires at the Zitadelle
Earlier this month, the band announced they would be postponing the US leg of their tour due to Johnny’s injury.
An insider told TMZ that the actor has broken his ankle and his medical team has ordered him not to fly for the foreseeable future.
It meant he was unable to perform with Hollywood Vampires’ in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York.
Shortly after the cancellations, Depp and his bandmates, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, confirmed the news that they will have to reschedule their first three US tour dates on their Instagram account.
“We are sorry to inform you that the Hollywood Vampires will be rescheduling our three US tour dates this week,” the band revealed in their post.
They continued: ‘Johnny has suffered a painful ankle injury following his recent performances and has been advised by his doctor not to travel.’
“He is devastated by this turn of events, but is looking forward to resting so that all four Vampires can give their very best on tour in Europe,” the group continued.
Johnny, Alice and Joe formed the Hollywood Vampires in 2012, initially performing covers in honor of rock stars who died in the 1970s.
Quirky: He wore a knit beanie with a graphic printed jacket and black cargo pants as he strolled around town
Band: The actor, who stars in the rock group alongside Aerosmith’s Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, recently postponed the US leg of their tour due to his injury (LR Johnny, Joe and Alice)
Johnny previously toured with Beck and recorded an album with the legendary guitarist, who passed away at age 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis.
The pair created a 13-song collection, featuring two new Depp originals and an eclectic mix of covers ranging from iconic artists like the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon to alternative rockers like Killing Joke and The Velvet Underground.
“When Johnny and I started playing together, it really sparked our youthful spirit and creativity. We joked about how we felt 18 again so that became the album title too,” Beck, 77, said in a statement about the album, as reported by Billboard.
In keeping with their fond teenage memories sparked by the music, the two artists decided to use an illustration of themselves as an 18-year-old drawn by Beck’s wife Sandra for the album cover.