Johnny Depp to present Oasis with Brits Award

The Brit Awards will feature Hollywood actor Johnny Depp on stage to present Oasis with their special achievement award.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star is a friend of Noel Gallagher, who will receive the gong for Outstanding Contribution to Music along with other band members. Previous recipients of the award include U2, The Beatles and Paul Weller.

Johnny was introduced to Noel by their then girlfriends Kate Moss and Meg Mathews and Johnny went on to play guitar on Fade In-Out, a song on the number one Oasis album Be Here Now.

A Brits source said: "This year it's going back to being broadcast live so the organisers have gone for huge names to spice it up."

Next year's spectacular will be opened by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Valentine's Day and will be hosted by Russell Brand and Fearne Cotton