Johnny Depp rocks out for charity!

Johnny Depp went back to one of his first loves - playing the guitar - at a benefit concert in Pompano Beach, Fla., Friday night.

The Oscar nominee played a 90-minute set with his bandmates from The Kids, a power-pop group formed in 1978 when Depp was a South Florida high schooler, at the 2,800-seat Club Cinema.

And Depp had two of his biggest fans in the audience watching him: girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and their 9-year-old daughter Lily-Rose, who sat together in the venue's box seats as Depp smiled up at them from the stage (son Jack, 6, was not at the show).

Last year, Depp reunited with his band for a similar gig, held in honor of the band's late manager, Sheila Witkin, with proceeds donated to the Dan Marino Foundation. The former Miami Dolphin football player's charity funds programs for children with special needs - including the Marino Autism Research Institute. Marino's 17-year-old son Michael has autism.

Earlier in the day, the actor - who arrived in South Florida with his family on Thursday to give him some time to rehearse - posed for photos with Marino and his bandmates.

Onstage at Club Cinema, Depp - who dressed down in a blue T-shirt with holes, torn jeans and a flannel shirt tied around his waist - blended in with his fellow band members, playing lead electric guitar and singing background vocals on some of the band's original tunes, as well as covers of classics like The Ronettes' "Be My Baby."

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