Nico's Stage Performances

This list is an attempt to build an ultimate reference of all public performances of Nico. However, I won't be able to do this all by myself. It has been estimated by some that Nico performed over 1,200 concerts between 1980 and 1988! I am using all references in books, articles and magazines I can find. There have been a great many public appearances of Nico in Europe. If you have been present on one of these events and still have some record of it (like an entrance ticket, poster, pictures,..) please send me a mail. If you have some remembrances to one of these concerts mail me your comments, I will include them on these pages.
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Before the Velvet Underground

Blue Angel Lounge, East 55th St. NYC (autumn 1964)
Rock Program "Ready, Steady, Go", British TV (August 13, 1965, Nico played a song from her first single "I'm not saying")
Abraham and Straus Department Store, "Two Dollar Paper Dress promotion" (1966) with Andy Warhol. Nico sang "All Tommorow's Parties" (source: Ultra Violet (1988))

With (photo)

Delmonico Hotel, Park Av. NYC (Jan 13, 1966, Convention of Psychiatrists)
Wrongly dated on Jan 8, by Peter Doggett and Jan 9, by Richard Witts
Cinematheque, 41st Steet NYC (Jan, Feb 1966)
Rutgers University (March 1966)
The University of Michigan (March 1966)
Ann Arbor (March 1966)
The Dom, NYC (April 1966)
The Trip, Los Angeles (May 4-6, 1966)
Fillmore West, San Francisco (May 27-29, 1966)
The Chrysler Museum (Aug 31-Sept 4, 1966)
Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit (Nov 20, 1966)
Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus Ohio (Nov 4,1966)
Toronto, Canada (1966)
State Fairground Colliseum, Detroit (Nov 20, on a public wedding)
YMHA auditorium, NYC (Dec 10 and 11, 1966)
The Scene, NYC (Jan 2 - Jan 14, 1967)

Post Velvet Period

The Dom, NYC (Late 1966 - mid 1967, solo at Stanley's, accompanied by people like Sterling Morrison, John Cale and later Tim Buckley, Jackson Browne, Tim Hardin and Jack Elliot or a tape recorder if no guitarist available)
The Gymnasium, NYC (April 30, 1967)
The Merv Griffin Show, TV (Nov 1967)
BBC Studios, The John Peel Show (Feb 2, 1971, broadcasted on Radio 1 on Feb 20, 1971) ( 20 min) and
Bataclan Club, Paris, France (Jan 29, 1972, with Lou Reed and John Cale, recorded by French TV) ( 75 min) ( 30 min).
Opera comique, Paris, France (March 17, 1973 with Crium Delirium, Agitation Free)
London, UK (April 1, 1974, with Ayers and Cale) ( 75 min)
Rainbow Hall, London, UK (June 1, 1974, with Eno)
Clermont Ferrand, France (Sept 9, Festival with Kevin Coyne, Crium Delirium ,Lutz Ulbrich, solo)
Reims Cathedral, Reims, France (Dec 13, 1974) ( 45 min)

With Magma (1974-1975)

Lyon, France
Toulouse, France

With Lutz Ulbrich and others (1974-1980)

Amphitheater, Arles, France (Aug 6, 1974 with Ash Ra Tempel, Can, Kevin Ayers)
Studio Skoop, Gent, Belgium (Jan 29, 1976)
Fac d'Assas, Paris, France (Feb 14, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Amicitia, Den Haag, Holland (May 6, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Rasa, Utrecht, Holland (May 7, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Stokfishal, Arnhem, Holland (May 8, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
D'Oelen, Rotterdam, Holland (May 9, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Groningen, Holland (??, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland (??, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Kant Kino, Berlin, Germany (June 6, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich before screening of the film "Athanor" by Philippe Garrel)
Kant Kino, Berlin, Germany (June 24, 1976, solo) ( 75 min VG)
Rockfestival Leon, Spain (June 26(?), 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Vesoul, France (??, 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich, Amon Düül, and Wallenstein)
Hall d'Honneur, Aix-en-Provence, France (Nov 15(?), 1976, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Palace Theatre, Paris, France (Feb 14, 1977 source: Daniel Abraham) ( ?? min)
Salle de la Cite, Paris, France (Mar 12(?) 1977, with Lutz Ulbrich and Tim Hardin)
Angers (May 14, 1977) ( 10 min)
Kant Kino, Berlin, Germany (Feb 24, 1978 with Lutz Ulbrich on 12 string) ( 73 min, VG)
Paris, France (Mar 12(?), 1978 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Cafe Einstein, Berlin, Germany (Jan 2, 1978 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Cafe Einstein, Berlin, Germany (Jan 4, 1978 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Cafe Einstein, Berlin, Germany (Jan 8, 1978 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Music Machine, London, UK (April 29, 1978)
Top Rank, Cardiff, UK (1978)
Paris, France (1978, with The Rollmops)
CBGB's, NYC, USA (Feb 19, 1979, with Lutz Ulbrich and John Cale) ( 90 min) ( 75 min EXC)
CBGB's, NYC, USA (March 8, 1979, with Lutz Ulbrich) ( 75 min and also on EP: What Goes on Records 20 min)
CBGB's, NYC, USA (March 9, 1979, with Lutz Ulbrich)
CBGB's, NYC, USA (March 10, 1979, with Lutz Ulbrich)
Whiskey A Gogo, Los Angeles, USA (June 5, 1979, with Lutz Ulbrich and Tim Hardin) ( 80 min VG)
Whiskey A Gogo, Los Angeles, USA (June 6, 1979 solo) ( 55 min VG)
Washington DC, USA (?? 1979, with John Cale Band)
The Edge, Toronto, Canada (March 10, 1979, with John Cale Band and Lutz Ulbrich) ( 90 min VG+)
Buffalo, USA (?? 1979 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Maboohay Gardens, San Francisco, USA (June 1, 1979 with Lutz Ulbrich) ( 45 min VG-)
Paradise Theater, Boston, USA (?? 1979, with John Cale Band and Lutz Ulbrich)
Whiskey A Gogo, Los Angeles, USA (July 16, 1979)
Whiskey A Gogo, Los Angeles, USA (July 17, 1979)
CBGB's, NYC, USA (August, 1979, with John Cale) ( 90 min)
930 club, Washington DC, USA (1979 or 1980, source Robert Byler)
Cafe Einstein, Berlin (May 6, 1980 with Lutz Ulbrich)
Cafe Einstein, Berlin (May 8, 1980 with Lutz Ulbrich)

With Cheetah Chrome 1980, 1981

Milwaukee, USA (1980) ( recorded on bootleg "Strange Window")
Metropole Theater, Wisconsin, USA (June 10, 1980 with Cheetah Chrome)
Squat Theatre, NYC, USA (30 August 1980 with Cheeta Chrome)
( Stefan Tischler has a unique recording of this concert on CD, 57 min) ( 74 min VG)
Squat Theatre, NYC (early summer 1981 source: R. Deagle)
Squat Theatre, NYC with Cheetah Chrome (summer 1981 source: falconwhit@aol.com) ( 44 min VG-)

With Alan Wise as manager

Manchester Library Theatre, UK (1980's)
( and called "Heroin")
Nite Club, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 18, 1981) ( 70 min)
Sheffield, UK (1981 ?), backed by Eric Random and the Bedlamites (source: Geraint Duggan)
Oxford, UK (Nov 1981, solo)

With The Faction

1982

London, UK (Jan 18, 1982)
Glasgow, UK (Jan 22, 1982)
Edinburgh, UK (Jan 23, 1982)
Oxford, UK (Jan 25, 1982)
Deptford, UK (Jan 26, 1982)
Leicester, UK (Jan 29, 1982) ( 15 min)
Polytechnic, Leicester, UK (Jan 30, 1982) ( 30 min)
Lund, Sweden (5 February 1982)
Chateauneuf, Oslo, Norway (7 February 1982) (Two recordings 18 min, 50 min G)
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden (9 February 1982) (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se])
Helsinki, Finland (10 February 1982)
Kulturama, Stockholm, Sweden (12 February 1982) (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se])
Saltlagertet, Copenhagen, Danmark (14 February 1982) (Possibly two recordings 65 min VG)
Montmartre, Copenhagen, Danmark (15 February 1982) ( 81 min)
Manchester, UK (20 February 1982)
Gronigen, The Netherlands (25 February 1982)
VARA studios, The Netherlands (25 February, 1982)
Hilversum, The Netherlands (26 February 1982)
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (27 February 1982)
Kurnn, (28 February 1982)
Antwerp, Belgium (1 March 1982)
Leuven, Belgium (2 March 1982)
Den bosh, The Netherlands (3 March 1982)
Nijmegen, The Netherlands (4 March 1982)
Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (5 March 1982) ( 60 min VG-)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (6 March 1982)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (7 March 1982)
Tenax, Florence, Italy (19 March 1982) ( 91 min)
Naples, Italy (22 March 1982)
Roma, Italy (23 March 1982)
Odyssea, Milan, Italy (24 March 1982)
Genoa, Italy (27 March 1982)
Bologna, Italy (28 March 1982)
Milan, Italy (29 March 1982)
Teatra Nuovo Medica, Bologna, Italy (2 April 1982) ( 91 min)
F.U. Audimax, Berlin, Germany (7 May 1982) ( 64 min)
Hof, Germany (9 May 1982)
Stollwerker, Koln, Germany (11 May 1982) ( 82 min)
Zeche, Bochum, Germany (16 May 1982) ( 71 min)

1982 USA Tour

Chicago (July, 1982)
Denver (July, 1982)
Clutch Cargo, Detroit, USA (July 7, 1982) ( 63 min VG-)
Old Waldorf, San Fransisco (July 21, 1982, opening act by Dream Syndicate, source: Dave Wilson, ticket) (two recordings: 106 min, 90 min VG+)
Whiskey-A-GoGo, Los Angeles (Aug 1982)
Jonathan Swift, Cambridge, MA, USA (August 11, 1982, probably solo) ( 20 min) (source: Chris Corey)
Dancetaria, NYC, USA (August 12, 1982) ( 85 min VG+)

1982 With The Blue Orchids

Stakladen, Aarhus, Denmark (Oct 82) ( ?? min)
Saltagertet, Copenhagen, Denmark (Oct 5, 1982) ( 78 min)
Roskilde, Denmark (Oct 6, 1982) ( 90 min VG+)
Kamraspalatset, Stockholm, Sweden (Oct ?, 1982) supported by a Swedisch band "Dom Dummaste" (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se])
Cologne, Germany (Dec 5, 1982) ( 80 min VG)
Paris, France (Dec 12, 1982) ( 80 min VG-)

1982 With John Cale

Brown's Mills, New Jersey, USA (Fall/Winter 1982, with Chris Spedding) (source: Liz Bradford)

1983

Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Jan 8, 1983) ( 135 min)
VPRO studios, Hilversum, Holland (Jan 9, 1983) ( 29 min EXC)
Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Jan 10, 1983) ( 75 min EXC)
The Venue, London, UK (Jan 19, 1983) ( 70 min)
Leadmill, Sheffield, UK (Jan 23, 1983) ( 86 min)
The Ace, Brixton, UK (May 17, 1983) (source: Andrew Wilson)
London, UK (1983 recorded on bootleg "En Personne En Europe")
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1983 recorded on bootleg "En Personne En Europe")
Utrecht, The Netherlands (1983 recorded on bootleg "En Personne En Europe")
Denmark (83, recorded on bootleg "Live in Denmark")
Saltlageret, Copenhagen, Denmark (Oct 5, 1983, recorded on bootleg "Live at Saltlageret")

1984

The Venue, London, UK (Mar 6, 1984) ( ?? min)
Cercle Literaire, Gent, Belgium (Picture 1, Picture 2, , Picture 3 by Albrecht Heeffer)
De Lantaren, Rotterdam (May 18, 1984) ( 90 min VG)
De Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May, 1984)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May, 1984)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (May, 1984)
Free University, Berlin, Germany (May, 1984)
U4, Vienna, Austria (Nov 30, 1984) ( 80 min)
Cagliari, Italy (July, 1984)
U2, Vienna, Austria (Nov 30, 1984) ( 80 min EXC-)
Nuernberg, Germany (Dec 2, 1984) ( 90 min VG+)
Zeche, Bochum, Germany (Dec 3, 1984) ( 87 min)
Gothenburg, Sweden (Dec 7, 1984) (source: Mikael Andersson [mikael.andersson@ellos.se])
Rockborgen, Boras, Sweden (Dec 8, 1984) (source: Mikael Andersson [mikael.andersson@ellos.se])
Kollingsborg, Stockholm, Sweden (Dec 11, 1984) ( 90 min EXC) (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se])
Rackis, Uppsala, Sweden (Dec 1984) (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se]) Ola Höglund sent this photo) but dates the event in 1987.
De Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland (Dec 20, 1984) ( 90 min VG+)

1985

Ronnie Scott's, London, UK (April 8, 1985) ( 90 min VG+)
Chelsea Town Hall, UK (June, 1985 also dated as 9 Oct, 1985)
VPRO studio, The Netherlands (Oct 9, 1985) ( 10 min)
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Oct, Nov 1985)
Budapest, Hungary (Oct, Nov 1985)
University Prague, Czechoslovakia (Oct 4, 1985) ( 52 min 55 min VG+)
Club 666, Barcelona, Spain (Oct 5, 1985) ( 86 min)
Oslo, Norway
Warsaw, Poland
Pandora festival, Rotterdam, Holland (Oct 9, 1985) ( 60 min EXC-)
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany (Oct 17, 1985) ( 90 min EXC-)
Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany (Oct 18, 1985) ( 85 min VG+)
Glädjehuset, Stockholm, Sweden (Oct/Nov, 1985) (source: Anders Wikström [anders.wikstrom@swipnet.se])
Errols, Gothenburg, Sweden (Autumn 1985) (source: Mikael Andersson [mikael.andersson@ellos.se])
Brno, Czech Republic (Oct 30, 1985) ( 60 min VG-)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1986

Sydney, Australia (Feb, March, 1986)
The Red Parrot, Perth, Australia (Feb, March, 1986)
(source: Emma Picton-Warlow)
Glue Pot, Auckland, New Zealand
Melbourne, Australia
Canberra, Australia
Radio interview on Australian Radio (source: Andrew Russ)
Tokio, Japan ( 60 min, professional recording called Life in Tokio)
Rex Club, Paris, France (some time in 1986)
(source: Juliette Schweitzer)
Teatro Cia, Milano, Italy (April 21, 1986) ( 85 min VG+)
Zurich, Switzerland (Nov 30)
Basel, Switzerland (Dec 1)
Geneva, Switzerland (Dec 3)
Turin, Italy (Dec 4)
Milan, Italy (Dec 5)
Nuremberg, Germany (Dec 7)
Saarbrucken, Germany (Dec 8)
Réhre, Stuttgart, Germany (Dec 9)
Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany (Dec 10) ( 65 min EXC-)
Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (Dec 11)
Tor 3, Dusseldorf, Germany (Dec 12)
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany (Dec 13) ( 80 min)
Soxs, Hanover, Germany (Dec 14)
Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany (Dec 15) ( two different recordings one of 30 min, called In Memoriam and another of 60 min)
Utrecht, The Netherlands (Dec 17)
Tilburg, The Netherlands (Dec 18)
Haarlem, The Netherlands (Dec 19)

1987

The Fridge, Brixton, UK (March 7, 1987) ( ?? min)
The Great Hall, Manchester Town Hall, UK (March 13, 1987)
(source: Dave Taylor)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (March 29, 1987) ( 64 min)
Rex Club, Paris, France (Feb of April 13, 1987)
(source: Juliette Schweitzer)
Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany (Nov 3(?) source: Lutz Ulbrich)
Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany (Nov 5) ( 90 min)
Scene, Vienna, Austria (Nov 8) ( 90 min)
Munchen, Germany (Nov 10) ( 71 min)
Zabo-Linde, Nurnberg, Germany (Nov 10) ( 61 min)
Luxor, Cologne, Germany (Nov 12) ( 80 min)
London Town & Country Club, London, UK (Dec 11) ( ?? min)

1988

Tokio, Japan (March, 1988 with John Cale)
Paleis Voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium (March-April, 1988)
Berlin Planetarium, Berlin, Germany (June 6, 1988)

Content by Albrecht Heeffer.