Great documentary on RTE now about concerts in the 80s in Ireland
The lineups for Slane were mouth watering with some of those acts in there Prime
Came into the World this day 33 years ago, same night U2 played the Point Theatre on the lovetown Tour
Never a man to allow himself to be constrained by his complete and utter lack of talent.
watched this - loved it - still have it saved - will rewatch sometime for sure
Yes, December 2021. I'd imagine a 90s one would be Dec.2023.
Jeezo that's a bit of a wait, when did the 70s one come out, 2021?
Probably January 2024
ehh sorry now but what are you on about???
As other posters have already said, LOADS of internationally renowned top tier acts played Ireland during the second half of the 80s onwards, on a monthly basis.
You make it sound like it was an absolute desolate cultural wasteland like something post famine Ireland with the priest in the hedge ready to beat the youngsters with the aul blackthorn stick - complete stereotypical rubbish for the mid 80s onwards to now!!
How often does this programme come out, when can we expect the 90s one.
They got a few things wrong. U2 didn't appear on Time Magazine until 88. Not 1984/85
They also didn't mention the 1983 Black Sabbath gig or the Phoenix Park one same year with U2, Simple Minds & Eurythmics.
Watched the 70s programme and enjoyed it, but was surprised they omitted the Bob Marley gig, as this was the only time he ever played Ireland.
Motorhead were here too
Although, I'm sure if you said they were Metal, Lemmy would have given you a boot up the arse 😁
Are you me ? .... Was at all of those. The late 8's metal scene in Ireland was epic.
Would that of been when Bruce was gone from Maiden ?
Seems they were due to support Maiden on a few Euro dates alright. But Adler got fired a few weeks before.
Ahh that would make a lot of sense. Adler getting fired, Izzy, Slash and Duff on one of their first attempts to clean up.
Just always had the impression they had played Dublin before Slane. Sound for that. Thanks :)
They were supposed to support Iron Maiden but pulled out I think? Around the time Adler got fired.
Yeah, I was thinking. GnR fan myself. Not sure what made me think that. The only gig they done in 1990 that I'm aware of was Adler's last gig.
Rock in Rio was January 1991 and as you said, the chaos began in mid 1991
1988 - 1990:
Megadeth, Metallica, Sabbat, Suicidal Tendencies/MOD, Iron Maiden, Gang Green, Anthrax (abandoned 5 songs in), Sacred Reich, Xentrix, Faith No More, Sepultura, Acid Reign, Kreator/Death.
I'm sure I've left a few out and missed Slayer but we were spoiled rotten. All affordable gigs - I was in 2nd/3rd/4th year in secondary school and managed to see that lot more than once in some cases.
We missed nothing , thrash was here instead
Pretty sure they didn't.
The Appetite For Destruction tour was wrapped up at the end of 1988. I remember my friends going to Donington that year - Helloween, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Megadeth also played.
The Use Your Illusion tour started mid-1991.
I'm sure there will be a 90s/00s one as they previously did 'How Ireland Rocked The 70s'. https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/how-ireland-rocked-the-70-s/249166376397
I wish there was a few more parts covered in the documentary going through the 90s and onto the noughties, so more Feile's were covered, Fleadh Mor in Waterford, Witnness, Oxegen, Electric Picnic, Forbidden Fruit and Longitude and All Together Now rather than just the 80s. Otherwise interesting and well presented.
Brush shiels musicality was definitely hilarious on that day
Bon Jovi were here. As were Def Leppard and Whitesnake. Van Halen never really ventured out of the States unless it was for Castle Donington. Kiss came to Belfast once in the 80s. Don't recall them ever coming to Dublin. Metallica came too but, I wouldn't class them as hair metal band
ZZ Top and AC/DC were here at their peak in the 80s but, they're Rock n Roll, not metal.
I am probably wrong on this but, did GnR play The Point around 1990? Or am I imagining it?
Definitely a case to be said about Ireland missing out on the big American hair metal bands which you could say would be in there peaks in the 80s
No, I meant he played in Ireland in the 80s. Hence why I put himself, Lizzy and U2 together. The Irish bands
Rory who?
Gallagher? He never played Slane AFAIK never mind headlining
Queen came to the RDS a few times and Slane of course.
The rest of the acts who headlined Slane, U2, Thin Lizzy and Rory of course, Michael Jackson, Status Quo, ABBA were in the RDS in 1979, AC/DC played here a few times in the 80s, Bob Marley, Judas Priest, REM, Bros, The Smiths, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, A-Ha, Simon and Garfunkal, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel (although I think that could have been 1990?) Neil Diamond, The Clash, Echo and The Bunnymen, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Metallica, Dire Straits, Tom Waits...
That is a lot of big acts to come to Ireland in the 80s. Some of them the biggest of the biggest. It can be argued that the majority of them, if not all of them, were bigger and better than anyone on your list...
Is this programme on the RTE Iplayer?
Edit: Actually scrub that just found it on the player.
I mentioned Dalymount, Bob Marley played there in the early 80's .... I wasn't there it was one I missed unfortunately.
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