first gig

godscop

What was your first live gig you went to ? Mine was the inspiral carpets in the sfx..

Kimono-Girl

erm...i suppose my first major gig was metallica Marley park!:D

Nodin

'Blackfoot' in the TV Club.

Oasis in the Point in 1996.

the_syco

godscop wrote: »

What was your first live gig you went to ? Mine was the inspiral carpets in the sfx..

Type O Negative in the SFX... over a decade ago.

cherryghost

Blur. Was goddamn awesome

Kersh

Pantera, at the sfx early february 1993 . . they were savage

blaze1

Homelands at the winchester bowl... savage night:cool:

OutlawPete

Housemartins @ The SFX.

Dick Turnip

First one that i can think of was Witness in 2001.

Scuid Mhór

coldplay a few years ago.

bread

Radiohead...longest day of the year c.1996!

Asphyxia

Good Charlotte :cool:

godscop

The sfx was great back in the day, looking back what a ****hole.

hidinginthebush

Metallica at the Point back in '99, 16 years old, 6 cans of bud, couldn't stand, it was amazing!

Ms. Captain M

East 17, oh LORD

conorhal

Belinda Carlisle 1989.
So…. not only has my teenage obsession with chiseled cheeked red heads with electric blue eyes left me with a deeply embarrassing dent in the credibility of my musical taste, it's also managed to leave me feeling really.. really old..

allanb49

The Rev's and Mixwitch at Blast in 2001. First big gig Witness to see Green Day and Foo Fighters in 2002

Beruthiel

the_syco wrote: »

Type O Negative in the SFX... over a decade ago.

I was up on the front line standing right in front of Peter. Awesome!

Can't remember my first gig, so long ago back in the early 90's and all a blur now, among the first though were:

Type O Neg.
Sepultura/Paradise Lost.
Nirvana.
Pearl Jam.
Metallica.
Stone Temple Pilots.

orourkeda

Dogsh*t Sandwich in Birmingham

Smegball

Iron Maiden

NothingMan

Smashing Pumpkins in Olympia in 2000. Twas good for a seated gig.

allanb49 wrote: »

The Rev's and Mixwitch at Blast in 2001. First big gig Witness to see Green Day and Foo Fighters in 2002

Ah jaysus that takes me back. I use to hate the fookin Revs. Absolute sh1tebags. Use to prefer the metal blasts not the pop punk ones but saw an amazing band there calle Label who I then saw at Witnness and got thrown a single that I still have on my iPod. They broke up soon after.
Saw the singer a few years ago in Vaughns and he said he's send me on more of their stuff and he never did :mad:.

OutlawPete

conorhal wrote: »

Belinda Carlisle 1989.
So…. not only has my teenage obsession with chiseled cheeked red heads with electric blue eyes left me with a deeply embarrassing dent in the credibility of my musical taste, it's also managed to leave me feeling really.. really old..

Don't be embarrassed, that was a class gig.

Was it the one at The Point?

Thought that was '90 or '91.

We blagged some tickets to it from MCD at the time by saying that our tickets were now on a plane to New York in a family members jacket, they stuck us on the guestlist.

There were four of us, right up front.

She was barefoot throughout and stood on rug.

Between songs we kept shouting 'show us your tits' and she was laughing

She said something to us into the mic, but we were so drunk, none of us remembers what though.

GavRedKing

Metallica, RDS, 2003

Birneybau

The Prodigy in the Point on New Year's Eve '95.

Supported by Black Grape, Liquid Wheel and someone else.

Was mental, proper baptism of fire that one!

phasers

Boyzone :cool:

rossie1977

conorhal wrote: »

Belinda Carlisle 1989.
So…. not only has my teenage obsession with chiseled cheeked red heads with electric blue eyes left me with a deeply embarrassing dent in the credibility of my musical taste, it's also managed to leave me feeling really.. really old..

had you said dana then yah that would have been something to be embarrassed about but belinda carlisle is a godess amongst women and megahot in 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Js_WUsXpxg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Js_WUsXpxg&feature=related

MetzgerMeister

Fear Factory in the Ambassador in 2001/2002

Pedro K

The Flaming Lips in Vicar street, about 10 years ago I think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-W-4Izjwc

Wibbs

Phoenix park 82 or 3? Eurythmics, simple minds, U2 and a shed load of others. Annie lennox got bottles hoofed at her by a couple of muppets in the front.

jimthemental

Metallica, somewhere years ago just after they went sh1te, RDS I think

Sugarlumps

The Cult in the Point years ago. Still have the ticket.

weiland79

Bon Jovi in the point over 20 years ago holy moly! I was eleven it was the Slippery when wet tour.

Ash.J.Williams

the_syco wrote: »

Type O Negative in the SFX... over a decade ago.

there was a snow blizzard in the building that night!!

conorhal

OutlawPete wrote: »

Don't be embarrassed, that was a class gig.

Was it the one at The Point?

Thought that was '90 or '91.

We blagged some tickets to it from MCD at the time by saying that our tickets were now on a plane to New York in a family members jacket, they stuck us on the guestlist.

There were four of us, right up front.

She was barefoot throughout and stood on rug.

Between songs we kept shouting 'show us your tits' and she was laughing

She said something to us into the mic, but we were so drunk, none of us remembers what though.

Yeah, the Runaway Horses tour, it could have been '90 now that I think about it.
I did enjoy the gig I have to say, it's just tragic that your pleas went unanswered, my god did she have epic tits.....

electrobanana

the prodigy at the theatre royal limerick 94 i think it was support was 4th dimension:eek: god im getting old

Ash.J.Williams

My first gig i think was bonjovi in the point ...the album that was after slippery when wet, wasn't a fan, filled in for my sister who couldn't go, i was about 12, ACDC thunderstruck tour was my second.

xzanti

Boyzone

Insect Overlord

BellX1 in UCH Limerick, five years ago. Addicted to their music ever since.

Professey Chin

Slane in 99.
Robbie Williams & Stereophonics

LenaClaire

Primus in '95. It was a crazy show

Xavi6

Bon Jovi at the RDS in 2001.

Have tickets to see them here in Oz in December to celebrate 10 years of gig going :cool:

HoPpiE

Slane 2001 Pt.II, the only time the had a second concert in the same year I believe.

General Zod

jujibee wrote: »

Primus in '95. It was a crazy show

I'm envious.


some gig in 94 in the SFX, can't remember.

ghosttown

16th Aug 1981, just passed my 15th birthday.
Thin Lizzy at Slane, supported by Hazel O'Connor.
U2 on bill as well, with TNT and Rose Tattoo
And a Dexy's spin-off - the Bureau who I thought would be huge but never made it.
Remember Smiley Bolger doing compere and nearly decapitating a friend throwing vinyl LP's from the stage.
Drinking warm vodka from a Lilt bottle and getting sick, (still have program with sick sticking the Rose Tattoo pages together)

But Lizzy were the best band live, still haven't see better, saw them the next year at a mad Castlebar weekend where Madness and the Boomtown Rats played the night before...

Long time ago !!!:)

red_eskimo

Neil Young when I was about 5 or 6.

ClutchIt

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Metallica at the Point back in '99, 16 years old, 6 cans of bud, couldn't stand, it was amazing!

Same gig as this, I was only 14 and didn't drink tho. It was amazing

Andy-Pandy

The Cure in the RDS in 1989, saved up and snuck out of the house to go to it, was only 13 at the time. Transvision Vamp supported, mmmmmmm Wendy James.

billymitchell

Ocean Colour Scene down on Grand Parade in Cork about 12 years ago.
I have a feeling it was a good night

DominoDub

Showing my age

But a big impression was made on a young 15yr old lad.

U2 Croke Park 1987-06-27

Support Acts: Light A Big Fire, The Dubliners, The Pogues, Lou Reed

The pitch was crazy no crush barriers then ,see this vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F20BlDir1V8

marwelie

Depending on who's asking, (and whether I'm trying to impress her or not :cool:) my first gig was either Chris Rea in the RDS in 1984-85 (I was 12, Shamrock Diaries was huge at the time, it was a field trip from school) or Queen in Slane in 1986 (my aunt knows Henry Mountwhatshisface and got me a free ticket for my birthday) .

I remember drinking West Coast Cooler :eek: at the Chris Rea gig, being ripped off by bogus program sellers outside and staff frantically trying to remove chairs from the floor as the crowd got mad for it.

I also remember it pissing with rain at Slane and Freddie stopping Seven Seas of Rhye at the beginning of the gig because 2 lads down the front were beating the ****e out of each other.