"I ain't got time for yesterday's news. Don't shoot me up with your bullshit blues"

1996

February 9th: Jayne played Squeezebox, New York tonight.

February 14th: Jayne played a Valentines show tonight at The Viper Room in Los Angeles. Seen in attendance were Angie Bowie, Arthur Kane (New York Dolls) & Paul Zone (The Fast).

February 16th: Jayne played Club Cherry in Los Angeles tonight.

September 18th: Jayne will play at the Garage in Highbury, London on Thursday October 3rd 1996.

September 21st: Jayne also plays Night & Day in Manchester on Friday 11th October 1996. (See live review page).

October 2nd: Jayne's show at The Garage tomorrow is cancelled due to "poor ticket sales".

December 5th: Jayne is in New York at present and recently did a spot as guest DJ at Coney Island High.

December 6th: Jayne will play CBGB's in New York on New Years Eve.

December 14th: Jayne DJs at Coney Island High, New York.

December 20th: Jayne hosts a C.I.H. Legal Defense Benefit show at Coney Island High. Bands include: D-Generation, Joey Ramone, Coyote Shivers & Alan Vega.

Thanks to Jim Long for New York information.

1997

January 15th: Jayne begins a weekly spot as DJ at Coney Island High's "Max's Kansas City Wednesdays".

July 11th: Jayne County's Sweet Sixteen Birthday Bash takes place at Coney Island High, New York. Jayne plays live supported by Miss Guy and the Toilet Boys, Fur, Bad Popes & surprise guests.

August 5th:Jayne compered at the Viper Room in L.A. tonight. She introduced a band called Vince Lightning and the Spectaculars. In attendance were stars such as: Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) and John Taylor (Duran Duran).

August 9th: Jayne is at present in Los Angeles DJing at Club Goldfingers.

September 5th: Jayne DJ's at Club Goldfinger's tonight. On September 11th she will DJ at Bar Marmont on Sunset Boulevard before heading back to play at the grand re-opening of Max's Kansas City in November.

September 8th: Good news for UK fans. Kastle tells me Jayne is planning to return to the UK in December. No details of any shows yet however.

September 9th: Look out for Jayne performing "Down On The Street/Little Doll" on "We Will Fall" the forthcoming Iggy Pop tribute album.

November 29th: Jayne joined the Ramones onstage tonight and performed "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" (not boyfriend!).

December 2nd: Jayne plays Coney Island High on 5th December.

Thanks to Jim Long for New York information & Kastle for Los Angeles info.

1998

January 8th: Jayne is currently recording new material in New York. This is unlikely to be released until at least May or June.

January 8th: Next possible UK dates will not be until about May.

January 8th: Jayne has re-recorded "Fucked By The Devil". If any record label out there would be interested in releasing this (established labels - not fans!) please contact Warren Heighway at Trace Element Corporatin, P.O. Box 51, Worsley, Manchester, M28 5DL, England.

January 22nd: Jayne is in the process of moving into a new apartment she has found in New York. She is no longer connected with Max's. A new DJing residence will begin in the next few weeks at a club called Life. This will be on a Wednesday evening and is run by the same people behind Squeezebox.

January 22nd: Although Jayne recorded a new song for a Max's tribute album this album has now been shelved for the time being. The new material Jayne has been recording for her own album is being recorded with Royalty Records.

May 24th: Jayne is now DJ at Max's Kansas City which has reopened in New York.

August 14th: Jayne is still in New York doing two regular DJ spots. One is at Life, 158 Bleecker Street.

August 18th: Jayne was DJing at a Madonna birthday bash in New York tonight.

August 25th: Max's Kansas City has closed after failing to take off.

August 25th: A play entitled "Hedwig & The Angry Itch" (an off Broadway production) has been picked up by New Line Cinema for a film version. The storyline seems remarkably similar to Jayne's life story!

August 27th: Jayne will star at Wigstock in Manhattan on September 6th.

October 10th: Activ Records will release a dance version of "Fuck Off" in the UK in December. Mixes are by "Jewels and Stone" & "Sleazesisters". Activ have the rights for release throughout the world and are looking at releasing the track in as many places as possible. More news as I get it.

October 18th: "Fuck Off" dance mixes will be issued in two cd formats featuring different mixes. These will probably be released a few weeks apart.

October 19th: Jayne will be performing with Eliot Michaels & Mark Bell (Marky Ramone) at a party to launch the book "High On Rebellion" by Yvonne Ruskin. This is Yvonne's book about Max's Kansas City which will hit the streets in the U.S on November 2nd (published by Thunder's Mouth Press/Avalon). The book features Wayne/Jayne along with Cherry Vanilla, Johnny Thunders, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Blondie and loads more. The band will be billed as "Tribute to Wayne County & The Original Backstreet Boys" and will perform songs that never got recorded such as "Queenage Baby", "Stick It In Me", "Rock and Roll Enema" & "It Takes A Man Like Me To Find A Woman Like Me".

October 30th: Jayne played a show at Squeezebox in New York tonight.

November 5th: The launch party for Yvonne Ruskin's book on Max's took place tonight with Jayne in attendance along with others such as Cherry Vanilla, Leee Black Childers, Penny Arcade, Taylor Mead and Cyrinda Foxe. Although Jayne didn't play at the launch the Backstreet Boys tribute/reunion is still planned (see October 19th for further details).

November 11th: The "Fuck Off" single has been delayed. This is to allow it to receive as good exposure as possible by DJs over the Christmas party season and to avoid it getting "lost" at Christmas when new releases are largely ignored.

November 11th: Jayne has been filming for a UK TV show called "Rock 'N' Roll Babylon". The show contains an interview and some footage. I don't have an exact date for transmission as yet but possibles are 11th, 12th or 19th December on Channel 4.

December 13th: "Rock Babylon" is listed on the Channel 4 website to be transmitted at 22:30 on December 19th. No mention of Jayne in the write up but hopefully she'll be featured.

December 14th: "Fuck Off" dance mixes are receiving good reactions in the clubs and are featured in "Music Week" (UK trade magazine) most requested club chart top 30 at number 27.

December 20th: "Rock Babylon" aired last night. A great documentary but sadly no Jayne.

December 20th: "Fuck Off" dance mixes are up to number 19 in "Music Week" (UK trade magazine) most requested club chart top 30.

Thanks to Warren Heighway, Peter Crowley, Rupert Smith & Activ Records for the above information.

1999

January 6th: Jayne was apparently on German TV on December 27th in a documentary called "Pop Odyssee:House of the rising punk". If anyone has details on this (or hopefully a recording) please drop me a line.

January 11th: Jayne will NOT be appearing at the Max's night at Don Hill's on January 20th as was previously reported on this site. Unfortunately the date of the show was changed and as a result Jayne can't appear. Apologies for any confusion.

January 15th: "Fuck Off" is scheduled for U.K. release on 15th February. It will be available as a 12" and CD single.

February 10th: Warren Heighway and Veronica Kofman (who wrote "Poison Heart : Surviving the Ramones" with Dee Dee) are putting together a book of "rock 'n' roll Wayne/Jayne County stories". If you've an interesting tale to tell write to Warren at Trace Element Corporation, P.O. Box 51, Worsley, Manchester, M28 5DL, England. Any photos of Wayne/Jayne would also be appreciated - make sure you have a copy though as return of them can't be guaranteed.

February 10th: Warren also tells me that Jayne has been working on some new material in L.A. No news on a release as yet.

February 11th: Jayne will be performing and DJing on the West coast of the US in March including an appearance at Club Cherry in L.A. on March 2nd.

February 17th: Jayne got two mentions on the UK documentary "Walk On The Wild Side" which aired tonight. The show looked at "gender confusion in rock 'n' roll". Ray Davies (Kinks) mentioned how she turned up to a Kinks show along with Holly Woodlawn & Candy Darling. Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) told of how he and his friends were fascinated by this "exotic creature" when Jayne played Eric's (a club in Liverpool). A couple of still pictures of Jayne accompanied the comments.

February 22nd: "F**k Off" was released today.

April 18th: A new boxed set of punk tracks is released by Universal Music tomorrow entitled "1,2,3,4". The box contains five compact discs featuring one track each by a vast array of punk acts. It also includes a booklet containing information about each of the artists featured. The Electric Chairs "Fuck Off" is included.

May 27th:Jayne is still DJing at Life in New York. Hopefully the new versions of "Fuck Off" will soon get a release in the US on Royalty Records. Activ in the UK are considering a further single also. More news as I get it.

June 6th:Royalty Records will release "F**k off" in the US on August 13th. The plan is to include an acapella version to enable a remix contest with the winning remix version being included on the next single. What that next single would be is undecided but it could possibly be a remix of "Cherry Bomb".

September 5th:Jayne is mentioned in the credits on the poster to the film "Born To Lose, The Last Rock 'N' Roll Movie" (a tribute to Johnny Thunders and the New York Dolls).

September 21st:Jayne is No.5 in the Billboard Sales Breakout chart with "F**k Off 2000". This is Jayne's first ever chart appearance in Billboard.

Thanks to Warren Heighway for help with the above information.

2000

March 1st: Jayne has begun DJing at LIMELIGHT in Manhattan on Wednesday nights.

May 18th: RCA in America have released a Cherry Vanilla CD containing the albums "Bad Girl" & "Venus D Vinyl". This contains the track "Wayni's Sweet" which was written about Wayne in 1978.

May 29th: Plans are afoot to try to arrange the release of a Wayne County & the Backstreet Boys show from 1976 at "Max's". Tracks include: "Putty", "Cream In My Jeans", "Brainwashed", "No One Woman Can Satisfy", "The Older They Get,The Younger They Want" and Wayne's Patti Smith Parody.

May 29th: Jayne may be appearing at a club called "Scream" in L.A. in July. Further news as I get it.

May 30th: Jayne is performing at Squeezebox in Manhattan on Friday July 14th. It's a birthday celebration and she'll do a mini tribute to "Wayne County & the Backstreet Boys". Call Don Hills on 212 219 2850 for more information.

June 13th: Jayne will be joined onstage by Dick Manitoba of the Dictators for the Squeezebox show. They'll duet on "California Sun".

June 21st: Last Saturday night Jayne performed a one song ("Fuck Off") guest spot at the Glitterdome in Atlanta. She was accompanied on guitar by Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls.

August 9th: Jayne is featured on page 24 of the latest edition of the U.K.'s "Uncut" magazine. There is a full page featuring a review of her career and a lovely picture from what I would guess to be about 1974.

August 23rd: Jayne is mentioned in this weeks New Musical Express in the U.K. In a feature about the Reading rock festival she is credited as having been responsible for the start of the missile-throwing tradition at the festival. When the Electric Chairs appeared in 1977 they were forced to cut their set short after they were pelted with mud, cans and bottles by the fans of bands such as Hawkwind, Aerosmith, Alex Harvey and The Doobie Brothers.

September 3rd: Jayne appeared at Wigstock in New York today.

September 22nd: Jayne recently attended the launch party for Madonna's new cd "Music" in Los Angeles. Although Madonna was present the two didn't get the chance to chat.

September 22nd: Jayne will play a show at Brownies in Manhattan (169 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009) on Saturday October 14th.

September 22nd: Look out for a new single from Jayne soon. Jayne will be releasing a version of Shania Twain's "Man I Feel Like A Woman". So far only a U.S. release is scheduled on Strong Island Records.

October 22nd: Jayne cancelled her appearance at Brownie's on October 14th over a billing dispute.

November 5th: Jayne appeared onstage briefly with the Toilet Boys at Don Hill's Squeezebox in New York on 28th October. Jayne was D.J.'ing for the Halloween night and performed "Night Time" with them. Also in attendance were Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Jesse Camp from MTV. Pictures taken by Michael Corran will hopefully appear on site soon.

December 2nd: Jayne will be performing at El Mocombo (464 Spadina Ave) in Toronto, Canada on Friday 29th December. For more details call them on 968-2001.

December 30th: Jayne's show at El Mocombo, Toronto last night was cancelled due to the death of Jayne's sister. I'm sure all fans planning to attend will appreciate that the show could not go ahead under the circumstances.

2001

January 25th: The single "Man! I Feel Like A Woman"is now due in about two weeks in the United States. It will include the following versions:- "Radio,Radio Edit", "Estrogen Mix", "Testosterone Mix" & "Instrumental (Jayne Trance)".

January 26th: U.S. fans should look out for the movie "Born To Lose; The Last Rock & Roll Movie" in April. Jayne performs some of "Rock & Roll Resurrection" and is interviewed in several segments. Apparently ther is also footage from a Wayne County And The Backstreet Boys show in London from 1976.

February 28th: Jayne has been interviewed for SPIN magazine's 25th anniversary of punk issue (April issue). She will tomorrow be interviewed for VH1 for their April punk special which is a tie-in with SPIN magazine also.

March 8th: Jayne's music ("Fuck Off") was used as part of the Queer Radio entry in last Saturday’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Thanks to presenter John Frame for this information.

March 15th: VH1 are to have a new series entitled "The History Of Sex And Music". One show is about "gender benders" and will feature Jayne. The show should air in the Autumn.

March 28th: VH1's punk celebration show will be transmitted in the U.S. on Thursday April 19th. Jayne should feature in this!

May 2nd: Jayne' appearance on the VH1 punk special consisted of a brief interview and footage of her performing "Toilet Love" (thanks Steve - "ratandroll"). Coming soon on VH1 is "Below the Waist: Men, Women & Music" which should also feature Jayne. More details as I get them.

May 2nd: John T. Ryan's film 'Freaks Glam Gods And Rock Stars' featuring Jayne is showing weekends at the Den Of Cin at the Two Boots Pioneer cinema in Manhattan. The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post, Newsday and HX magazine have all mentioned Jayne's appearances in the film.

May 9th: Jayne's single has entered the Billboard Maxi-Dance singles chart at number 18.

May 9th: Jayne will DJ and be a guest vocalist with the Toilet Boys at Don Hills' SqueezeBox (Address: 511 Greenwich Street. Phone: 212-219-2850) Anniversary show on Friday May 18th. Expect plenty of NY rock scene superstars popping up all night long.

July 7th: This site has also been paid the honour of being "Site Of The Week" on Johnny Dynell's Queenmother.tv site at: http://www.queenmother.tv/ . Check it out!

July 8th: VH-1's "Below The Waist; History Of Sex And Music" is due to air in the U.S. during the first week of August. A U.K. showing should also be in the pipeline.

July 17th: Jayne hosted a benefit night for Cyrinda Foxe on the 11th July at CBGB's. Peter Crowley informs me that Jayne stole the show with her rendition of the Rolling Stones "Paint It Black" which she performed with the band Church Of Betty. The benefit was to raise money for Cyrinda who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Co-host at the event was Penny Arcade.

August 26th: Jayne will appear at Wigstock in New York on Sunday September 2nd. Check out their website at: http://www.wigstock.nu/ .

August 29th: Jayne is featured on page 66 of the September issue of U.K. magazine Bizarre (out now). For their 50th issue they've selected 50 "freaks, rockers, performers, exhibitionists and 24-carat counter-culture icons" to do brief questionaires. Nice to see Jayne included in this along with a picture.

September 19th: In the latest issue U.K. magazine Mojo includes "Fuck Off" at No.54 in their all time Top 100 Punk Records. There's a little write up and a pic of the German "Fuck Off" sleeve.

2002

13th February: As previously announced on the messageboard and via the mailing list Jayne will DJ at the Mike Quashie tribute at Bowery Ballroom on Thursday February 28th. More details can be found at Max's Kansas City site.

14th February: If you're attending the February 28th event at the Bowery Ballroom get there early as Jayne will be DJing from 7pm.

22nd February: Warren Heighway informs me that The Johnny Thunders tribute CD "I Only Wrote This Song For You" is presently being prepared for reissue. Extra tracks by artists such as Marc Almond & The Strokes are rumoured. The track featuring Jayne "Help The Homeless" is possibly to be released as a single backed by a Jayne version of "Lookin For A Kiss". Proceeds from this would go to the charity Centrepoint.

22nd February: Warren is currently looking to re-mix and re-package further Jayne product. He would more than welcome offers of collaborations from established producers. If you're interested contact him via the "Mail Me" link on the site.

22nd February: Starting soon unreleased Jayne mixes will be made available to download from the site for a limited period of one month each. This will take the form of a track each month. Watch this space for further details or join the mailing list for updates and notification of new tracks being uploaded.

23rd February: A Jayne "Live At Squeezebox" CD will be available soon. This will probably be an internet only release. More details as I get them.

17th March: Apparently Jayne may be recording a cover version of "Paint It Black" with the band Church Of Betty. She has performed this with them previously. If I get details of a release I'll update. Jayne is also to appear at the release party for their new CD “Tripping With Wanda” on Wednesday April 3rd at The Bottom Line in New York.

17th March: Rupert Smith tells me that Jayne has a new evening look of black hair & black Cleopatra eye make-up. No pics to display of this yet I'm afraid.

17th March: More recording news: A new Jayne rock single is being planned featuring two tracks, one of which looks likely to be "Queenage Baby" the never recorded/released Mainman era song. More details as I get them.

22nd March: "Paint It Black" looks set to be recorded in April according to Chris at Church Of Betty's label Fang.

22nd March: A remastered version of "Night Time" will be included on the "Punk Aid" album which is scheduled for release in the U.K. on May 27th. The album will feature 38 tracks in all by artists such as Tom Robinson, Gold Blade, The Cardiacs, 999 and GBH. Check out the Punk Aid site. Remastering of the track will take place this weekend. Thanks to Tim at Punk Aid for these details.

24th March: Last night saw the broadcast on BBC Radio2 in the UK of part one of a documentary on punk in the USA. Part two is on next Saturday (30th) at 8pm to 9pm and covers the years 1970 to 1978. I'm not sure if Jayne will be included but give it a listen. You can listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk . The presenter is Craig Leon so if anyone out there fancies dropping the BBC a line re Jayne try the e-mail address: radio2.enquiries@bbc.co.uk . Help make sure that the BBC give Jayne the credit she's due.

24th March: As mentioned on the messageboard there is a lot of effort being made at present to get Jayne over to the UK to play and also to raise her profile. Anything people can do to raise Jayne's profile would help. The NME site at www.nme.com has messageboards if you click on the "Interact" link. I've posted something on there regarding how Jayne deserves a higher profile in the history of the punk scene. If other people wish to do the same they may help to do something to correct this oversight. If you do nothing else just post a reply agreeing with my post - it gets the figures up on their site! The best boards to post on are probably "Angst" and the dedicated "Punk" board. Thanks for your support.

26th March: More news on the Church Of Betty CD release party on April 3rd at The Bottom Line in New York. There are two shows (7:30 & 10:30) and Jayne will perform "Paint It Black". Tickets are $15. See Church Of Betty site for further information.

5th April: The UK press seem to be recognising Jayne's talents at present. This month she is featured in an article about CBGB's in Q magazine, an article about the greatest rock excess stories in Bizarre magazine and she also got a mention in an article about Sting and the Police in Uncut magazine last month. Nice to see her getting some recognition.

17th April: "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by Wayne County is featured on the new compilation CD "CBGB's & THE BIRTH OF U.S. PUNK" which has just been released in the UK. See "Albums" page for further details.

17th April: Next months exclusive download will be "Brainwashed" re-mixed by Brother Johny Skullknuckles of Manchester punk supergroup Goldblade.

21st April: Jayne's new live CD "Wash Me In The Blood (Of Rock 'N' Roll)" is now available to order from the Fang Records website. This was recorded at Squeezebox on Jayne's birthday (14th July) in 2000.

21st April: Chris from Church Of Betty/Fang Records informs me that Jayne has recorded "Paint It Black" with him. It features sitar, tabla and a big rock sound. The plan is to do 3 different dance mixes too and release all 4 versions on a disc later this year. More news as I get it.

25th April: Q magazine have included "Rock 'N' Roll Cleopatra" in their Punk Special top 100 punk albums.

6th May: As you may have read on the messageboard Jayne will be honored with the Living Legend Award at the 2002 Glammy Awards in NYC at El Flamingo on June 2nd. Her award will be presented to her by Debbie Harry and Miss Guy. The Glammys honour the best artists and entertainers in NYC.

6th June: Jayne will be out and about at various events over the next few weeks. Jayne will host a semi regular event at CBGBs called homocorps, on Saturday June 8th. It's queer punk oriented acts, including The Velvet Mafia, Verona Boy, Avenue D ,Morplay, and Johnny Mcgovern is the gay pimp. On Wednesday, June 12th Jayne will host a benefit for the Joey Ramone Lymphoma fund at Don Hill's in Manhattan. It's a party to celebrate the release of the new Ramones tribute CD issued by Radical Records in Manhattan. Bearing in mind the sad announcement today of the death of Dee Dee Ramone I'd check details on this over the next few days if you're thinking of attending. Jayne will also be involved in a monthly 'Fun with Dick and Jayne' night at Manitoba's in downtown Manhattan, owned by Dick Manitoba himself. Check the venue for details.

9th June: The Glammy Awards took place on 2nd June and Jayne received her Living Legend Award. Janet Planet has kindly supplied photos of the event. Click here and here to view.

25th August: Jayne is apparently going to be teaming up with Lisa Jackson (a trannie acoustic artist) for a two girl show which they have already test ran with great results.

19th September: There have been rumours of UK shows in November circulating recently. These shows are not happening and were never actually confirmed. Jayne had not agreed to these shows so it's certainly not a case of Jayne letting anyone down. As for the venues concerned I believe they were acting in good faith too so hopefully nobody will lay the blame at their door either. The best explanation I can give is that there was a breakdown in communications. I'm told Jayne does plan to visit the UK in the not too distant future but as I've said before don't believe any rumours until you've had confirmation of shows via this site.

23rd September: Jayne has been doing shows around NYC with another rock & roll trannie from Georgia called Lisa Jackson. They have been performing as G.O.T. (Girls On Top). The shows are apparently very trashy and very funny, with Lisa as the "straight" one and Jayne providing the comedy. Jayne's also been DJing and performing at Manitoba's, the bar owned by Dick Manitoba.

23rd September: Jayne has been working again with Eliot Michaels from the Backstreet Boys/Electric Chairs. They plan to go into the studio to record some really filthy rock & roll including a recording of "Queenage Baby". A show is also being planned as Jayne County & the Electric Chairs feat Eliot Michaels, at Don Hills.

23rd September: A documentary by Dean Lance largely about Jayne's life, "Down There: Aesthetics and Sexuality on the Lower East Side", has been shown a few times on cable stations in Manhattan recently (primarily Manhattan Neighborhood Network) and is apparently due for transmission on PBS. The documentary is a re-edit of a larger piece which Dean is working on entitled "Stick It In Me! (You Are Entering Jayne County)".

29th September: The show planned at Don Hills in New York with Eliot Michaels will take place on November 22nd.

29th September: Jayne tells me she will be playing in the U.K. in March 2003. No dates as yet but watch this space.

Thanks to Warren Heighway and Rupert Smith for help with the above information.

2003

9th January: Jayne will debut a tell-all one woman show at Joe's Pub, New York on February 12 & 13th. Admission is $15.00 Reservations can be made on: (212) 539-8778. Daniel Nardicio who is producing the show describes it in his press release like this:

"Which world famous rock star pays rent boys for special lewd and lacivious acts? What former popular straight punk stud got busted by Debbie Harry getting blown by a guy? Answers to questions like these and many more are answered in punk legend Jayne County's tell-all one woman show at Joe's Pub on February 12th and 13th at 9:30 pm. Backed by Fisherman's Xylophonic Orchestra, Ms County will talk about her days growing up transexual in the South, "wrecking" straights on the streets of Atlanta in her teens, her wild days as a showgirl with Romy Haag in Berlin, the early days of punk in New York and London in the 60's and 70's and her experiences at Stonewall- and hear those stories that she was banned from telling in her book- "Man Enough to be a Woman". School is about to begin and the headmistress is not amused!!"

5th February: More information regarding Jayne's one woman show - "Jayne County Tells All" at Joe's pub. She'll be backed by a full band and will be telling stories from her life interspersed with songs. From what I'm told the show is roughly chronological and opens with "Max's" with Jayne appearing with coke all over her nose and puking on someone. Songs featured also include "Tomorrow is Another Day", "When Queens Collide", "Nimrod was a Motherfucker" and "Fuck Off". There's a feature about the show and a link to Joe's Pub on the website of HX magazine here.

5th February: For anyone in New York and not attending Jayne's show (are you mad!!!) there is apparently a tribute to Jayne also taking place on February 12th. The following is from Daniel Nardicio: - "Daniel Nardicio and Tangle bring you: Hormone: A Tranny Tribute to Jayne County. Wednesday, Feb 12th at 11:00PM at The Marquee, 356 Bowery. Hosted by Sweetie Starring: The World Famous *BOB*, Mother Flawless Sabrina, Brandon Olson, Lisa Jackson And Penny Arcade. Also, The Hormone Go-Go girls and supercutie trade Dj Cory. Admission $3. Come honor the woman who fought to make it easier for us all, who lives to tell her story and who fucking ROCKS!"

14th April: The CBGB site lists Jayne as hosting an event there on April 19th. Click here for their details.

4th May: Jayne and Lisa Jackson appearred at Fez in New York tonight. Click here for Jed Ryan's review and here for five of his photos.

19th May: Peter Crowley tells me that Jayne will be appearing at Otto's Shrunken Head, 14th Street, New York (between Avenues A & B) on Saturday June 7th. The Jayne County 5 will perform live at 10PM and then Jayne County Unplugged will take place at Midnight. Jayne will also be hostess and DJ at the same venue on most Saturdays this summer. Peter Crowley will be booking live music - of the sort you could have seen at Max's - to be presented at 10pm in the 'back room' (with 'unplugged' events after midnight), and Jayne will spin fabulous rock 'n' roll records - like she did at Max's - until the wee hours.

27th May: Don Hill's website are advertising a gig by Jayne on Friday 25th July. More details here.

27th August: Jayne will be performing a Dusty Springfield tribute on Saturday September 13th at High Life, 356 Bowery & E4th, New York.

19th September: Jayne's new album "So New York" is now available. See "Albums" page for details.

29th September: Peter Crowley is organizing a benefit for Joy Ryder who had brain surgery and can't work. Gig info as follows: Jumping for Joy - Sunday October 12th at CBGB, 315 Bowery at Bleecker St., NYC 212-982-4052. Bands: The Jayne County Five, Sylvain Sylvain (of the New York Dolls), The Star Spangles, The Waldos (featuring Walter Lure), Ruby & The Rednecks, Lisa Jackson, Phil Marcade and Wild Bill Thompson (of The Senders), Psychocharger, Sonic Uke The Reformers. Hosts will be Penny Arcade and Gene Cornish (of The Rascals). Showtime: 8pm Minimum donation: $10.00

27th October: Jayne plays Castaways in New York for Halloween. More details at their website.

27th October: J.D. Doyle has interviewed Jayne for his show on KPFT, 90.1FM, Houston. It airs every 4th Monday of the month at 9pm CST and Jayne's interview is scheduled for November 24th. Follow the "Outradio" link from Queer Music Heritage to listen on the web.

21st November: Jayne is being billed as DJing at "Return To New York" at The Great Eastern Hotel in London this Saturday 22nd November. Jayne has told me she is NOT appearing at this event and had in fact never confirmed her appearance.

Thanks to Daniel Nardicio, Rupert Smith, John Nikolai, John T. Ryan and Peter Crowley for help with the above information.

2004

15th January: Jayne will be playing CBGB's on Feb. 21 along with Lisa Jackson and Girl Friday. Jayne's band will be The Jayne County Five. Trans band "All The Pretty Horses" will also be playing. The nite is called "Transmania!! All trans R and R bands!!! Every second Sat. of every month Jayne can also be found DJing at The Raven, on Ave. A. and 12th St. across from the Cock. The night is called "Femme Fatale" A night of Glam, Punk and 60*s Psychedelic Garage!!!!!!!

2nd February: Ed Mannix from Outmusic has informed me that Jayne is to be honoured as this year's Outmusic Heritage Award Honoree. This is their most prestigious award, "celebrating early, ongoing and far-reaching contributions to LGBT music and culture". The awards take place on Sunday afternoon, June 13, 2004 at the Knitting Factory in New York and will be hosted by Tom Robinson. The plan is to show a video presentation of Jayne's career followed by a performance by Jayne. You can access the awards page here.

19th March: Jayne tells me she is going to be in the studio twice this month to record. She will be recording with her own band and also with The Shewolves. At the end of the month Jayne is relocating to Georgia to spend more time with her parents but will be still be visiting New York a lot as well as Los Angeles. Whilst in Georgia Jayne plans to put a band together with Sylvain Sylvain as he lives in Atlanta. In June there's possibly another gig at CBGB with Lisa Jackson and All The Pretty Horses.

18th April: Jayne tells me she will be headlining the Squeezebox 10 Year Reunion at Don Hills in New York with her band the JC5. The show takes place on May 21st. Boy George will also appear.

24th April: A new single from Jayne County meets the She Wolves featuring "California Uber Alles" and "Shrink and Shrivell" will be out in June. This release will be on vinyl only and will only be released in Germany initially on the Trash 2001 label. More info and hopefully details on how to order as I know them.

13th May: Jayne's birthday show previously scheduled for Don Hills on July 9th has unfortunately had to be cancelled.

15th May: Jayne will be appearing at the following European events in August and September: - NOW CANCELLED (See below)

****Jayne is dedicating her English gigs to Fahrenheit 9/11 film maker, Michael Moore****

27th June: One of Jayne's fans has informed me that a company called Weinerworld are issuing some of the Rockpalast TV concerts on DVD at present. Wayne County and The Electric Chairs appearred on this show in December 1978. If you'd like to see Wayne's show released on DVD please contact Weinerworld at: wworld@wienerworld.com - hopefully if enough of us show an interest they may decide to issue the show.

27th June: Jed Ryan has an interview with Jayne on his website at present. Click here to access it.

27th June: Click here for an amusing picture of Jayne with her 'Backstreet Boys'. Created for Jayne by Dean Lance.

1st July: There are some photos of Jayne receiving her Outmusic Heritage award from Tom Robinson on J.D. Doyle's Queer Music Heritage site.

28th July: An extra date at Bristol has been added to Jayne's UK tour in August and September. See tour dates above. - NOW CANCELLED (See below)

5th August: The tour dates scheduled for August/September have had to be cancelled due to Jayne's father being in hospital. Jayne sends her apologies for the cancellation. It is planned to re-schedule all UK dates for hopefully March 2005. Any queries re the cancellations please contact Vicious Promotions .

7th December: Cherry Red records will release a Jayne DVD on January 24th 2005. It features footage from an appearance at Blackpool's Holidays In The Sun Festival. Tracks include: 'Night Time', 'Wonder Woman', 'Paranoia Paradise', 'Bad In Bed', 'Man Enough To Be A Woman' and 'Brainwashed'. It features twelve tracks in total. Click here for a preview of the cover art.

19th December: Jayne plays the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York on January 18th 2005 along with Karen Black and the She Wolves. Details here.

Thanks to Jayne, Ed Mannix and John T. Ryan for the above information.

2005

3rd January: Jayne will be appearing as emcee at CBGB's on Friday January 14th at a night called Glitz Rock. See flyer for details.

28th January:Jayne's live DVD is released on 31st January. You can order from the Cherry Red website here: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/dvd/index.php

3rd February: Jayne's UK live dates from last year which were cancelled due to her father's illness have now been re-arranged. Dates are as follows:

19th February: I've just been informed by Jayne that in May she will be making a two night guest appearance in Berlin, in "Gabba, Gabba Hey" - the Ramones musical. Jayne will be doing three songs including her newly recorded version of " I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Girlfriend)". For details go to: http://www.gabbagabbahey.info/

25th March: Jayne made a triumphant return to the UK with a show at The Underworld in Camden tonight. Photos here.

27th March: Jayne's brief UK tour continued tonight at Satan's Hollow in Manchester. Photos here.

28th March: Jayne's last date of her UK tour at Stourbridge. Photos here.

31st March: Jayne will be returning to the UK in April for two shows:

3rd July: Jayne will be exhibiting some of her paintings at an exhibition curated by John Nikolai from July to September. Details here. Press cutting here.

7th August: I am sorry to have to report that Jayne's friend and long term manager Warren Heighway died in his sleep on Tuesday 19th July at 1.10pm. Warren had been ill for some time. He will be greatly missed by those who had any dealings with him over the years.

6th September : Jayne will be playing live in the Czech Republic, Scandinavia and the UK in early October. Details as follows:

28th September : An extra date has been added to the Swedish tour on 8th October. See below.

8th October: Tonights show at Malmo has been cancelled and will be rearranged in 2006.

Thanks to Jayne and Tim Scargill for help with the above information.

2006

26th May 2006: A new Cd and LP "Wayne County at The Trucks is now available to order from Munster Records

29th September: I'm sorry to report that Jayne tells me she will no longer be appearing at the Academy in the UK show at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Saturday 28th October as was previously planned.

Thanks to Jayne for help with the above information.