A lot has been going on in the last 5 months of events and travels… Rolling Stones, Laurie Anderson, Jesse Malin, Yoko’s birthday, Green Day, Debbie Harry, Steve Jones, Martin Chambers and more!
Oct 27 – NYC – Melena Ryzik, Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop at a NY Times Talk for the “Gimmie Danger” film.
Oct 30 – NYC – Laurie Anderson receives a “Courage In The Arts” award from Yoko Ono at MoMA.
Nov 1 – NYC – Edition Hotel – Marky Ramone, Tommy Hilfiger, Mick Rock and Bob Gruen at the party for Tommy’s book “American Dreamer: My Life In Fashion And Business” . Photo by David X Prutting.
Nov 15 – NYC – Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts came to the opening of the Exhibitionism exhibit at Industria Studios.
Nov 15 – NYC – Debbie Harry and Jesse Malin backstage at the Stephen Saban benefit at Webster Hall.
Nov 30 – NYC – Krash Doll, Voodoo Doll, JayJay Doll, Isis Queen and Pyn Doll of the Barb Wire Dolls outside of Arlene’s Grocery on Stanton Street.
Dec 1 – NYC – Drummers Martin Chambers of the Pretenders and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols backstage at MSG after the Pretenders show there.
Dec 1 – NYC – Blondie tribute band Baldie on stage at Django club in the Roxy Hotel.
Dec 6 – Brooklyn – Performance artist Penny Arcade on stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Dec 8 – NYC – Tribute band Lez Zeppelin played at the party for the Rock and Roll auction at Sotheby’s.
Dec 10 – NYC – Jesse Malin, Joan Jett and Tommy Stinson of the Replacements backstage after the Positive Panther benefit at Bowery Ballroom.
Dec 12 – NYC – My son Kris Gruen and Finnish singer Peppina on stage at the Slipper Room.
Dec 20 – NYC – Writers Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil reading their book “Please Kill Me” during the holiday party at Howl Gallery.
Dec 22 – NYC – Jim Jones with Steve Conte on stage at Bowery Electric.
Dec 27 – NYC – Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye performing at Lenny’s 70th birthday party at Bowery Ballroom.
Jan 17 – NYC – Michael Azerrad interviews Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols for a talk about Steve’s biography “Lonely Boy” at The Strand bookstore.
Jan 18 – NYC – Laura Hajek as Edith Pop on stage at Bowery Electric.
Jan 20 – Brooklyn – Tyler Jospeh of 21 Pilots rolls over the audience during their show at the Barclays Center.
Jan 21 – NYC – Alejandro Escovedo and his band on stage at City Winery.
Jan 26 – Morristown, NJ – My wife Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen at the opening of her exhibit at Morristown Arts.
Feb 1 – NYC – Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC during the Morrison Hotel Gallery Hip Hop exhibit opening party at the Dream Hotel.
Feb 2 – NYC – Anthony Haden-Guest is ready to fight at his 80th birthday party at the Overthrow Boxing Club.
Feb 8 – Athens, GA – Bob Gruen in front of the Georgia Theater. Photo by Jason Thrasher.
Feb 14 – NYC – The Kills during their private 15th Anniversary show at Electric Ladyland Studio.
Feb 18 – NYC – Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon during Yoko’s 84th birthday party.
March 11 – NYC – Jesse Malin and his band with guest Chris Stills on stage at Berlin club.
March 15 – Brooklyn – Tre Cool, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day on stage at Barclays Center.
March 20 – Buenos Aires – Here I’m in front of the first part of my exhibit at the Centro Metropolitano de Diseño. There are 3 exhibitions of my work now in Argentina, see the events page for details.
