Johnny Depp Hollywood Vampires Glasgow OVO Hydro 2026

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A major rock band, which features Johnny Depp and rock legend Alice Cooper, is set to play a huge show in Glasgow.

Hollywood Vampires will take to the stage in Glasgow's West End later this year.

The all-star group comprises Depp and Cooper, as well as Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen.


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They'll be supported by Glasgow music legends The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Announcing the gig, the Hydro said: "ANNOUNCED.

"Hollywood Vampires return to the OVO Hydro on 17 August with special guests The Jesus and Mary Chain."



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Johnny Depp arriving for the UK premiere of Modigliani - Three Days On The Wing Of Madness, at Curzon Mayfair in London. Picture date: Tuesday July 8, 2025. (Image: Ian West/PA Archive/PA Images)

Depp has been a controversial figure in recent years, having been embroiled in several legal cases in the UK and America over abuse allegations.

Depp has not been criminally convicted of domestic abuse in any court, but civil courts have reached conflicting findings about abuse allegations involving Amber Heard.

In 2020, Depp sued The Sun in London for libel over calling him a “wife beater”; the High Court ruled against him, finding the newspaper’s allegation was “substantially true.”

​However, in 2022, a Virginia jury largely sided with Depp in his defamation case over Heard’s Washington Post op-ed describing herself as a victim of domestic abuse.

The jury found that Heard’s statements implying Depp abused her were false and made with actual malice, awarding him over 10 million dollars in damages after statutory caps, while also awarding Heard 2 million dollars on one of her counterclaims.

The Hollywood Vampires last played Glasgow at the Hydro in 2023.

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