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The Sun later reported that although Johnny had wanted to appear, security fears had made it impossible. But by April of this year, that issue was resolved. According to the paper, two ex-SAS minders had been hired to enable Johnny to play guitar for the band in safety. That was the tabloid’s story anyway, although it does seem a bit melodramatic for a star who’s normally so down to earth.
“Sadly all the festivals turned Babybird down. It’s inexplicable.”
Manchester seemed a good bet, as Johnny is familiar with the city. He already has pals there, such as Noel Gallagher from Oasis. (He played on the Be Here Now album). Sadly, Johnny didn’t put in an appearance at the Babybird gig. It may be that The Sun’s hype has killed off any chance of Depp playing live publicly with the band at all.
So that would seem to be an end to that. Except, festivals as big as Glasto and Reading are accustomed to squeezing last minute surprise guests onto their line-ups, and for enabling famous cameos. Johnny himself was rumoured to have delivered an impromptu set at Glastonbury last year, but this may very well have been a case of mistaken identity. After all [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the booze does flow thick and fast at these shindigs.
Either way, surely it's a given that any of the major fests would happily accommodate a performance by Babybird featuring the biggest movie star on the planet? Even if it’s completely devoid of fanfare, as Johnny would no doubt prefer, and even if it’s just one
Unfortunately, escaping that adulation does not come easily. It would seem Johnny’s fame and popularity has put the kibosh on his hope of performing discreetly with Babybird in a low key public venue. But how about at a festival? Surely a place as large as Glastonbury allows a modicum of anonymity?
The major drawback here is that, it seems, Babybird haven’t been invited to perform at any festivals this summer. A message from Stephen Jones was posted on twitter and re-printed on a Babybird fan-site, saying,
On the web, the official online community of Babybird can neither confirm nor deny the possibility of Johnny joining the band on tour, although the general consensus on the forum seems to suggest it’s unlikely. A Babybird fan called Caroline has seen Johnny play live previously, in Florida. Her astute summation, posted on the forum, was that she…
Babybird Tour 2010
“…got the feeling he was only too aware the number of girlies in the audience were there to see him and him alone, and all the other performers knew it as well.”
Babybird are currently touring the UK with their album Ex-Maniac, which Johnny Depp featured on. They’re playing a series of low-key gigs throughout June/July, and then it’s festival season. Rumour has it that Johnny could be joining the band for a surprise live appearance at any time. Although, with the Manchester gig already done and dusted [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], chances do seem to be diminishing.
For some time now The Sun newspaper has been suggesting Johnny Depp might appear live on stage with the band Babybird. In October 2009 Gordon Smart reported that Depp had been secretly lined up to join their come back gig at Hoxton Square Bar in London. Much to the chagrin of the paps [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who’d hijacked the front row, he didn’t. And they got a tongue-lashing for stealing real fans’ space from Babybird’s main man Stephen Jones too.
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