
if
you know of any other live gigs!
for more photos!| 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}) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 1981 08 31 | The Kids play at a "Battle Of The Bands" at the Agora |

| 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 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) |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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. |

| 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 |
| 1986 fall | (to spring of 1987) Rock City Angels play several shows at the 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 |
| 1987 05 23 | Johnny plays with The Big Bang (an incarnation of Slyder) at the Button South |
| 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) |
| 1993 xx xx | (or 1994) with P, Viper Room, photos from at least one performance |
| 1993 10 30 | with P, Viper Room, performed the night River Phoenix died |
| 1994 09 28 | with Shane MacGowan & The Popes, Top of the Pops, London (song: That Woman's Got Me Drinking) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 1997 12 12 | with P, Sofiensäle, Vienna Austria |
| 1997 12 15 | with P, U4 club, Vienna Austria |
| 1999 12 12 | with Iggy Pop, Vanessa Paradis and Chrissie Hynde, Canal Broadcast, Paris France (songs: Hollywood Affair / 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) |
| 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. |
| 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) |

| 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!)
|
| 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!) |
