Johnny Depp Live On Stage

Here is a list of Johnny's known live musical performances.  These include performances with The Kids, Shane MacGowan & the Popes, P, Iggy Pop, Vanessa Paradis and others.  Some of these performances exist on video and/or audio. This is certainly a work in progress, and not meant to be a complete list!  Thanks to all those involved in finding and sharing these pix, and contributing information!

Please e-mail  if you know of any other live gigs!


Please click images to enlarge.  Downloadable videos thanks to Lynn and all the Deppography contributors.  
Also, check out the Timeline, and the On Stage section of the gallery  for more photos!


(Updated 9/1/08)





1978 xx xx Flame plays carnival at St. Bartholomew's Catholic School (reported set: 25 Or 6 To 4 / Freebird)



1978 xx xx (approx) Zaphyre plays at a school dance at Madonna High School, as well as other school dances at the time.
(reported set includes all Van Halen songs)



1980 xx xx Bitch auditions for talent show at Miramar High School (reported set: Show Your Love {aka I'm The One})

talent show



1980 xx xx Johnny recalls his first gig with The Kids being on a bill with Chuck Berry in Atlanta.  The show would have to have been in the fall of 1980

1988 11 bop  2006 rolling stone chuck\



1980 11 14 Reported show at the Sunrise Musical Center, opening for Pat Benatar



1980 12 15 The Kids play at a memorial for John Lennon at Bayfront Park in Miami  (reported set: includes Beatles songs)

kidsgonuts




1981 05 04 U2 plays at The Agora in Hallandale FL.  This was one of two area shows that U2 played in which The Kids may have opened; the other was June 23, 1983 at the Sunrise Musical Center



1981 08 10 The Kids share a bill with The Pretenders at the Sunrise Musical Center

pretenders gig   kidsrvbbr   pretenders pass



1981 08 31 The Kids play at a "Battle Of The Bands" at the Agora

kidsblurb



1981 09 xx WSHE show features The Kids
(reported set: Tell Me What You Want / Can't Believe It's True / Gonna Love Ya / My Time Has Come)



1981 10 xx The Kids play at The Agora.  Freewheel is also on the bill.
(reported set: Tell Me What You Want / I Was Lonely / One Track Mind / You Only Want To Be With Me / Fame / Good Times / I Want To Be Me / Nothings For Nothing / Gonna Love Ya / I Don't Care / Time Is The Key / Backstage Girl)  

1981



1981 10 17 K-102 Homegrown Rock Festival features The Kids, who take 2nd place in a Battle Of The Bands  (set: I Don't Care / Time Is The Key)

homegrown   homegrown back



1981 11 07 The Kids open for Iggy Pop at the Main Street Club in Gainesville FL




1982 04 03 The Kids play at the Agora Ballroom in Hallandale FL.

kids 1982



1982 09 21 Talking Heads play Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise FL.  The Kids were said to have opened for them, so this is a possible show in which that may have occurred

Reference to show here



1983 02 13 The Kids play at Gusman Hall, University of Miami, FL.  Z-Cars are also on the bill
(reported set: includes all original songs in the main set: You Don't Know Me / I Was Lonely / You Only Want To Be With Me / Good Times / I Can't Take You / Nothing's For Nothing / Can't Believe It's True / I Want To Be Me / Say No More / Runaway / Backstage Girl / Encore: Glad All Over (by Dave Clark Five)

Kids 1983 Gusman Hall



1983 06 83 U2 plays at Sunrise Musical Center in Sunrise FL.  This was one of two area shows that U2 played in which The Kids may have opened; the other was May 4, 1981 at The Agora in Hallandale.



1983 xx xx The Kids perform a Florida Farewell show in Ft. Lauderdale FL

The Kids FL farewell



1984 02 xx The Kids/Six Gun Method may have opened for Billy Idol at this Hollywood Palladium show. Johnny also recalls the band opening for The Bus Boys in LA.



1985 05 04 The Kids play a reunion concert at the Button South in Hallandale FL.  Jimmy Gambone fills in for Joey Malone on guitar.  

The Kids 1985 1   The Kids 1985 2

This may be the show in which clips have been shown on 20/20 and Bravo Profiles.  The clips include a song called Make Up Your Mind

20/20 and Bravo screen caps:

2020 1   Bravo 2    2020 3

Brief audio clip from Bravo Profiles



1986 fall (to spring of 1987) Rock City Angels play several shows at the Lingerie Club

lingerie club



1986 fall (to spring of 1987) Rock City Angels play several shows at Teaser, and a festival in Oxnard



1986 11 27 Rock City Angels play at a street fair for the homeless on or around Thanksgiving



1986 12 31 Rock City Angels play a New Year's Eve gig



1987 02 14 Rock City Angels open for Jane's Addiction at the Scream Club in LA

scream ad 1   scream ad closeup   scream ad 2

See Jane's Addiction's set for this show



1987 05 23 Johnny plays with The Big Bang (an incarnation of Slyder) at the Button South

Big Bang 1987 2   1987 Big Bang



1987 07 03 Rock City Angels, with Johnny, play at the White Trash au Go-Go in LA, possibly on a bill with Junkyard Nicolas Cage reportedly attends



1992 02 xx Johnny plays guitar live with a Belgrade band called The Partibrejkers (aka The Partybreakers), while attending the Belgrade Int'l Film Fest to promote Arizona Dream.  Emir Kusturica and Jim Jarmusch reportedly play, as well. (set: includes Stop Johnny)




1993 03 17 with P, Austin Chronicle Music Awards, Austin TX
(set: Mumble / Mr. Officer / Michael Stipe / White Man Sings The Blues / People Who Died)

P mumble   P ani   P white man sings

White Man Sings The Blues on YouTube

Download Mumble
Download Mr. Officer
Download Michael Stipe
Download White Man Sings The Blues
Download People Who Died



1993 xx xx (or 1994) with P, Viper Room, photos from at least one performance

P 1    P 2



1993 10 30 with P, Viper Room, performed the night River Phoenix died

(The Viper Room remembers River Phoenix; my scans are from the Oct. 1999 Cut magazine)

viper 1  viper 2


1994 09 28 with Shane MacGowan & The Popes, Top of the Pops, London (song: That Woman's Got Me Drinking)

shane TOTP 1   shane TOTP 2

Top of the Pops on YouTube

Download Top Of The Pops



1994 11 xx Johnny is rumored to have played bass with Shane and the Popes at some UK shows



1995 01 16 with P, Viper Room, performs at private 21st birthday party for Kate Moss on or around this day.  According to Jason Donovan's autobiography, Johnny was performing with Michael Hutchence on this night, and the music was cut as Donovan collapsed due to a drug overdose.  (set: includes Gloria)



1996 02 xx through June.  While Johnny was filming Donnie Brasco in Ft. Lauderdale FL, The Kids played a show at the Rockandy club

kids reunion    rockandy



1996 10 15 The Warehouse, Toronto Ontario, rumored to play a show with the Butthole Surfers



1996 12 12 Hunter S. Thompson Tribute, Louisville KY, with Warren Zevon, David Amram, and Susi Wood  (song: My Old Kentucky Home)

David Amram



1997 12 12 with P, Sofiensäle, Vienna Austria

P in vienna 1     P vienna 2



1997 12 15 with P, U4 club, Vienna Austria

P at U4 1  P at U4 2   Pvienna3



1999 12 12 with Iggy Pop, Vanessa Paradis and Chrissie Hynde, Canal Broadcast, Paris France  (songs: Hollywood Affair / Nightclubbing)

canal with iggy 1   iggyani   canal with iggy 2

Nightclubbing on YouTube

Download Hollywood Affair
Download Nightclubbing



2000 10 xx (approx) Johnny reportedly played guitar with a band called Egypt at the Flamingo Cantina in Austin, TX



2001 03 25 with Vanessa Paradis, Olympia, Paris France (song: Fais Pas Ci Fais Pas Ca)

with vanessa 1   with vanessa 2



2005 08 20 Hunter S. Thompson's cannon blast, Aspen CO.  Rolling Stone reports that Johnny played guitar on the song My Old Kentucky Home with Lyle Lovett, David Amram, and Hunter's brother Davison on vocals.  Other songs performed on which Johnny may have also participated were Will The Circle Be Unbroken with Jimmy Ibbotson of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and If I Had A Pony with Lyle Lovett.

(Hunter is remembered by his loved ones; photos by Peter Mountain.
My scans from the Sept. 22 2005 Rolling Stone) 

hunter blast 1   hunter blast 2   2005 RS music



2007 01 28 with The Kids, Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert, Pompano Beach FL
(set: approximates the scanned setlist shown below; a number of songs were performed with The Romantics)


setlist1   setlist2   ticket   sheila1   sheila2



2008 08 29
with The Kids, Second Annual Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert, Pompano Beach FL
(set: includes Make Up Your Mind, Time To Explain, Lonely, Babe, Nothing's For Nothing, The Man That Knows Too Much, Precious, Be My Baby, Single Digit (?), Mystery Dance, Can't Believe, Brand New Cadillac (featuring Vee Witkin), (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding, and "Sheila" (sung to the tune of Gloria; this song was a jam with all the other musicians on stage)  (If anyone has corrections or additions, please let me know!  Also, if anyone happened to snag the written setlist and could scan a copy for this site, it would be much appreciated!)

8/29 witkin 1   8/29 witkinII   ticket Aug 29   8/29 witkin II   8/29 witkin II



2008 08 30 with The Kids, Second Annual Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert, Pompano Beach FL
(set: Make Up Your Mind / Time To Explain / You Only Want To Be With Me / Can't Believe / Lonely / Be My Baby / Got The Time / Single Digit (?) / Don't Wait Up For Me / Target (?) of Love / Babe / Whisper To A Scream // encores with all the other musicians on stage: C'mon Everybody / "Sheila" (sung to the tune of Gloria) / Dizzy Miss Lizzy / Long Tall Sally (the last song was performed after Johnny had left the stage) (If anyone has corrections or additions, please let me know!  Also, if anyone happened to snag the written setlist and could scan a copy for this site, it would be much appreciated!)

8/30 witkin II   8/30 witkin II   witkin ticket 30th   8/30 Witkin II   aug 30 5




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