Johnny Depp wears a leg brace as he arrives in Berlin ahead of gig with rock band Hollywood Vampires

Johnny Depp wears a leg brace as he arrives in Berlin ahead of gig with rock band Hollywood Vampires – after postponing tour due to ankle injury

Johnny Depp was seen wearing a leg brace as he arrived in Berlin ahead of his show  with his band Hollywood Vampires at Citadel Music Festival on Wednesday. 

The actor, 60, who stars in the rock group alongside Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, recently postponed the US leg of their tour due to his injury. 

Johnny wore a knitted beanie hat with a graphic printed jacket and black cargo trousers s he strolled though the city. 

He was accompanied by an unknown pal as he continued his European tour following their gigs in Munich and Hamburg. 

After tweaking his ankle while promoting his film, Jeanne Du Barry, at the Cannes Film Festival a source revealed to TMZ that the star ‘stressed it further while trying to power through’ at tribute show for his late friend Jeff Beck.

Injury: Johnny Depp, 60, (right) was seen wearing a leg brace as he arrived in Berlin ahead of his show with his band Hollywood Vampires at the Zitadelle on Wednesday

Earlier this month the band announced they would be postponing the American leg of their tour due to Johnny’s injury. 

An insider told TMZ that the actor’s ‘ankle is fractured and his medical team has instructed him not to fly for the foreseeable future.’

It meant that 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 have to reschedule their first three U.S tour dates on their Instagram account.

‘We are sad to share that the Hollywood Vampires will be rescheduling our three US tour dates this coming week,’ the band revealed in their post.

They continued: ‘Johnny has sustained a painful injury to his ankle following his recent appearances and has been advised by his doctor not to travel.’

‘He is devastated by this turn of events, but looks forward to resting up so all four Vampires can bring their absolute best to the tour in Europe,’ the group continued. 

Johnny, Alice and Joe formed the Hollywood Vampires in 2012, initially performing cover songs to honor rock stars who died in the 1970s. 

Quirky: He wore a knitted beanie hat with a graphic printed jacket and black cargo trousers as he strolled though the city

Quirky: He wore a knitted beanie hat with a graphic printed jacket and black cargo trousers as he strolled though the city

Band: The actor, who stars in the rock group alongside Alice Cooper and Aerosmith's Joe Perry, recently postponed the US leg of their tour due to his injury (L-R Johnny, Joe and Alice)

Band: The actor, who stars in the rock group alongside Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, recently postponed the US leg of their tour due to his injury (L-R Johnny, Joe and Alice)

Johnny previously toured with Beck and recorded an album with the legendary guitarist, who died, at the age of 78, after contracting bacterial meningitis.

The pair created a 13-track collection, featuring two new Depp originals, and an eclectic mix of cover songs ranging from such iconic artists as the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon to alternative rockers such as Killing Joke and The Velvet Underground.

‘When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity. We would joke about how we felt 18 again so that just 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 that were sparked by the music, the two artists decided to use an illustration of themselves as 18-year-olds, drawn by Beck’s wife Sandra, for the album cover.

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