Johnny Depp to tour with Alice Cooper after Amber Heard trial

The Pirates of the Caribbean star has turned to old mates as he resurrects his career after his bitter court battle with his ex-wife.

Johnny Depp isn’t short of work after the Amber Heard defamation trial.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star has reunited band The Hollywood Vampires for a 2023 European Tour.

The group – formed in 2012 with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Tommy Henrikson – have lined up gigs in Germany and Luxembourg.

In the post the band says: “The Hollywood Vampires are BACK!! We’re coming to Germany and Luxembourg Summer 2023!

Tickets go on sale Monday 27 June at 11:00am CET.

Keep an eye out for more to come…”

The Hollywood Vampires announced their Euro tour on Instagram.

Depp recently appeared on stage in London with guitarist Jeff Beck where it was announced they have a new album out in July.

He’s also been cast to play King Louis XV in Jeanne Du Barry.

The jury in the high profile trial ruled in favour of Depp after a six-week trial in Fairfax County, Virginia on June 1.

The jury found that Depp’s ex-wife Heard defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post article – in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse” – that they agreed was false, defamatory and with malice, on all counts, and awarded him US$15 million damages, comprised of $10m compensatory and a further $5m punitive.

Heard won one of her three defamation counterclaims against Depp and was awarded $2 million in damages.

The jury found that Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman defamed her when he told the Daily Mail she set up Depp in a hoax when the police came to their apartment in May 2016.

HEARD TO TELL-ALL IN NEW BOOK

Amber Heard is in talks to write a tell-all book now that she has “nothing to lose” in the aftermath of ex-husband Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit, according to a new report.

The Aquaman star is reportedly ready to dish on her troubled marriage with Depp in what OK! Magazine described as a “revenge” book after she was widely regarded as the loser in the lengthy and highly publicised trial.

A source close to Heard claimed that the 36-year-old actress was “broke” and not “in a position to turn down money,” according to the publication.

The person said she “considers her career in Hollywood over” following a disastrous few months.

“Amber considers her career in Hollywood over. She’s already in talks and is excited about it,” a source described as an “insider” told OK! Magazine.

“At this point, she has nothing to lose and wants to tell all.”

Heard’s lawyer previously revealed in a television interview that she cannot afford the US$8.3 million in damages she was ordered to pay Depp on June 1 as part of their defamation battle.

But Heard, 36, may have something to lose — with a book potentially sparking new lawsuits against her if it includes anything further about Depp that could be considered defamatory, an expert told the publication.

Amber Heard appeared in her first post-trial interview on NBC's Today Show.

“Depp and his attorneys will be reading and listening to everything that Heard states,” author Dror Bikel told OK!

“If she crosses the line, which is likely, there is no question that will be hit with another defamation suit and end up right back in court.”

Bikel, author of The 1% Divorce: When Titans Clash, said Heard needs to be “extremely careful” of what she says about her ex after the way the trial turned out.

Representatives for Heard did not deny the OK! report but declined to comment when contacted by multiple publications this week, The NY Post reports.

Despite reports of the “tell-all,” Heard said in an NBC “Dateline” interview that she was “terrified” that Depp might sue her again.

“I guess that’s what a defamation lawsuit is meant to do, it’s mean to take your voice,” she claimed in her sit-down with Savannah Guthrie.

Amber Heard stands by “every word” of her testimony during the defamation trial against former husband Johnny Depp, she said in an interview that aired. Picture: AFP

Heard told Guthrie that she doesn’t blame the jury for not believing her testimony.

“I actually understand,” she said.

“He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.

“I’ll put it this way, how could they make a judgment, how could they not come to that conclusion.

“They had said in those seats and heard over three weeks of non-stop, relentless testimony from paid employees and towards the end of the trial, randos, as I say.

“Again, how could they after listening to three-and-a-half weeks of testimony about how I was an uncredible person and not to believe a word that came out of my mouth.”

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard during their time together. Picture: AFP

The star said she “would not blame the average person for looking at this and how it’s been covered and not think that it is Hollywood brats at their worst”.

She said the marriage was “ugly” — but also at times “very beautiful.”

“We were awful to each other. I made a lot of mistakes — a lot of mistakes,” she continued.

“But I’ve always told the truth.”

Heard described the six-week defamation trial as “the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through.”

“I have never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human,” she said.

“Every single day, I passed for three, four sometimes six city blocks lined with people holding signs saying, ‘Burn the witch,’ ‘Death to Amber,’” she said.

“After three-and-a-half weeks I took the stand and saw a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who are vocal, energised,” she said, referring to Depp’s “Pirates of the Carribean” character.

Following the verdict, Depp released a statement saying “the jury gave me my life back”.

“I am truly humbled,” he continued.

“Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, and also, the lives of the people who for many, many years have supported and believed in me were forever changed.

“False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me.

“It had already travelled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career.”