Johnny Depp made a shock look on the ‘Folks Have the Energy: A Celebration of Patti Smith’ tribute.
Johnny Depp was among the many enormous names to pay tribute to punk rock hero Patti Smith
Large names descended on New York Metropolis’s legendary Carnegie Corridor to honour the punk poet laureate on Wednesday evening (26.03.25).
The night featured dazzling performances by Bruce Springsteen, Flea of the Pink Scorching Chili Peppers, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Michael Stipe of R.E.M., and lots of extra.
The Boss and Flea joined forces on a rousing rendition of ‘As a result of the Night time’, Smith and Springsteen’s 1978 hit.
Karen O gave a hair-raising efficiency of Smith’s 1975 basic ‘Gloria’, whereas Depp made a shock look to carry out ‘Dancing Barefoot’ alongside Alison Mosshart of The Kills.
Smith and Depp have shared a sister-brother relationship for a few years.
They grew shut after her personal sibling handed away and the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star impressed her track ‘9’ from her 2012 LP ‘Banga’.
She advised The Solar on the time: “I met Johnny [Depp] about 5 years in the past. He and Vanessa (Paradis, his then-wife) and their daughter got here to my live performance in Los Angeles and stated hiya backstage. We simply actually hit it off. I misplaced my brother and actually mourned him, and it felt like he despatched Johnny Depp to be my new brother.”
At a playback of the album, Smith shared: “I went to go to him [Depp] in Puerto Rico when he was filming Rum Diary. It was his birthday, and I didn’t have a gift, so I wrote him a track.”
Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson, Michael Shannon, and Sean Penn additionally took half by studying a few of Smith’s poetry.
The magical evening culminated with a efficiency of ‘Folks Have the Energy’, which noticed Smith be part of nearly all of the evening’s performers onstage.
All proceeds from the star-studded occasion will assist fund music schooling for underprivileged youth.
