Michael J. Fox goes Back To The Future as he channels Marty McFly’s iconic Johnny B. Goode gig to perform with Sting at his Parkinson’s fundraiser gala in New York City
Michael J. Fox channelled Marty McFly as he rocked out on stage with Sting on Saturday at his A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s gala in New York City.
The 60-year-old actor, whose character Marty famously played Johnny B. Goode in the finale of iconic 1985 film Back To The Future, was in his element as he joined the musical icon, 70, at at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Onstage, Fox wore a black blazer over a white graphic T-shirt with black pants and black framed glasses.
The latest: Michael J. Fox, 60, took to the stage to perform alongside rock legend Sting, 70, on Saturday at his A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s gala in New York City
Sting wore a black coat over a black sweater with black pants as the pair were seen jamming with guitars in the lively outing in the Big Apple.
The performance echoed Fox’s famous scene in the classic time travel movie, which saw Marty wow as he performed an ahead-of-its-time rendition to the 1955 high school students of Hill Valley.
Saturday’s event was hosted by Dennis Leary, with Brad Paisley also performing. Other notable names in attendance included director Spike Lee, actresses Julianne Moore and Julianna Margulies, and NBA stalwart Blake Griffin.
The Back to the Future star, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, has raised more than $1 billion toward Parkinson’s research through his charity organization in its 20-plus years of existence.
The organization’s focus, as stated on its website, ‘is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today.’
Are you telling me you built a time machine? The 60-year-old actor, whose character Marty famously played Johnny B. Goode in the finale of iconic 1985 film Back To The Future, was in his element as he performed (pictured right in the first film)
Pose: The actor and musician posed alongside one another on the red carpet of the charity event
Rockers: Sting wore a black coat over a black sweater with black pants as the pair were seen jamming with guitars in the lively outing in the Big Apple.
Yay: The performance echoed Fox’s famous scene in the classic time travel movie, which saw Marty wow as he performed an ahead-of-its-time rendition to the 1955 high school students of Hill Valley (pictured)
Fox told People of the fundraising efforts: ‘We are loading up all the cannons we can and pointing them at the target. One of them will fire and it will happen. The disease is a problem that will be there until you solve it. But we’re hopeful.’
He told the outlet that he’s ‘in a really good groove’ physically these days, as ‘every day is different.’
Fox told the outlet that while the circle of what he’s able to do ‘gets smaller,’ he’s happy he’s ‘found things in the middle of the circle that can’t be touched, like my family and the time I have with them.’
Onstage, Fox wore a black blazer over a white graphic T-shirt with black pants and black framed glasses at the event
Sting and Brad Paisley were among the performers at the event, which Dennis Leary hosted