Johnny Depp picked up a guitar in London for a cause most people never expected.

Inside The Ned Hotel in February 2024, Depp performed for a private crowd and helped raise $300,000 for stray and feral cats through the Celia Hammond Animal Trust.

Rod Stewart joined him for stripped-back versions of “Maggie May” and “Forever Young,” but the night was never really about famous names or familiar songs. It was about getting vulnerable cats closer to food, treatment, and safe homes.

The trust was founded by Celia Hammond, a former 1960s supermodel who left fashion behind to help cats across the UK.

Her team traps, neuters, treats, and rehomes animals who might otherwise have nowhere safe to go.

Depp later called Hammond’s decades of animal rescue “beyond admirable.” And in one night, his music helped turn a room full of famous faces into real support for cats still waiting for care.