Gigs you'll never see the like of again.

greenspurs · 26-04-2022 8:36am

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I was there....

I drove to Fairyhouse first !! then had to bomb it to Punchestown.

Remember it very well.. As was said, just drove up, and walked in right near the stage..

Can remember all those visuals on the screens behind, and Paranoid Android was amazing .......

greenspurs · 26-04-2022 9:15am

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Ahh Kerbdog..

Saw them in The Roxy in Waterford.

Standing in front of Cormac Battle amazed at him playing a right handers guitar upside down ! (hes left handed)

His mam was there, and i showed her where the toilets were (upstairs, up those deadly steps!!)

Still have the signed set list ... Loved them!!!

Saw them at Feile (?) in early 90s and then followed them. Have the 12" Dummy Crusher single with the fighting Irish picture.

SuperBowserWorld · 26-04-2022 9:20am

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Funny, I just see that the Twitter founder was listening to Kid A when tweeting this. He's just raging he missed that concert in Kildare too !

I think he meant to say he loves Radiohead. 😊

greenspurs · 26-04-2022 9:20am

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Yes.. That was a strange (amazing) tour..

They played the Metroland in Waterford also !!

Saw them all up outside Supermacs in Red sq after it !!

SuperBowserWorld · 26-04-2022 9:23am

Actually their are some hilarious music based responses to the above tweet.

furiousox · 26-04-2022 1:41pm

Saw the velvet underground in Paris sometime in the 90's.

They were supporting U2 on the Zoo Tv tour, I think they broke up again mid-tour. 😆

I missed the recent Sparks gig in vicar st so flew to Berlin on Sunday and saw them there.

They were absolutely incredible.

bodhrandude · 26-04-2022 2:09pm

Nice to see most of this full clip up but you'll never see the likes of this Deep Purple MK2 line up again, Blackmore these days is very reluctant to play live preferring to play the Lute in eloquent castles and the great Jon Lord has passed a while now. Deep Purple - Speed King.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDyO7jTIKDc

Ash.J.Williams · 26-04-2022 4:22pm

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still counting!

bullpost · 26-04-2022 4:48pm

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Watched The Sparks Brothers doc. on Netflix - great stuff.

Not sure if you've seen this : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wv9Va2T-CnI

ARX · 26-04-2022 5:28pm

Death in McGonagles, February 1992. People were jumping off the top of the PA into the crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OopW-6P-EE0

NewbridgeIR · 26-04-2022 6:03pm

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I was at The Metroland. AKA The Vicks Experience.

bodhrandude · 05-05-2022 12:58pm

Cocteau Twins supported The Birthday Party in 1982 in Glasgow, but I can barely remember their gig although I did enjoy it but I had no idea at the time who they were. I went with a mate who was an avid John Peel listener and I started listening to the Peel show too and it was then I realised the Cocteau Twins influence. A cross between ambient indie rock with layers of guitar and Gothy I suppose (a lot of their fan base at the time were so) but they stood out from the pack with a unique and original sound. The almost beatless Victorialand is one of my all time favourites and I really wish I did pay more attention to that gig. For that beautiful music as such to come out of a town as ugly as Grangemouth in Scotland, the Cocteau Twins were very unique indeed. Video degradation has seemed to come into this 18 minute clip sourced it seems from an old VHS video tape, but clips of the early eighties Cocteau Twins are fairly rare as it is. Video quality aside it still sounds very nice.

Grangemouth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=558RHQTnBSw

NewbridgeIR · 05-05-2022 6:29pm

Siouxsie & The Banshees at the SFX, 1985

Cocteau Twins at the SFX, 1986

Both gigs were "full of goths" according to eyewitnesses

Stillill42 · 05-05-2022 6:53pm

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Brilliant stuff, BD. I dusted off Heaven or Las Vegas last weekend. What a band. I see Liz has new music out with her bloke.

Strumms · 05-05-2022 7:09pm

Rodney Crowell in 2001 at a tiny venue Shelter, or The Shelter….here is a guy winning Grammys, kicking it with the Cash’s… and in a year or two become the darling of the alt. Country scene but slumming it in a pub in Dublin… next stop was Vicar St….

Dreamweapon · 05-05-2022 10:59pm

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Ah, The Shelter, I saw some good gigs in there. It was a tiny room that was part of Vicar St. Not too dissimilar to Crawdaddy in the Red Box/Tripod.

jd · 05-05-2022 11:13pm

I mentioned Loop earlier, turns out they have announced a gig in Whelans on October 8th :)

John_Rambo · 05-05-2022 11:17pm

Daft Punk Marley Park 2006.

For the age we were at & the atmosphere that was created, the lucky weather (no wind) pre Get Lucky, the bass, the pyramid, the mystery and the anonymity behind the suits, the close encounters build up, the robot noises, the constant crescendos when it was presumed it couldn't get better, the mixes of familiarity all of a sudden new. Very European. Very professional. Very slick, Very absorbing and perfect for Daft Punk fans and equally for people that never heard of them.

Strumms · 05-05-2022 11:19pm

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Thanks, yes that’s right, think it ended up as part of one of the bars / backstage areas but I stand to be corrected.

Dreamweapon · 06-05-2022 11:16am

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Yep, got my ticket last week. I have seen them once since they reformed (Liverpool Psych Fest a few years ago), they've still got it. Obviously they are helped greatly by having Hugo and Wayne of The Heads in their ranks 😁😎

bodhrandude · 06-05-2022 11:20am

I saw Loop back in the late eighties in Glasgow supporting Thee Hypnotics, a pretty amazing gig.

Doc07 · 06-05-2022 5:17pm

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I think any Prodigy gig from the 90s would make the cut

maestroamado · 06-05-2022 5:36pm

The who Giants Stadium 80000+...

Martin Hayes Manorhamilton about 100...

Dreamweapon · 06-05-2022 10:20pm

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Class. Never got to see Thee Hypnotics (or Black Moses, Jim Jones' next band). I have seen The Jim Jones Revue though. They would've gone down well at a festival i reckon, high-octane rock n roll. Split up now i think.