First ever concert

lost in cork

Im off to see Springsteen in July,i first saw him in july 85,but it got me thinking about my first concert ,it was The Jam supported by the then unknown Big Country,not too shameful i guess what was your first concert?

banbhaaifric

Billy Bragg, Connolly Hall in Cork. I think it was around '85 as well...

FanadMan

Lenny Kravitz at The Point Theatre in March '91. Right up at the front - got a high five from him lol

Stained Class

Slane '86.

Queen were the headliners that year.

Supporting acts were Chris Rea, The Bangles & The Fountainhead.

Twas a warm day, but it pissed down a lot of the time.

One highlight for me, was when Queen did Radio Ga Ga & eveyone did the salute to it.

The word was a little bit diffrent then.

Jellybaby1

Memory may fail me a bit here regarding the date, but think it was late 60's, in a field in Bray. The sun was shining and I had flowers in my hair and everyone sat on the grass (the real green grass on the ground, that is!!). I don't even remember paying in, it may have been a locally organised free concert for the kids. Who was playing? I remember it being a young Phil Lynott and the band was probably Skid Row. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong 'cos I can't prove it.

Zaph

U2 at Croke Park, 1985. Support was In Tua Nua, REM (just before they were famous ), The Alarm and Squeeze. First big gig at Croke Park, warm sunny day iirc and there was a brilliant party atmosphere all around town.

Ghost Buster

Paul Simon on the Gracelands Tour. Legendary concert in the Rds

The Princess Bride

Zaph wrote: »

U2 at Croke Park, 1985. Support was In Tua Nua, REM (just before they were famous ), The Alarm and Squeeze. First big gig at Croke Park, warm sunny day iirc and there was a brilliant party atmosphere all around town.

Snap!
Brilliant gig- support were all brilliant-except-I wasn't impressed with REM,and thought I'd never hear of them again.:o

U2 were great.Cannot remember,but the ticket probably cost peanuts too.

jos28

Ok, promise not to laugh folks

The Stylistics at the RDS sometime around 1974
(I need therapy after that revelation )

Zaph

msthe80s wrote: »

Snap!
Brilliant gig- support were all brilliant-except-I wasn't impressed with REM,and thought I'd never hear of them again.:o

U2 were great.Cannot remember,but the ticket probably cost peanuts too.

Yeah, REM were dire and I thought they'd vanish into obscurity too. I was always a big fan of In Tua Nua, and I didn't mid Squeeze, but The Alarm were the big surprise of the day. Even though I wasn't a fan, they were absolutely brilliant. I remember being in the crowd when U2 came on, and all of a sudden finding myself about 50 feet closer to the stage than I was a minute before. It was pretty mental. Can't remember how much the tickets were either, but definitely a lot less than I've paid for any big gig since.

Layinghen

Lisdoonvarna 1981.

BrensBenz

First was Hawkwind, Cork, 1972. Pretentious rubbish except for the scantilly-clad young wan who appeared, inexplicably, on stage and wafted around for several minutes, looking all......somewhere else, man.
Most recent was Paul Brady, Cork (again) 2010(?). Just PB and acoustic guitars. What a player! I have exactly the same number of fingers as he has so how on Earth can he get his guitar to sound like that when I can't? Even after 45 years practice?? No justice!

Rubecula

My first concert (As a Spectator) was Wishbone Ash in Liverpool Stadium. (Long since demolished)

My first ever concert was as a Roadie for Hairy Webster.

Jellybaby1

jos28 wrote: »

Ok, promise not to laugh folks

The Stylistics at the RDS sometime around 1974
(I need therapy after that revelation )

Best to get it off your chest!

Jellybaby1

Rubecula wrote: »

....first ever concert was as a Roadie for Hairy Webster.

Whotheywherewhatwhen?

Rubecula

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Whotheywherewhatwhen?

A long defunct rock band.

ollaetta

Leaving aside the Lisdoonvarna festivals, first I remember was The Kinks at the Stadium sometime in '81.

LegacyUser

Horslips. Bantry 1977, while working my first summer job in the Gulf Stream Hotel in Baltimore.

armchair fusilier

A free concert in Cork called "lark by the lee" in 1985 or '86. A fairly tame affair until U2 put in a surprise guest appearance - cue mayhem.

stanley1

Roy Orbison. Adelphi cinema, '65.

Pulsating Star

Pink Floyd, Earls Court,oct 94.
It was due to be the second night but became the first after the previous nights show was cancelled just as they came on stage. Seating holding 1200 fans had collapsed.
It was a great night. I don't normally like live music but glad I made the effort then.

Deank

msthe80s wrote: »

Snap!
Brilliant gig- support were all brilliant-except-I wasn't impressed with REM,and thought I'd never hear of them again.:o

U2 were great.Cannot remember,but the ticket probably cost peanuts too.

Tickets were £12.50, my first gig too. Great line up looking back on it.

BonyMartian

The Undertones, Imperial Hotel, Dundalk on 6 February 1980. Support was another Derry band, The Moondogs.

tricky D

U2, 1978 at the local community centre in Howth. Still not a big a fan as they kept me up one school night practicing I Will Follow for half the night on the next road. That repeated bass line scarred my brain for life.

uch

The Everly Brothers 1983

kennyboy9563

Deank wrote: »

Tickets were £12.50, my first gig too. Great line up looking back on it.

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Jellybaby1

Good photo to have. Any photos I ever took at concerts never came out well.

poppyvally

Simon & Garfunkel Dublin 2004 and the Everly brothers, Don & Phil. Apart from that I passed thru' Woodstock in 1968..............on my way to Vermont

Citycap

Rory Gallagher Cork City Hall 75/76. Oh the joys of the large bottles of Harp.

CUCINA

Rolling Stones, Slane Castle...early 80's...more to do with the craic and general atmosphere, but the music was good too!

Second best ever: Lisdoonvarna 1981

smashey

Simple Minds in Croke Park in 1986 for me. In Tua Nua were there as well, (feckin loved Leslie Dowdall) along with The Waterboys and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. Twas a scorcher of a day.

not yet

U2 Phoenix park 14-08-1983. Big Country, Simple minds, Eurythmics and more That I can't remember...Ah youth, you wouldn't bate it with two sticks sellotaped together.

BBDBB

First ever gig was a small local band, at a pub, cos a mate was singing with them. They were called Norfolk & Goode, say it fast a few times out loud and you'll get the general standard of the performance. Good fun though

Ramette

Cranberries in Limerick 1986, before they were famous.... I thought they were rubbish! First proper concert was..... Wait for it..... A-ha in RDS in 1988, ticket bought with my first pay cheque

Beruthiel

First gig: Bruce Springsteen, Slane, 1985.
Last gig: Rammstein, Rome, last week.

I love going to a good gig, nothing quite like it!

Ardeehey

First gig was in the Point - Bon Jovi...1989...my mother brought me as I was 10 at the time! Thought it was awesome though can't stand then sight of them now.

Last gig was Neil Young & Crazy Horse in the RDS!
Next gig is probably Queens of the Stone Age in the O2

newman10

U2 etc in the Dandelion Market 1978,

Proper Gig: Stranglers Top Hat DunLaoghaire 78

Best Gigs: Undertones/Dire Straights Punchestown 83

Anyone see the Police in Leixlip Castle

spurious

First one Janis Ian in the Stadium in October (I think) 1979.
Second one Abba in the RDS in November 1979.

Dan Dare

First gig was Slade in the National Stadium in Dublin around 1972/73. It was great.

The most recent was The Fall in The Pavilion in Cork in July 2012. It too was great.

Molly007

Don McLean in the National Stadium around 1972. "Bye bye Miss American Pie" was his big hit at the time. Happy memories:).

K.Flyer

Queen.
RDS.
Nov. 1979.

macaedh

1979.Dalymount Park.Status Quo,Judas Priest,Rockpile,The Undertones and Christy Moore.First indoor gig,Lena Lovich ,1979,cant remember venue

Lex Luthor

hothouse flowers, rds i think in 86
then i just went mad as i hit my late teens.
bon jovi, metallica, nirvana, megadeth, guns n roses (slane and wembley) izzy stradlin..have every ticket stub still

Red Hare

Phil Lynott in about 1982. It was a solo gig but he had all the members of Thin Lizzy playing with him and they played a lot of Lizzy songs.

Stargate

Great thread

Had been to a lot of music festivals etc in the 70`s 80's but i think the first major concert was to see B.B. KING at the Neptune Stadium here in Cork.

Cant for the life of me remember what year that was lol , but i guessing mid 80`s .

Stargate

boobar

The cure disintegration tour ....1990 I think...

Saw them at Electric Picnic last year....they're ass good as ever....

Love the fact that these older acts still remain relevant...

Leonard Cohen in Kilmainham a few years ago is still one of my favourite concerts and that guy is no spring chicken