Vinnie live shows

[doublev2]

Ed from Vinnies forum passed on the early shows but this is the complete list without kiss dates


1967
February
11 - Central High "Hootenanny", Bridgeport, CT
March
3 - Trumbull High School "Paper Caper", Trumbull, CT
July
?? - Westport Discotechque, Westport, CT
August
29 - Barnum Festival Theatre, Seaside Park, CT

1969
May
?? - Central High School, Bridgeport, CT
October
24 - Lafayette Shopping Plaza, Brideport, CT (*as part of the CHS robed choir)

1977
November
29 - Buttercup, Lunenburg, MA
December
11 - The Bottom Line, New York City, NY
12 - The Bottom Line, New York City, NY
19 - Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, PA
20 - Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

1979
September
20 - Fountain Casino, Aberdeen, NJ w/ Edgar Winter Group
October
22 - The Agora, Cleveland, OH w/ Edgar Winter Group

1986
August
13 - Cat Club, New York City, NY
October
28 - Civic Center, Lansing, MI
29 - Wendler Arena, Saginaw, MI
30 - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
31 - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI (Taped)
November
1 - Sports Arena, Toledo, OH
2 - Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
4 - Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN (Taped)
6 - Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Columbus, OH
7 - Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
8 - Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH
9 - Civic Center, Erie, PA
11 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
12 - Kingston Armory, Wilkes Barre, PA
13 - George Washington Univ. Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA
14 - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
15 - Palace Theater, Albany, NY (Taped)
16 - War Memorial, Rochester, NY
18 - Coliseum, Hartford, CT
19 - Centrum, Worcester, MA (Taped)
21 - Sundance, Bayshore, NY
22 - L'Amour East, Elmhurst, NY (Taped)
23 - L'Amour East, Elmhurst, NY
December
11 - L'Amours, Brooklyn, NY
12 - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA
13 - Public Hall, Cleveland, OH
14 - Civic Auditorium, Utica, NY
15 - Landmark Theater, Syracuse, NY (Taped)
18 - Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
19 - Coliseum, Hampton, VA
20 - Cumberland Civic Center, Fayatteville, NC
21 - Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
22 - Galliard Auditorium, Charleston, SC (Taped)
23 - Asheville, NC
26 - Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, GA
27 - Sun Dome, Tampa, FL
28 - Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL
29 - Ocean Center, Daytona, FL
31 - James L. Knight Center, Miami, FL (Taped)

1987
January
2 - Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
3 - Convention Center, Memphis, TN
4 - Gardens, Louisville, KY
8 - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO
9 - LA Dome, New Orleans, LA (Taped)
10 - Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL
14 - Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX
16 - Music Hall, Houston, TX
17 - State Fair Coliseum, Dallas, TX
18 - Corpus Christi, TX Memorial Coliseum
22 - Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX (Taped)
23 - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
24 - Civic Center, Beaumont, TX **CANCELLED
26 - Coliseum, Lubbock, TX
27 - Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
28 - Expo Square Pavilion, Tulsa, OK
30 - The Summit, Houston, TX (Taped)
31 - Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
February
1 - Coliseum, Corpus Christi, TX
3 - Amarillo, TX
4 - Civic Center, Wichita, KS (Taped)
6 - McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
8 - Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT
10 - Dome, Tacoma, WA (Taped)
11 - Coliseum, Portland, OR
13 - Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA (Taped)
14 - Orange Pavilion, San Bernadino, CA
16 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
17 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA (Taped)
18 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
21 - Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA (Taped)
22 - Selland Arena, Fresno, CA
24 - Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
25 - Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ
26 - Community Centre, Tucson, AZ
27 - Coliseum, El Paso, TX (Taped)
28 - Coliseum, El Paso, TX
March
1 - Coliseum, Ft. Worth, TX
3 - Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
5 - Civic Centre, Omaha, NE
6 - Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

1988
July
?? - Bayshore, NY
8 - Taylorsville, IL (Taped)
9 - Detroit, MI (Taped)
18 - Rock And Roll Heaven, Toronto, ON, Canada (Video)
21 - The Ritz, New York, NY (Taped)
24 - Long Island, NY (Taped)
25 - Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD
27 - Philadelphia, PA
28 - Washington DC
29 - Boathouse, Norfolk, VA
30 - Rialto Theatre, Raleigh, NC
31 - Park Elevator, Charlotte, NC
August
?? - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
5 - Seattle, WA (Taped)
8 - Austin, TX (Taped)
9 - Tommy's, Dallas, TX
18 - The Omni, Oakland, CA (Taped)
24 - The Palace, Hollywood, CA
26 - Celebrity Theatre, Anaheim, CA (Taped)

[Slayer]

I attended the following 2 Invasion Show's from this list

2-14-87 Orange Pavilion San Bernardino, CA
8-26-88 Celebrity Theater Anaheim, CA

The 8-26-88 Show was the last performance of the Invasion. The Celebrity Theater had a revolving stage so there wasn't a bad seat ever at this location. However, the stage didn't revolve for this show as ticket sales were a long way from sales capacity.

[Brooklyn_Born]

Awesome KeV, you saw VVI on valentines day '87! That's cool with the revolving stage for the '88 show, shame they didn't use it...

[doublev2]

can you tell me about how full the ASG show was. there is no info on attendence figures. Seems like some shows were busy and some not. The review of the hollywood show said that a lot of people left after Brunette played (who also sold more shirts so I was told). LA guns say that they sold way more shirts than vvi but i am unsure . it does seem like the shows with la guns were better attended.

Kev who opened up on the asg show you saw.

[Slayer]

The Celebrity Theater seated about 2800 and I'm going to say that attendance was maybe 1000 or less. Dino, I'm struggling with remembering the opening acts. It seems to me that there might have been 2 local opening acts and one might have been a band called Rhino Bucket. I never archived this kind of stuff because it used to be readily available. I believe that Joe from the Pyromessiah Site had all this information posted at one time? The Invasion was the headliner on this tour.

[doublev2]

Thanks. I thought Tuff opened on some west coast shows (final leg of ASG your). 1000 is actually a better turn out than i would have expected considering the album sales. thanks kev

[Slayer]

Tuff may have been one of the 2 opening acts but I can tell you that neither Tuff if they played or Rhino Bucket were memorable. We couldn't wait for the appetizer to be finished so that we could be sered the main course. Vinnie played the Carvin at this show.

[poserboy71]

He played the Carvin and the silver Jackson at my show.

[doublev2]

jim gilette left tuff and said to mab we got to top vinnie vincent, jim met bobby then and after vvi broke got him in for the nitro record.

[Slayer]

If Tuff played and Jim Gillette was the singer he certainly didn't sing like he did in Nitro. There was no shattering of glass LOL. Thank you Dino I never knew about this connection to Nitro other than Bobby Rock.

[doublev2]

jim loved twisted and animal and the way bobby played them on the record.

[PinkWiz]

a friend of mine went to the ASG show on july 31, 1988 at the park elevator in charlotte, nc and said it was only half full. he said afterwards that bobby, dana and mark all came out to sign autographs but that vinnie was "sick" on the bus. he brought me back a signed flyer but vinnie's autograph wasn't on it so I didn't really care. before the show, he said all four members got dressed in the mcdonalds across the street(?) this was also the show that dana discovered the band firehouse (then known as white heat).

[metatron]

If Tuff played and Jim Gillette was the singer he certainly didn't sing like he did in Nitro. There was no shattering of glass LOL. Thank you Dino I never knew about this connection to Nitro other than Bobby Rock.

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[metatron]

Thanks. I thought Tuff opened on some west coast shows (final leg of ASG your). 1000 is actually a better turn out than i would have expected considering the album sales. thanks kev

I just don't get it. ASG should have been a huge success. People I know are totally into Slaughter, but don't know who VVI was. Freaks me out. In Australia there was pretty much zero exposure, except for the MTV's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master special. Wasn't till about 10 years ago that I was aware that 'That Time of Year' had a video for it. TTOY got no exposure in Australia. Really pisses me off when I think about. ASG had all the right ingredients to be successful. Pretty boy image, that slick Mutt Lange-ish Def Lep production with the Airy backing vocals & great songs with insane guitar parts. Man if there was some wacky conspiracy going on I don't know shit.

[PinkWiz]

Man if there was some wacky conspiracy going on I don't know shit.

Vinnie was his own, self-inflicted conspiracy.

[gonnarock]

Some of these shows were taped!?!?!?!
I wish those tapes would surface so we could see them. There is not enough live VVI material out there.

[doublev2]

Even with all the shit going on that time of year should have been a hit. Why no radio or tv stations picked up on it is mad.
You can see that the label paid 4 million and got nothing back on the two records they must have just said screw it. Maybe people were fired over signing vvi too.
The taped shows would be cool to hear.

[doublev2]

I guaranty vinnie last words will be destroy all his music that has not been released so we can not hear it.

[erg2]

I'm amazed at how much information people are able to assemble.

[Detroit]

His pre Kiss & VVI shows have been very few. I would have thought he was more experienced than that. Massive gaps between the performances. Well, he haven't been performing in too many albums either..

[doublev2]

Update. Colombus show has official date now.

Colombus show was 19 July after Toronto. Not in first week of August.

[doublev2]

new ASG tour update. I believe Bay Shore is the Long Island show

1988
July
8 - Taylorsville, IL (Taped)
9 - Harpos, Detroit, MI (Taped)
17 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
18 - Rock And Roll Heaven, Toronto, ON, Canada (Video)
21 - The Ritz, New York, NY (Taped)
24 - Bay Shore, Long Island, NY (Taped)
25 - Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD
27 - Philadelphia, PA
28 - Washington DC
29 - Boathouse, Norfolk, VA
30 - Rialto Theatre, Raleigh, NC
31 - Park Elevator, Charlotte, NC
August
5 - Seattle, WA (Taped)
8 - Austin, TX (Taped)
9 - Tommy's, Dallas, TX
18 - The Omni, Oakland, CA (Taped)
24 - The Palace, Hollywood, CA
26 - Celebrity Theatre, Anaheim, CA (Taped)

[gonnarock]

new ASG tour update. I believe Bay Shore is the Long Island show

1988
July
8 - Taylorsville, IL (Taped)
9 - Harpos, Detroit, MI (Taped)
17 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
18 - Rock And Roll Heaven, Toronto, ON, Canada (Video)
21 - The Ritz, New York, NY (Taped)
24 - Bay Shore, Long Island, NY (Taped)
25 - Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD
27 - Philadelphia, PA
28 - Washington DC
29 - Boathouse, Norfolk, VA
30 - Rialto Theatre, Raleigh, NC
31 - Park Elevator, Charlotte, NC
August
5 - Seattle, WA (Taped)
8 - Austin, TX (Taped)
9 - Tommy's, Dallas, TX
18 - The Omni, Oakland, CA (Taped)
24 - The Palace, Hollywood, CA
26 - Celebrity Theatre, Anaheim, CA (Taped)

So many taped shows. One of these or all of these has got to exist somewhere.

[doublev2]

the bay shore one has been around for a long time. some others around too on youtube and the toronto is a video.

[gonnarock]

the bay shore one has been around for a long time. some others around too on youtube and the toronto is a video.

Wait, the New York one? I know that one. Is there others on youtube besides the New York one and the Canada one?

[doublev2]

this one the long island show http://www.jamtothis.com/archive/index.php/t-5258.html been around for a long time.

[doublev2]

i think the last ever show is also around . pretty easy to find.

[gonnarock]

Thanks so much Dino! These are gonna be great!