Acts that never played Ireland

PTH2009 · 23-03-2019 1:47pm #1

Trying too think of what acts/bands that never played Ireland ???

Few out of the top of my head
Motley Crue
Poison
Van Halen
Elvis

bodhrandude · 23-03-2019 1:52pm

Pink Floyd, well not since 1967 anyway and nearly in 1988. Gong, Kruder & Dorfmeister (Although announced for their debut at Body&Soul), Kate Bush.

porsche boy · 23-03-2019 2:00pm

bodhrandude wrote:

Pink Floyd, well not since 1967 anyway and nearly in 1988....

Roger Waters has played here a few times, I saw The Wall in Aviva & another show in the o2 point 3 arena.
David Gilmour has not played here, love to see Nick Masons Saucer Full of Secrets but don't see him playing here either.

Vinculus · 23-03-2019 2:14pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

Pink Floyd, well not since 1967 anyway and nearly in 1988. Gong, Kruder & Dorfmeister (Although announced for their debut at Body&Soul), Kate Bush.

I saw Kruder & Dorfmeister in the Kitchen night club back in the mid nineties.
They were awesome!

Boards of Canada have yet to play in Ireland although there was a plan to play a mini tour of the Ire and the UK, but for whatever reason it never happened

PTH2009 · 23-03-2019 5:29pm

porsche boy wrote: »

Roger Waters has played here a few times, I saw The Wall in Aviva & another show in the o2 point 3 arena.
David Gilmour has not played here, love to see Nick Masons Saucer Full of Secrets but don't see him playing here either.

Almost sure David Gilmour played here recently

Beechwoodspark · 23-03-2019 5:30pm

Did ol blue eyes Frankie ever play here?

Ursus Horribilis · 23-03-2019 5:34pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Almost sure David Gilmour played here recently

No he didn't. He rarely plays live gigs these days and Ireland hasn't been on his itinerary since 1984. Roger Waters did 2 shows in the 3 Arena last year.

Ursus Horribilis · 23-03-2019 5:36pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Did ol blue eyes Frankie ever play here?

Yes
https://www.independent.ie/archives/when-frank-sinatra-liza-minelli-and-sammy-davis-junior-came-to-town-35681002.html

Wrongway1985 · 23-03-2019 5:54pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Almost sure David Gilmour played here recently

Yeah he played at some writers function in Carlow dont think that counts. He did play here in the 80s though.

Poison also played here on the Native Tongue tour too so you can scrape them off the list too.

Ursus Horribilis · 23-03-2019 6:00pm

To be fair, Gilmour attending a writer's thing with his missus hardly constitutes playing does it? I assume we're talking about proper gigs here.

daymobrew · 23-03-2019 6:01pm

John Mellencamp

PTH2009 · 23-03-2019 6:12pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Poison also played here on the Native Tongue tour too so you can scrape them off the list too.

Didn't knw that what date and venue was it ???

Loved to have seen them live

perrier · 23-03-2019 6:21pm

PTH2009 wrote:

Trying too think of what acts/bands that never played Ireland ???

daymobrew wrote:

John Mellencamp

He played the Bord Gais Theatre a couple of years ago.

mossie11 · 23-03-2019 6:46pm

Bob Seger

Wrongway1985 · 23-03-2019 6:49pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Didn't knw that what date and venue was it ???

Loved to have seen them live

SFX and Ulster Hall

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252961897842

PTH2009 · 23-03-2019 6:53pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

SFX and Ulster Hall

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252961897842

Read a comment there its wasant the original line up cause CC was replaced by another guitarist

Wrongway1985 · 23-03-2019 7:02pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Read a comment there its wasant the original line up cause CC was replaced by another guitarist

Richie Kotzen though some may consider an upgrade

perhaps not back then, actually now theres one for yer list The Winery Dogs!

thegills · 23-03-2019 7:20pm

Nirvana
Die Toten Hosen
Abba

refusetolose · 23-03-2019 7:23pm

thegills wrote: »

Nirvana
Die Toten Hosen
Abba

nirvana played in cork biy

probably other cities too

Weepsie · 23-03-2019 7:26pm

refusetolose wrote: »

nirvana played in cork biy
probably other cities too supporting sonic youth

And in Dun Laoghaire

refusetolose · 23-03-2019 7:26pm

prodsc · 23-03-2019 7:29pm

The Jam.

StupidLikeAFox · 23-03-2019 7:40pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Yes
https://www.independent.ie/archives/when-frank-sinatra-liza-minelli-and-sammy-davis-junior-came-to-town-35681002.html

30 years ago, fair play to liza minelli, she hasn't aged a day

padd b1975 · 23-03-2019 7:43pm

thegills wrote: »

Nirvana
Die Toten Hosen
Abba

I think ABBA played indoor at the RDS once.

Ardent · 23-03-2019 7:46pm

Did Elvis ever play here?

Fr Tod Umptious · 23-03-2019 7:48pm

Ardent wrote: »

Did Elvis ever play here?

No, Elvis never left the US.

scruff monkey · 23-03-2019 8:38pm

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No, Elvis never left the US.

<pedant>He did actually leave the U.S. when he was stationed in West Germany with the U.S. Army but in his professional career he rarely played outside the U.S. as his manager could have been snarfed. Presley did play 3 concerts in Canada</pedant>

Reznorek · 23-03-2019 8:47pm

Nine Inch Nails ever played in Ireland?

scudzilla · 23-03-2019 8:52pm

Reznorek wrote: »

Nine Inch Nails ever played in Ireland?

Yeah, seen them support The Foo's at Marley Park

Wrongway1985 · 23-03-2019 9:06pm

Played the square in Belfast on the comeback shows, absolutely top drawer.

Played Dublin early nineties too, SFX again I believe.

BadTurtle · 23-03-2019 9:16pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Yeah, seen them support The Foo's at Marley Park

Closed Oxegens second stage in 2009.

Cryptopagan · 23-03-2019 9:21pm

I don’t think the Doors, Hendrix, or Frank Zappa ever played here. Joy Division and Nick Drake are unlikely to have.

TheRiverman · 23-03-2019 9:35pm

mossie11 wrote: »

Bob Seger

Unfortunately he never played here,one of the greats.I think he did a tour in some European countries back in 1980,but never toured in Europe again.

chicorytip · 23-03-2019 10:36pm

Joy Division

corm500 · 23-03-2019 11:22pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Did ol blue eyes Frankie ever play here?

Yep. Twice.

corm500 · 23-03-2019 11:39pm

ABBA
Van Halen
Elvis
Aretha
Doors
Jimi
Buddy Holly
Miles Davis
Joni Mitchell
Janis Joplin
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Small Faces
Bob Seeger
Marvin Gaye

Lots of the sixties acts from the USA made it to Europe but managed to give the Emerald Isle a miss unfortunately

PTH2009 · 23-03-2019 11:44pm

corm500 wrote: »

ABBA
Van Halen
Elvis
Aretha
Doors
Jimi
Buddy Holly
Miles Davis
Joni Mitchell
Janis Joplin
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Small Faces
Bob Seeger
Marvin Gaye

Lots of the sixties acts from the USA made it to Europe but managed to give the Emerald Isle a miss unfortunately

Motley Crue never bothered there holes coming here for some reason

I knw not music related but in the world of wrestling big stars namely Hulk Hogan and The Rock never performed here. Hogan in fact didn't really appear much in Europe. A lot of other stars performed here in there careers at live events etc

alastair · 24-03-2019 12:25am

Cryptopagan wrote: »

I don’t think the Doors, Hendrix, or Frank Zappa ever played here. Joy Division and Nick Drake are unlikely to have.

Hendrix played in Belfast. Nick Drake hardly gigged at all, even in England.

Half Man Half Biscuit have never made it here.

argentum · 24-03-2019 12:30am

ABBA played here in 1979 in The RDS

delbertgrady · 24-03-2019 12:45am

corm500 wrote: »

Joni Mitchell

Played the RDS in 1983.

Vinculus · 24-03-2019 4:03am

Jane's Addiction?

Exclamation Marc · 24-03-2019 4:15am

Travelling Wilburys
Carly Simon
Harry Nilsson?

Strange one this but has Enya ever played a gig in Ireland? I'm not talking about a one off song but an actual full show.

ned rierson · 24-03-2019 10:55am

The jam toured ireland in 1978

corm500 · 24-03-2019 10:59am

alastair wrote: »

Hendrix played in Belfast. Nick Drake hardly gigged at all, even in England.

Half Man Half Biscuit have never made it here.

Never knew Hendrix played Belfast. You learn something new every day.

stateofflux · 24-03-2019 11:03am

Vinculus wrote: »

Jane's Addiction?

Pretty sure they played oxygen festival around 10 - 15 years ago

Acosta · 24-03-2019 11:04am

BadTurtle wrote: »

Closed Oxegens second stage in 2009.

One of the best gigs I've ever been to in Ireland. Outstanding.

I do wish they'd play their own gig sometime, in The Olympia or somewhere instead of festivals.