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TO CELEBRATE AND commemorate some truly stellar performances over the years, we’ve rounded up an unofficial list of what we consider to be some of the best acts at Irish gigs and festivals.
Without further ado… drumroll please…
For their 20 (twenty!) year anniversary, The Frames played Vicar Street and it went down a storm. From hilarious Glen banter to him donning an audience member’s mask (don’t ask) to sing Lay Me Down by all accounts this is one where ‘you had to be there’.
The Killers – where did they disappear to? In 2009 however they were one of the biggest bands in the world. If you were lucky enough to see them headline at Oxegen, you would know why, too.
REM chose Dublin in 2007 to run a series of practice gigs and sold-out shows at the intimate (for them) Olympia Theatre. We’ve been reliably informed by a DailyEdge.ie staffer that ’it was amazing’. You can judge for yourself below…
Brian Wilson didn’t perform for decades, and some of us thought we would never get to see the great man live. How wrong we were! Luckily, he made headway with his stage-fright and anyone at his gig in The Point, 2002 was in for a treat.
Divisive as Bono may be, you can’t deny U2 put on a great show, and Slane 2001 was no exception. Supported by Coldplay and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers it was a stomping gig that is still quoted as one of the best gigs of all time (if you had the good fortune to be there).
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Bruce Springsteen. Any venue, any year.
The backstreet boys reunion tour
Definitely the U2 at Slane 2001 1st Gig with the Chilis and Coldplay.. Amazing to get those three bands for one ticket!
And The Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane 2003, they were on stomping form.
Slams 85
Slane
U2′s tPopMart and Zoo TV , Frankie goes to Hollywood in the SFX in the 80′s , Simple Minds in the RDS , Bryan Adams and Def Leppard at the Point . Biggest regret never seeing Queen play live with Freddie Mercury
Sorry for all ye young wans who never got to hear Rory Gallagher live in 1974….Legendary…
Saw Frankie Goes to Hollywood in RDS in 84 i think – didnt realise they ever played an SFX gig , saw some great sfx gigs , saw Depeche Mode there in 82 class -The Housemartins there were class too :-) wow that venue was like another planet when compared to the O2 / 3arena standards of today
Dave you may well be right about the RDS
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, whealans 2004(?). Victor Wooten is part man, part bass playing God.
Garth Brooks 2014, Croke Pa…….,oh wait
Springsteen, anytime, anywhere
Rolling stones, slane
Supertramp, O2
AC/DC.
REM at slaine 1995 supported by a young OASIS.
I was gonna say that. Weather was great and all. Some gig.
Chilli peppers slane
The fireworks during end of the world were quality!
17/07/83 – Punchestown Racecourse
PAUL BRADY blew the Undertones & Dire straits out of the water….!!
I’ve been a huge fan of him ever since.
- Also a big Freddy White fan.
ps. – I’ve been to many great concerts, – Rory Gallagher, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Santana, Bob Dylan, U2 etc…etc.
Agreed Martin . A brilliant gig and a glorious sunny day.
Was that “a day at the races” for hotpress. U2, Rory Gallagher, Philo, shaking pyramids? I was there but barely remember.
Pearl Jam Millstreet Cork, 24th October 1996. A defining moment of my teenage years!
Seen them 6 times since. Incredible band live.
Rage Against the Machine in the point depot few years back also stands out, possibly 2010?
Ditto!
Mine was also at Mill st. Was just gone 18 and went to see the Prodigy, unbelievable night. Maybe it was that it was one of my first gigs at the legal age but an unforgettable night!
With you on that Mary!
Saw them the next night at the point and it blew my 17 yr old mind. Seen them plenty of times too and they never disappoint.
First gig ever was Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1995 supported by Moby and The Flaming Lips. Absolutely loved it. Straight in to Borderline Records for a terrible sounding bootleg the next Saturday which I of course thought was amazing. Loved Dave Navarros sound with them.
Some others off the top of my head
Ryan Adams at the Olympia in 02
Tool at Ozzfest were stunning.
The Cure at Oxygen in 04.
Counting Crows in Dublin Castle 97.
Sufjan Stevens in the Olympia.
Rage Against the Machine in The Tivoli Dublin 1993 was the greatest gig I ever attended.
Was also at that millstreet show Mary, absolutely amazing! pearl jam always a brilliant gig
Wyld Stalkyns at San Demas High School!!
And
PJ at Millstreet my first gig and what a finish with Yellow Leadbetter!
1) Rory Gallagher, Rose Hill Hotel, Kilkenny 1984.
2) Greedy B*stards (Thin Lizzy + Cook & Jones from the Pistols), Stardust 1978.
3) Neil Young & Pearl Jam (Crazy Horse unavailable due to injury), RDS 1997/8 (?).
Agreed on the Greedy B*stards, also on the bill that night, a young Paul Brady and a very young U2!
U2 in slane! Where the streets have no name will go down in history. Phenomenal performance
I agree. Amazing concert!
Springsteen at slane was the best gig I was ever at
Leonard Cohen, Kilmainham 2008.
Bruce Springsteen, Thomond Park, 2013
Defo Leonard Cohen ’08! Went to see him again in Sligo a few years later but Kilmainham was just amazing. Have yet to see Bruce Springsteen, I’m only a new fan of his. Hope he visits!
Leonard in Lissadell best concert ever and his others concerts were all amazing too.
Bruce Springsteen also always amazing. Yes U2 in Slane also brilliant. So many great concerts over the years.
Oasis Slane 2009
With the Prodigy and Kasabian as back, unreal day especially with the weather.
I was within touching distance of Liam Gallagher that day. Kasabian put on some show, I still maintain he’s one of the very best front men going. Great stage presence. Unreal gig!
Acdc Punchestown 2009.
REM Slane 1995
Chilli peppers Dalymount Park 1995?
I thought Therapy? were better that day, class day all round though. Wasn’t ice cube on as well?
sunstroke was name of that concert in Dalymount park. Frank black and my little funhouse
Helmet played that day too didn’t they?
Great day out.
I’d totally forgotten the name Sunstroke.
Sunstroke was definitely1994. I’d just moved to Dublin. Ironically 1995 was the year everyone got sunstroke with the amazing summer we had that year
The Cure, Point Depot, 03/12/1992.
Just epic.
Was at that myself…support from the cranes…brilliant gig
Also manic street preachers with richey at the tivoli. .93 or 94 I think
Brilliant 3 and a half hour gig. Class.
Alphonse, I was at that Manics show too. October ’94 if memory serves… Still in my top 5. Blistering…
I’m just super jealous of anyone who got to catch The Cure, savage.
REM at Slane 1995 supported by a young Oasis.
Amazing day!
Rammestein at the 02 in 2012
Rammstein, please come back.
They do probably one of the best shows I have ever seen. Just loud aggressive industrial magic.
Slane 1993 Neil Young
He is amazing live. I was at that gig too.
PS My 3 year old kept calling him Young Neill
Metallica RDS …epic !!!!!
REM Ardgillan Castle 2005 was the most beautiful concert I ever experienced
Ocean colour scene …
Ditto, seen them five times, never a bad gig
The accoustic gig they did in Whelans. Class.
Daniel ODonnell at the Brandon in Tralee 1994 .
U2 Zoo TV at the RDS in ’93… Blade Runner on tour. Never see anything like that again.
Arcade Fire, last year in Marley Park. I’m 29 and I’ve spent a lot of the last 15 years going to gigs. They blew my mind last year, nothing else I’ve seen can compare.
Thought Arcade Fire in Marlay Park was crap. Poor sound and hipster atmosphere. Even Pixies phoned it in that day. Rubbish venue Marley Park.
Gig of 2014 was Eels in Olympia and NoMeansNo in Whelans. Amazing gigs and not a hipster to be seen!
Eels gigs are full of hipsters,dunno where your going with that one.
Sorry, I didn’t realise how people around you dress has a bearing on the gig. I will agree that pixies weren’t great that day. Frank Black is my hero and they were the reason I went to that gig. But arcade fire put on some show. Hipsters or not, they were class.
Saw Daft Punk in Marley Park one Summers night a few years back, brilliant atmosphere, never forget it.
Massive fan of the pixies but there were only okay that day and arcade fire were poor only really put effort in for the new songs and the rest of the show was phoned in, shame as marley is a great venue and arcade fire have some amazing albums
Beautiful south oxygen 2005
Stone roses Phoenix park 2012
The Bionic Rats
Every Sunday for the last 9 yrs in The foggy dew.
Homegrown talent at its best.
excellent Keith.
Fantastic gig(s)
SKA SKA SKA
Megadeth, SFX, 1995
Yup, COC supported
Used to love the SFX, I’d say Sepultura was my favourite gig there.
@Frank – yeah and I think it was supposed to have been Kerbdog wasn’t it?
Michael Jackson in the RDS in 1994. He arrived on stage on a rocket. My 9 year old brain was completely over excited.
Fleetwood Mac in the O2, I think maybe 2004/2005. Amazing band and never thought I would get to see the band live (minus Christine McVie)
And Rammstein 2012 in the O2. Totally underrated band and they were AMAZING
Jackson rds was 97
Thanks for clarifying
Jackson in Cork c.1985 was unreal
1991 Sonic Youth, Sir Henry’s Cork (Support act Nirvana).
Springsteen…… each and every gig! Not even a contest!!
Fleetwood Mac Point Depot 2013
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Slane 2003
U2 Croke Park 2009 (360 Tour)
Bruce Springsteen RDS 1988
Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous The Point 1980 I think
Was it not Slane 1980, supported by U2.? 1st Slane
September 1979….
The Phoenix Park rocked to the sounds of Pope John Paul ll….
The gig was so good, I even got the album…
Vinyl of course!
Beastie Boys at EP
Sinatra – Landsdowne Rd 1989
Yes with liza Minnelli snd Sammy davis jr brilliant gig !
The dubliners live in vicar street.
the specials 30th anniversary tour
The Olympia Paul a curtain dropped to reveille the band as they went straight into Do the Dog
The place f##king erupted
Great gig
top draw mark top draw
Rory Gallagher, Derry 1979/80 (Shadow Play tour), and Horselips in the Plaza Buncrana around the same time.
Rory and Horselips were pretty much the only ones who would tour up north in those days. Great nights.
Obscure punk band at hip Dublin venue ’85. What a show!
I was up front and got backstage. ‘Mazin night
depeche mode devotional tour @ the point dec 1993
Was there too. Pretty special show, that!
Arcade Fire, electric Picnic, 2005.
Would it matter it you scored or not?
Surprised nobody has mentioned GN’R Slane 92.
Great day Faith No More were a class act and a lovely sunny day!
the boss, Bruce Springsteen,
Morrissey in the National Concert Hall in 1990 (ish)
U2 / Simple Minds … Phoenix Park -1983
New Order – Kilkenny -1983
Bruce Springsteen RDS -1988
Neil Young – Vicar Street -2003
Pierce Turner – Whelans – anytime
Elvis Costello – National Stadium – ?
Martin Stephenson – Baggot Inn -198?
David Gray – Anseo Wexford St – 2007
…. And Tom Waits – Phoenix Park – 2008
I’d second that…..
Pixies phoenix park 2004 and James brown at oxygen 2005
U2, cork 1987. When Bono could sing!!
Simon & Garfunkel RDS July 2004. With a cameo from the Everly Brothers.
Ah for jaysising sake. Not one of you have mentioned take that circus tour 2009 Croke Park. Best. Gig. Ever.
Been to many but stand out ones were
Gareth brooks point depot last night of a eight day run in 1994
Rod stewart 1998 rds
Rem balrothery castle 2005
Live aid wembley 13july 1985
Didn’t know Wembley was in Ireland…
Ah i was wondering why poor Jane was getting so many red mates, it’s a cruel and unforgiving place, Jane.
98 slane, the Verve were good, but surprisingly Robbie Williams stole the show. RW slane 99, U2 slane 2001.
All the MADNESS concerts, but December 2014 was my favorite
Was gona say same when i reached enda list. Great fun those xmas madness parties.like ya were 16 again!!
Simple Minds – Croke Park ’86
The White Stripes in a little tent at witness, fairyhouse racecourse. Only went in because it started raining
Metallica, mastadon and Alice in chains in Marley park class.
Stiff little fingers the Academy March 2014 , Best Rock band ever
Punk Band!
Fun loving criminals at witness scoobey snacks was fantastic
INXS. The Point. Dec 17th 1990.
Slane 2001. U2, Chilli Peppers, Coldplay, JJ72. Best U2 gig I’ve ever been to, whole crowd seemed to know every word. Amazing. Nearly died in crowd crush afterwards but that’s Slane.
The White Stripes Marlay Park 2004
U2 Point Depot New Years Eve 1989
Radiohead point. Pearl jam point.
Garth Brooks Croke Park July 2014, Day 4.
Memorable event.
Daniel o Donnell,live in the hive ballydine circa 1987……I’ve hated country music since!!
Stone Roses 3 years ago in the pheno
Bon Iver in the Helix.
Tom Petty, The Point, 1992
Rage Against the Machine, O2, 2010. Get goosebumps just thinking bout it.
Radiohead Castlegar in Galway ninety six
Oasis pairc ui caoimh pogues first reunion show in the point with dubliners on stage at the end. Planxty reunion show in Galway raddisson hotel. The eagles at landsdowne Rd 2006 the who at oxegen or u2 at slane with chillis and Coldplay.
Hozier – Pepper Canister Church December 2013. Stunning.
Death in Vegas- Witness 2000. Followed by Leftfield. Best. Gig. Ever.
Bob Marley, Dalymount 1980?,
Joe cocker, stadium, ??
Skid row, assembly hall larkhill school 1968
Soundgarden/ white Zombie RDS 95.
Kings Of Leon Marlay Park 14
I thought Soundgarden that day were poor. Just going through the motions. White Zombie were class. But Pennywise stole the show that day.
Do comedy gigs count? Al Porter in a Vicar St or The Coronas in the 3 Arena!
Good that you class the coronas as comedy, because it sure ain’t music.
The jungle brothers. Cork metropole 1998.
I wudda lovin that.
Ronnie wood and slash together at vicar st..what a show..and ive seen some of best shows on earth..u2 slane 2nd show was amazing tho
Watch The Throne in the O2. Mindblowing.
Arctic Monkeys.. Malahide Park.. True live gig and sound like their cd.. Perfection.. The Who ..Marley Park. Zac Starr killed it..
Erasure followed by the beastie boys at ep, two stunning sets
Garth Brooks, Croke Park May 1997!
Pearl jam the point 2000, Eddie dived into the crowd at the end during Black!
Snow patrol at oxegen 09. Arcade fire in Marley were amazing too.
Love many gigs…every year …Queen RDS main hall 82/3 beat em all.others Smashing Pumpkins Sigurd Ros Oasis etc were good .Dublin has been blessed with gigs and other venues around Ireland do well…Elton John has played 40 times and nobody has him on the list and acts like him rock like mad and are packed out.
Rage Against The Machine, Oxegen 2008, people were hugging afterwards!
Will anyone in decades to come remember any of these crap singer singersongwriters?
William in decades will anyone remember you?
Be specific. Which ones do you think are crap?
By coincidence just read this.
On May 26, Tom Petty took a swipe at modern country music from the stage of the Beacon Theater in New York City. He called today’s country “bad rock with a fiddle,” and further expanded on those comments during a recent interview.
It was far from a clarification or apology. During a chat with Rolling Stone published Monday (Aug. 5), Petty laments what is missing in country music, a genre he says roots the Heartbreakers.
“I don’t really see a George Jones or a Buck Owens or any anything that fresh coming up,” Petty explains. “I’m sure there must be somebody doing it, but most of that music reminds me of rock in the middle 80s where it became incredibly generic and relied on videos.”
Petty didn’t name names or call out a specific sound before backing away from the topic. “I hate to generalize on a whole genre of music, but it does seem to be missing that magic element that it used to have,” he furthers. “I’m sure there are people playing country that are doing it well, but they’re just not getting the attention that the s—tier stuff gets.”
Petty is expecting to release his 13th album with the Heartbreakers early next year. The new project doesn’t yet have a title.
Read More: Tom Petty Blasts Modern Country Music | http://tasteofcountry.com/tom-petty-blasts-country-music/?trackback=fbshare_top&trackback=tsmclip
All of them Billy. Bluffer’s the lot of them.
1. Radiohead Punchestown 2000
2. Arcade Fire/Pixes Marlay Park 2014
3. Franz Ferdinand Dolans Warehouse 2009
4. Chic Milk Market (Limerick) 2013
5. Manics Olympia 2013
Radiohead at The Olympia 1996 – got to meet them too :)
Were they as up their own arses as I’d imagine they would be (am a fan by the way)
Aslan in the Noggin Inn, 1999 with the young wans shouting “Christy, spit on me!!”.. Those where the days :-)
Bob Marley , Dalymount 1980,
Nick Cave and Grinderman , Vicar St. 2011
Doobie Brothers – Grand Canal Theatre – 2010
Punch Brothers – Whelans – 2012
The Cure – RDS – 1989
That Cure gig still gives me the shivers. Front row view for the entire thing. Amazing day and night.
Specials + the best ,the arc Cork 1981
The pogues 1986 new year’s eve Ulster hall Belfast. They came on at midnight. Oasis early 90s in the limelight Belfast
Queen RDS ’84 – Contest over!
Bjork is an incredible live act – unreal show at Electric Picnic a few years back. She really puts everything into making a performance unforgettable. Was lucky enough to catch Kraftwerk in Kilmainham some years ago too,that was really special plus Soulwax did the support, boom!
Arcade Fire, Summer ’14
The Jesus lizard in the point depot 1998. The band actually gone banned from playing in the country from the crowd going so nuts…
No they didn’t. Yow jumped into the crowd so I heard they were banned from the point for that. Good gig. Foo Fighters were good that night, before Dave became an entertainer. Kerbdog should have played but got stuck on the alanis morissett night, stinger.
It was 1996.
Metallica. The point depot 1996
Florance and the machine – Cork Opera House, Murphys Big Little Nights Out. Unreal!
Mark macabe. Club Icon mallow 1999
I seriously hope you’re taking the piss
Ramones….SFX ’81….. Best ever…..My ears are still bleeding!
I’d say that was class…I saw the cramps there much much later 1996 I think…absolutely brilliant …rip lux
Daft Punk at Oxegen in 2007 (I think). Absolutely brilliant. Also Rage against the Machine at Oxegen was a great gig.
1978 mountain dew festival, macroom.
Rory Gallagher.
Classic weekend :)
Big Audio Dynamite in Henrys in 88. I was 16 and unsure if I get in.
Michael Jackson Parc Ui Caoimh was amazing gig, I remember he did 2 nights, I was at night Kim Wilde played (not great) , but Jackson was out of this world :-) , also Simple Minds/Lloyd Cole/Waterboys/InTuaNua Croke Park 86 was amazing day , also 1990 ish Nelson Mandela birthday gig with Rory Gallagher as headline act, he was superb, and Sinead OConnor brilliant also , including duet she did with Christy Moore . Also Jack White in. O 2 Halloween c 2012 , and Depeche Mode Nov 2013 brilliant from start to finish . Also thoroughly enjoyed Arcade Fire 2014. Saw the Cult early 90s in The Point and only ok but then saw them at small venue in Wellington mid 1990s in NZ and were great. Also Maiden in The Point mid 90 s was super night
Horslips the Hanger Galway 1973
For those about to rock tour AC/DC in the RDS
Thin Lizzy RDS
Rory Gallagher in the Olympia
Def Leppard in the TV Club (still have photos!)
ZZ Top in the SFX. (Before the Eliminator album made them big in Ireland )
Gary Moore in the SFX
Iron Maiden in the SFX
U2 in Croke park supported by Tua Nua
Was at a Horselips concert where a new band called U2 were the supporting act!
None of these were today or yesterday but all very memorable .
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Pier House Skerries 1987
Planxty reunion at Vicar St 2004
Oasis in Marley park
Electric Six in the Academy in 2010
Buddy Guy National Boxing Stadium the 80′s.
Thin Lizzy The Arcadia Cork ~1971.
Rory Gallagher Cork every Christmas. We were very lucky. :)
Tool at the sfx
Joe pernice at myrtleville
David gray at the triskel
Billy Bragg at the Olympia
Prince. The Pod. 1995.
tina turner at the O2 in 2009. dido at vicar street was good too.
None of the Above
Guns n Roses Slane 1992
Agreed, axle threw a strop and turned up late but they gave the mother of all performances.
Plant/Page The Point 1995
Bell X1 at any gig…brilliant band!
Radiohead – Olympia – 1996.
Warlords of pez did mass on the Sunday of electric picnic 04 I think I still have the communion somewhere
Audioslave at Oxegen…2009 I think? Also Greenday at Oxegen 2005. Carl Cox at Sir Henry’s in 1998 was epic.
Oh, and Queens of the Stone Age at the Olympia in 2011…unreal, but had tinnitus for about a year afterwards!!
Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dalymount Park , 6th July 1980, ticket cost 7.00 Punts.
Title should be: “a countdown of our top 5 middle of the road lad rock concerts in Ireland”
Radiohead – Olympia – 1996
Bob Marley at Dalymount 1980
Nick Cave and Grinderman Vicar St 2011
Tears for Fears in Vicar Street and Sting in Marley Park
Been to hundreds of gigs but hands down – Ray Davis, The Acadamy on Abbey Street 2003. He was 2 feet away and chatting with the audience in between songs, like he’d just popped into your living room with his guitar.
Kris Kristoffsen. The Point. 2 and half hours. No break. Man and guitar and no frills. All his great songs old and new.
That free one in the Phoenix Park for the World Cup teams homecoming in 2002, Samantha Mumbas little bro stole the show! Yeah he was even better than Six!…..
Nofx. The Mean Fiddler 1996.
I notice nobody mentioned Slane 1992.
It was my first gig and for years I thought it was an epic performance, but after seeing footage on YouTube recently I now understand the lack likes for this one
Definitely R.E.M. at Slane in 1995! My first and best of many concerts I’ve attended.
U2 Pop Mart Tour, Lansdowne Rd, Depeche Mode Playing The Angel Tour, The Point, Daft Punk Alive 2006 Tour, Marlay Park
Christy moore in the iveagh gardens last summer!! Cracker of a day!
Al Stewart, midnight at the Olympia , can’t remember the year, magic
Oh and queen slane 85, fountain head, and the bangles stole the show for me , queen better on record
Seen jesus christ do his greatest hits in September 0001.
Irish Chamber Orchestra – Virtuosic Violin
I’ve said it before but I loved Kings of Leon at Marlay park last year. Just thinking of Cold Desert near the end of the set I get goosebumps. The lights lit up for the “Nobody knows, nobody sees. Nobody but me” bit at the very end and I could see the rain for the first time for the whole concert bearing in mind it had spilled rain for the whole thing. It was the closest I think I’m going to get to a religious experience!
Eagles 2006 in lansdowne. The opening chords of hotel California live on a beautiful balmy summer night is hard to beat
Springsteen is The Boss for ever and always , can’t be beaten . Wish he would play Slane again , best venue in Ireland on a summers day .
Prince – Aftershow gig at spirit club following “One Night Alone” gig at the point
Horslips at the O2 in 2009
Queen – The Works tour – 1984 RDS – spectacular beyond all others.
Self-Aid – 1986 – 15 hours of Ireland’s finest.
The Saw Doctors – Brixton Academy – St . Patrick’s night – can’t remember the year, but unreal craic
Roger Waters – Dark Side of the Moon tour , Marquee Cork June 2006
Nothing else comes close ….the heat of the venue ,the powercut and the crowd singing “Perfect Sense” all the way to the end …Nick Mason turning up to play drums and the fact that Waters himself was completley in his element in such a intimate venue ,The incredible version of “Leaving Beirut” …brilliant from start to finish ..I’ve been to 100′s of gigs of all kinds all over the country and nothing else comes close
The Bootleg Fans gig video “Tripped out in Cork” captures it in all its brilliance.Whether a Pink Floyd fan or not ,this is one of those gigs ,much like Nirvana in Sir Henry’s ,where thousands will claim to have been part of the 4K that was in that tent
@gavexile: Was there, the mic went was a good gig, but saw Gilmour and Wright play Echoes in Munich a week later, kinda overshadowed it
Spiritualized at Tripod 2008
Saw Raekwon the Chef there once, Nas too. Nas rocks y’all
Oasis at slane or Rammstein in the O2.
The Rammstein gig, was one of the best shows I have seen EVER!!!!
Gutted I’ve never see Rammstein.
Stone Temple Pilots, The Olympic 2010. Epic
The damned in spiders, Cork
Best ever gig I seen in Ireland. Errr ??? O yes I seen a gig in dame street the gardai where playing with the batons and using students heads as drums. That was some gig. !!!!!
Elbow 2014 the Marquee
Probably one of many Therapy? gigs.
fir ein in a tent in Connemara.
Oasis last gig! Slane. Mettallica in Marley was phenom also
I never thought any gig would better Nirvana at The Point in 1993, but Bruce Springsteen at Limerick’s Thomond Park on a sunny Tuesday a couple of years ago managed to top it & more
5 star RDS . delroy was on fire !!!!
An Emotional fish in Limerick about 1991
Nirvana. Point 92/3?
Beastie Boys. Tivoli 94/5?
Paul Weller. Stadium 94
Coldplay. Olympia 01?
David Gray. Whelans 98/9?
RW. Slane
U2. Slane 01
Oasis. Tivoli. 94
Doves Olympia 00?
Van morrison. Feile 90
James Taylor. Point 98
Us 3. Olympia 94
Freddie white. Vicar st 99
Lenny kravitz. Point 91
Rodrigo y Gabrielle spirit store 03
Louis Stewart. Cuba,galway 01
Not relevant. I’m not in the public eye. Your comment is illogical.
Paul Mc Cartney in the RDS, not sure of the year. Played a great set and sang on his own several Beatles song with just an acoustic guitar. Pure Magic.
Bob Dylan – vicar street
NIN SFX 1994
Chic at Electric Picnic last year -pure carnival atmosphere! Kings of Leon at Slane too, a setlist for diehard fans
Shock treatment abbymill Fethard ’85 or 86
I can’t choose between five (sorry!); Elliott Smith at Reading in 2000, Neil Young & Crazy Horse at The Point in 2001, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band at the RDS (he practically lives there) in 2003, Isis at Whelan’s in 2004 and Sonic Youth at Electric Picnic in 2007.
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