Patti Smith was joined on stage by Johnny Depp to perform ‘People Have The Power’ at her London concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of ‘Horses’. Watch the moment below.
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The actor joined Smith during the first of two consecutive nights at the London Palladium, coming out on Sunday (October 12) during the encore. Depp played guitar on the album track ‘People Have the Power’, with Smith’s daughter Jesse on keyboards.
At the start of her encore, Smith introduced her entire band to the audience and then added: “And Johnny? And Johnny Depp? The original Johnny.” It was a reference to the line, “the boy looked at Johnny” from her track ‘Land / Horses’.
Watch the performance below.
Earlier this year, Depp gave a surprise performance at the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, in New York. He appeared to play ‘Dancing Barefoot’ with The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, who took to the stage earlier in the bill for a rendition of ‘Ask the Angels’.
Depp previously joined Smith and Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder back in 2010 to play the song together as part of the Voices for Justice Rally Little Rock gig. In 2012, Depp appeared on Smith’s album ‘Banga’, where he played drums and guitar on the title track.
The singer-songwriter is currently celebrating her iconic 1975 record with her band, including two members of the original group, Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, along with keyboardist/bassist Tony Shanahan, who has been in the line-up for 30 years.
Smith will play further ‘Horses’ tour dates in Brussels, Oslo, Paris and the US. You can find a full list of dates below and any remaining tickets here.
Patti Smith’s 50th anniversary ‘Horses’ tour dates are:
OCTOBER
15 – Brussels, Cirque Royale
16 – Brussels, Cirque Royale
18 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
20 – Paris, The Olympia
21 – Paris, The Olympia
NOVEMBER
10 – Seattle, The Paramount Theatre
12 – Oakland, The Fox Theatre
13 – San Francisco, The Masonic
15 – Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall
17 – Chicago, The Chicago Theatre
21 – New York City, The Beacon
22 – New York City, The Beacon
24 – Boston, The Orpheum Theatre
28 – Washington D.C., The Anthem
29 – Philadelphia, The Met
‘Horses’ has achieved many notable recognitions, notably The Charles Cros Award, and was included in the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry. The classic album was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2021.
NME previously listed ‘Horses’ as the 12th greatest album of all time, writing: “A scrawny girl from New Jersey with a truckers’ accent, Patti Smith was a punk poet like no other.
Back in August, Smith announced a 50th anniversary reissue of the album and shared a previously unreleased track, ‘Snowball’.
