First Gig.

Whosbetter?

Okay, I'd be surprised if this wasn't tried out on this forum before,but here goes.

First real concert I was to was Slane '86.
I was 18 then.

Twas the Queen gig.
Also on the bill was
The Bangles
Chris Rea
The Fountainhead, The next big U2-thing, YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It pissed rain all day, & in those days I didn'nt really drink or smoke etc..

Anybody else have any memories of their first gig?

BTW I've seen The Who 'live' in 3 diff decades, but....ahem..I never really talk about that...:D:D:D

Queen-Mise

My first gig was the Waterboys in Shinrone (centre of the universe, twas :pac::pac::pac::pac:). I was only 16/17, it was in a big pub really, place was crappy, the people were plastered. A very strange night.

The next ones were far more interesting. I'm from Thurles, so went to a few Trips to Tipp, the Feile. Some very very drunken occasions. The very first night had Big Country & Meat Loaf on the bill. I remember The Stunning were absolutely incredible as was Christy Moore.

On a very side note I went on one of my most unwilling benders after the third Trip, my boyfriend at the time was working for the weekend. So on Tuesday he wanted to start, and I was exhausted after the weekend and very sick. That was dedication to get through the next two days :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

patrickc

moved to the music gigs section...

run_Forrest_run

my first ever gig was Guns N' Roses, Slane 1992. I was 15 and I was only allowed go if my old man came with me (suited me fine because he was driving up and back!). So off I went with a friend and the old man.

What a day it was, I still have fond memories of the day. The sheer size of the place, the sound, the stage, the swarm of beer cup holders in the sky whilst we all waited for Axl to get out of his hotel room!
Even the old man enjoyed it, he was interested to hear opening act My Little Funhouse (being from Kilkenny) and he was blown away by Faith No More.

Adiaga 2

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

my first ever gig was Guns N' Roses, Slane 1992.

Snap!(by which I mean that was my first gig too and not that Snap! of rhythm is a dancer fame was was my 1st gig :pac::D) Was never a huge fan of guns n roses but that was a great show and a great day.

Decuc500

First gig was Simple Minds in the RDS in 1989.

But my first 'real' gig was The Wedding Present supported by Buffalo Tom in the SFX centre. Up to that point I didn't know that live music in a dark venue would be so cool.

Toast

I volunteered for Greenpeace back in the day and had to do some work at a Bryan Adams concert so that one is technically the first but I usually consider the Tripp to Tipp in 1997 to be the first proper event I went to. Prodigy, Manics, Foo Fighters etc all for 27 punt. Them were the days....

Captain Iggy

My first one proper was Red Hot Chili Peppers in Lansdowne Road 2002.

New Order were on before them and were severely booed. Crowd just turned on them and they didn't do much to get them back on their sides (especially that dckh3ad Peter Hook)

There was an Irish band who opened and I regret to say I can't remember their name. They were very good though.

Chilis were incredible and it being my first stadium gig, especially so. They were on the verge of releasing 'By The Way' and crowd sang to the title track every time it was advertised on the bigscreen. Heard 'Can't Stop' for the first time that night and remember being blown away.

Still one of my favourite memories that evening.

christeb

First proper one was the MTV Brand New gig, Feeder supported by Low and .........Snow Patrol!!!!
In the Tivoli Theatre, though SP were decent but no great shakes, nothing has changed much since then. Feeder out on a great sweaty show

lordgoat

Slane 95 REM - i was 15.


Still one of the top three gigs i was at. Oasis boo off stage. Crowd singing Blur.

REM played Let Me In to fire-rain. True story.

Irjudge1

Chris De Burgh at the point in '87 I think. I would have been 14 maybe.

It's still one the best......... Nah I won't bother.

Miguel_Sanchez

lordgoat wrote: »

Slane 95 REM - i was 15.

Still one of the top three gigs i was at. Oasis boo off stage. Crowd singing Blur.

REM played Let Me In to fire-rain. True story.

Me too. Junior Cert finished and this was the big gig of the summer.

Belly, Spearhead, Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom were supporting too.

Furious-Red

My first proper gig was only about 4 years ago.
Stereophonics in the Point 05 . Was a unreal gig

lordgoat

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Me too. Junior Cert finished and this was the big gig of the summer.

Belly, Spearhead, Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom were supporting too.

Ah deadly dude!

I went on my own and got lost, ended up having to go into someone's house and ask to use the phone. Ring home get the bus company's name and wander around aimlessly for about an hour. Found bus after an age- the driver moved it- what a ahole. Not bad for a 15yr old on his tobler!

Good times.

I also remember that all i had to eat was a mards bar or two for the entire day...


Spearhead were top notch too that day. Can you see me in the ocean?

KevIRL

lordgoat wrote: »

Slane 95 REM - i was 15.


Still one of the top three gigs i was at. Oasis boo off stage. Crowd singing Blur.

REM played Let Me In to fire-rain. True story.

Same here. I was stabbed the night before as well! lol

Radiohead were on the original line up along with Oasis and REM, but had to pull out of it

honru

Muse and The Hives at Dublin Castle in 2002 when I was 14. As far as first gigs go it was a good start. Although I don't really have much love for Muse these days, they do put on a good live performance.

I remember back in those pre-Web 2.0 days they were so stringent on video recording. I used to like having a video as a memory of a gig, as concerts were probably a momentous occasion for me back in those days. Any sign of a camera and security would be on your ass, amazing how things change so quickly with the times.

Think that gig was €25 a ticket.

Fad

Trivium. When and where would get me banned, I'd imagine.

It was epic, I really liked the band at the time, and even though I've kinda gone off them, that will be a fond memory! (Although looking back at it, the sound was awful!)

Lost my friend during the support band (Some huge circle pit open and he was kind dragged away), I was kinda terrified, worth it though :pac:.

Mushy

Metallica, RDS, 2003.

Support from The Darkness, Linkin Park. Had heard loads of fuss over the Darkness over the preceeding days, but only heard the song once, bout 5 ins before I left. I loved it. Was then on DART when I found out they were actually playing too, so really enjoyed them. And despite being 14/15(honestly can't remember), I had already gone off Linkin Park. Enjoyed a few songs though.

Metallica, who I did like, that was only from what I heard. They walked on started with the fast, heavy, bit of Battery, which I'd never heard before, and just a crushing sensation of thousands going mental was class. Found it to be a great start to my gig-going days.

Morf

Fear Factory in the Ambassador 2001/2002.

RebelRockChick

Mushy wrote: »

Metallica, RDS, 2003.

Support from The Darkness, Linkin Park. Had heard loads of fuss over the Darkness over the preceeding days, but only heard the song once, bout 5 ins before I left. I loved it. Was then on DART when I found out they were actually playing too, so really enjoyed them. And despite being 14/15(honestly can't remember), I had already gone off Linkin Park. Enjoyed a few songs though.

Metallica, who I did like, that was only from what I heard. They walked on started with the fast, heavy, bit of Battery, which I'd never heard before, and just a crushing sensation of thousands going mental was class. Found it to be a great start to my gig-going days.

My first gig too. Was 16 at the time, went along with my friend who was 15. We went on our own from Cork, even though our parents thought my friend's brother was going with us (he was supposed to be, but he couldn't go in the end).

Was really into Linkin Park at the time, wasn't too fussed about The Darkness. It was unreal when Metallica took to the stage, nearly got crushed in the crowd. Oh the aches the next day, fun times :pac:

Chaosangel

Audioslave in the Point in 2002 or 03 cant quite recall,deadly gig,was 14 or so

SRFC90

Michael Jackson - RDS - mid to late 90's. Hadn't even graced double figures age wise.

The Pontiac

Feile Thurles 1992. Dear god I was only 16, getting pissed on cider and vodka..how did the locals put up with that for three days? Remember the town was an absolute mess after the weekend.

lordgoat

KevIRL wrote: »

Same here. I was stabbed the night before as well! lol

Radiohead were on the original line up along with Oasis and REM, but had to pull out of it

Wtf stabbed? At slane? Do tell. (send a pm if better)

If radiohead had been at that Slane it would have been immense.

novarock

Captain Iggy wrote: »

There was an Irish band who opened and I regret to say I can't remember their name. They were very good though.

That was The Walls I believe - they used to be called the stunning, well a few of them did..

I was never really in to going to gigs until I was 17 - 18, which is pretty ironic considering im in a band now. My first gig was awful. I was brought to the olympia by a friend of mine to see Picture House.. ugh.. Then it got worse as I was brought to see stereophonics in the point, probably in 99 or 2000.

My best gig memory from back then is definitely the Leeds festival in 2000. Such an amazing line up. If I was trying to be cool I would say that was my first gig..