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The oxygen/electric picknik of its day

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  • 28-06-2011 3:14pm
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    mariaalice
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    Anyone go to Lisdonvarna when it was a music festival and not a matchmaking festival!

    I can remember the muck, the hari Krishna, and some of the music


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    JuliusCaesar
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    Yes, and Carnsore Point too!


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    big b
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    No, but I used to go to Stonehenge, and when that stopped - Glastonbury.

    Heady days!


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    Spread
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    Or the Isle of Wight 1970. Mungo Jerry. Deadly :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BM3j9pKXJ8


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    chucken1
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Anyone go to Lisdonvarna when it was a music festival and not a matchmaking festival!

    I can remember the muck, the hari Krishna, and some of the music

    Muck-yes

    Hari Krishnas-yes

    Music?? There was music :confused:

    Ah no...I remember Emilou Harris and Christy Moore (1981???)

    ..and bottles of Smithwicks.


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    Cicero
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    chucken1 wrote: »
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    Ah no...I remember Emilou Harris and Christy Moore (1981???)

    ..and bottles of Smithwicks.

    I remember the posters/adds for this very well but was way too young to go at the time....

    The Mid- 80s 2FM Beat on the Street (Gerry Ryan) , Lark in the Park (Dave Fanning), Bruce @ Slane, Trip to Tipp and 1987 Croke Park U2 concert with...

    Simple Minds
    Pretenders
    Lou Reed
    UB40

    Also...."Let's make it work" Self-Aid concert...all good memories....


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    byhookorbycrook
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    Does Siamsa Cois Laoi count?!:D


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    bullpost
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    Castlebar 1981 - Ian Dury, The Pretenders, Kate and Anna McGarrigle , The Undertones etc. - and have the photos to prove it:

    http://pix.ie/bullpost/album/396951


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    mariaalice
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    bullpost the photo are great made me smile my first bf had a ford capri ....I went to Lisdoon with my future husband ( now my ex husband ) I think it was 1982 he has keep all out photos:mad:


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    bullpost
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    Another one - Phoenix Park 1983 - Simple Minds, U2, Eurythmics , Big Country :

    http://pix.ie/bullpost/album/397434

    Rolling Stones Slane '82


    http://pix.ie/bullpost/album/397457


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    Hippo
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    bullpost wrote: »
    Castlebar 1981 - Ian Dury, The Pretenders, Kate and Anna McGarrigle , The Undertones etc. - and have the photos to prove it:

    http://pix.ie/bullpost/album/396951

    Great pics, Wilko playing with the Blockheads I see


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    bullpost
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    Thanks - I did go to one of the Lidoon gigs (Jackson Browne, UB40 I think?) but didnt use the camera.
    mariaalice wrote: »
    bullpost the photo are great made me smile my first bf had a ford capri ....I went to Lisdoon with my future husband ( now my ex husband ) I think it was 1982 he has keep all out photos:mad:


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