It's been a long time since Baby Bird troubled the UK charts. The British band, essentially the vehicle for the talents of songwriter and former performance artist Stephen Jones, and scored an unlikely Britpop-era hit with 'You're Gorgeous.'

One fan, it appears, was 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star and friend of Keith Richards Johnny Depp, who has reportedly taken to the director's chair for the band's new video.

According to the Sun and NME.com, the Hollywood star was seen by paparazzi filming at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire this week.

The video is also said to star Depp's co-star in the recent film 'Public Enemies', Stephen Graham.


Baby Bird split in 2000 after being dropped by their record label Echo, but reformed to make a fourth album in 2005 and are set to release a fifth album in November, and play a handful of shows in the UK that month.

Depp, 46, is no stranger to the joys of hanging out with musicians. Quite apart from his time spent in the band P, he played guitar on Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's first solo album and played slide guitar on Oasis' 1997 song 'Fade-In Out.'