Just days after his court win against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp is getting ready to release an album with guitarist Jeff Beck.
Beck announced Thursday at a concert in England that music from him and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star would be available next month.
“I’m going to take this opportunity and tell you I met this guy five years ago, and we’ve never stopped laughing since,” Beck told the audience as he performed alongside Depp in a video posted on Stereogum.
“We actually made an album,” Beck said. “I don’t know how it happened. It will be out in July.”
Depp, 58, was not present in a Fairfax, Va., courtroom on Wednesday as the verdict in his high-profile, $50 million defamation lawsuit against his former ex-wife, actor Amber Heard, was read.
Depp had claimed that Heard ruined his reputation by insinuating he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed that focused on sexual violence.
Jurors awarded the Academy Award-nominated performer $15 million in damages after finding that Heard’s op-ed hurt his career. Heard was awarded $2 million as part of a countersuit.
Just days before the verdict, Depp put on a surprise performance at Beck’s show in the United Kingdom. Beck said back in 2020 that he and Depp had “been working on music together for a while now.”