1994

1995

1996

1997

Cancelled Concerts and Appearances

A tour was planned for summer 1998 to promote a drafted album (which was slated for April 1998 according to John in the Aahs World November 1997 interview). Sadly, it didn't take place due to John's health starting to decline.

Since Scatman John is no longer with us, who will now carry his torch when it comes to live touring? Will there be a Scatman John tribute band?

If you have information on Scatman John's appearances I don't have, found any mistakes in the concerts list or just have some questions, contact me at: imthescatman@protonmail.com

Source legend

adnkronos.com...Italian press agency

AVI...The video file in which the Canadian 1995 performance is stored on.

BBC...British Broadcasting Corporation - British public broadcasting network that broadcasted the Scatman performance on Top Of The Pops.

(dance.machine.)eurokdj.com...An eurodance encyclopedia, lacks citation.

DVD...A DVD that was reportedly gifted to YT user Mei Clover by John's widow Judy Larkin - including the Jazz Bakery show (which displays the concert promo during a cutscene) and the appearance at the NSP convention 1995.

echopop-archiv.de...Official Echo Awards archive

eliechtensteinensia.li...Liechtenstein State Library

fernsehserien.de...German TV series guide website.

fidelio.hu...Hungarian cultural magazine

Footage...Footage that includes metadata of the appearance - At the end of an episode of Now Or Never with SJ (RTL4 - 1995-05), there is a message saying that the next episode would air on 1995-05-12.
1995-05-23 appearance footage displays a VHS watermark with a recording date which is congruent with the airing and performance date.
John mentions Latvia at the 1995 Riga concert footage.
Watermark in 1995-11-19 appearance displays airing and appearance date.
Three late '95 appearances, one being a guest performance, indicate that Japan was the appearance location.
In the commercial for Scat Paradise, John mentioned he was performing in Shibuya the day before the EP's release.
A medley performance with Super Kirei and Pripri Scat indicate that the concert took place right after these two singles got released.
A video with John explaining the scat language displays a watermark with airing and appearance date.
One of the three late '96 Japan performance show Scatman's signature with "1996" at the end.
The guest appearance with a singing sextett in Japan took place in 1997 according to the original uploader.
The Danish 1997 EJ performance includes signs of the children's show "Snurre Snups søndagsklub".
Schreinemakers TV appearance shows clips of the 1997-02-01 performance.

France 2...French public television station - broadcasted two Scatman performances (1995-10-08 & 1996-03-17) on Le monde est à vous hosted by Jacques Martin.

HOF...Jan Hofer - Moderator of Goldene Europa 1995, janhofer.de

IMDB...Internet Movie Database - A database website on TV media.

INA...Institut national de l'audiovisuel - National Institution of Audiovisuals

MTV...Music Television - broadcasted a performance of Scatman and SW + interview, hosted by Ray Cokes on Most Wanted.

MTV3...Mainos-Televisio - "Advertisement TV" - broadcasted a Scatman appearance + interview on 1995-04-15.

NRK...Norsk rikskringkasting - Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation - broadcasted two Scatman appearances (1995-02-17 & 1995-04-08) on Norwegian TV and hosts rewatches on its official website.

NRK interview...During the 1995-02-17 interview on NRK, John mentioned he had been on a promo tour in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and possibly Finland.

Ohtuleht Newspaper...Ohtuleht - Evening paper - Estonian tabloid

POSTER...Poster of Scatman concert - Official SJ Facebook account posted images of three concert posters (all except the 1997 one in the early 2010s under Judy Larkin), from the 1995-07-04 & 1997-07-17 concerts and the 1996 Japan tour leg.

Respublika..."Republic" - Lithuanian tabloid

RTL...Radio Télévision Luxembourg (Germany) - broadcasted a Scatman interview + performance on Schreinemakers TV (1997-02-13)

RTL4...Radio Télévision Luxembourg 4 (Netherlands) - broadcasted a Scatman performance on Now Or Never (1995-05)

RTL5...Radio Télévision Luxembourg 5 (Netherlands) - broadcasted a Scatman performance on Liefde is... (1995-05-23)

RTP...Rádio e Televisão de Portugal - Radio and Television of Portugal - broadcasted a Scatman apperance on Zona + (Mais) (1995-06-05)

SCHAE...Konrad Schäfers - member of German Confederation of Stutterer's Self Help - conducted an interview with John on 1995-11-01 published on Planet Interview, in which John mentions the German tour leg starting on January 15th, 1996.

setlist.fm...A wiki that documents setlists of concerts by countless musicians and artists - as for Scatman John appearances, it is an unreliable source as it claims concerts to take place on unrealistic dates and locations without specifying an authentic source.

sound-of-frankfurt.de...Official Sound Of Frankfurt festival organization website

Stock Image...Stock Images of Scatman John with picture meta info stored on the image file.

The Herald News...Massachusetts daily newspaper

TF1...Télévision Française 1 - French Television 1 - broadcasted two Scatman performances (1995-06-24 & 1995-10-14).

TMDB...The Movie Database - A database website focused on movies.

TICKET...Ticket of Scatman concert - Official SJ social media posted images of two tickets, from the 1995-05-07 & 1995-07-05 concerts.
1996-01-18 Warsaw ticket photographed by Jakub H.

Tour leg list of unknown origin...First surfaced in a fan group in 2022 with its information then featured on scatmandatabase.weebly.com

tvprogramme.shoutwiki.com...German TV programs archive wiki

VIVA...Videoverwertungsanstalt - Video Processing Institution - German-European music TV station that broadcasted two Scatman appearances (1995-02 & 1995-04) and a Scatman documentary (1996-12-01).

VIVA interview...During the 1995-02 interview on VIVA, John mentioned he had played a concert in Munich the day before and in Copenhagen.

Wikipedia...Well-known wiki encyclopedia, doesn't cite information properly and can be prone to false information (mostly in non-scientific articles) (best example: Scatman John 1999 tour fake rumour on old article versions)

wonderfulworld.demon.co.uk...A website with close links to Scatman John (only exists in archived form).

YLE...Yleisradio Oy - Finnish Broadcasting Company - broadcasted two Scatman appearances (1995-04-13 & 1996-11-14) and hosts rewatches on its official website.

YT...A video sharing platform which has several Scatman video and audio uploaded - An upload of the Japanese Route 66 performance states in the video description, it took place on Sep. 4th in Yokohama.
An upload of Mariah Carey's performance at the 1996 Grand Prix Golden Disk Award mentions in the description, it took place on March 12th at the NHK Hall.
An YT upload of John surprising an impersonator displays the date in the video description.
Uploads of artists appearing in the same episode of Power Vision as John mention Karlsruhe as the location.

ZIMM...Ira Zimmermann - conducted an interview with John published in the Advance for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Magazine on 1996-11-20 which the appearance at the NSP 1995-06 conference is mentioned.

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