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OLD GIGS 70S, 80S 90S

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    #92
    Amalgam
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Luke G wrote: »
    Their bar only sold cheap Wine & Ritz i might add :P;)

    Hah, totally forgot about the Ritz.


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    #93
    ned rierson
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    #94
    ned rierson
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    #95
    Luke G
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    ned rierson wrote: »
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    Excellent Stuff Mate, Fair Play!!!


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    #96
    ger34
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    Bringing back some great memories of youth.
    Any info on Big Country return (even without Stuart R.I.P.) would be fantastic,i'm definately there!


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    #97
    Luke G
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    ger34 wrote: »
    Bringing back some great memories of youth.
    Any info on Big Country return (even without Stuart R.I.P.) would be fantastic,i'm definately there!

    Howya Ger, HUGE fan myself, They are touring with Mike Peters from the alarm on vocals, and also Bruce Watsons son playing guitar too, They're touring the UK finishing on NYE in Glasgow i think it is, But there's more dates to be announced really soon, So fingers crossed for an Irish date ;)


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    #98
    Tomohawk
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    Any tickets for Feile '91 I can only remember bits of the line up ;) and there practicallly no info online...


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    #99
    Luke G
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    Tomohawk wrote: »
    Any tickets for Feile '91 I can only remember bits of the line up ;) and there practicallly no info online...

    Possibly Happy Mondays or was That 1992???


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    #100
    Tomohawk
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    Think the Happy Mondays were the next year, only went once myself in 1991.
    On the friday there was...
    Ride
    The LA's (not sure???)
    The Farm
    Black Francis (solo, surprise gig)

    The Black Crows on saturday evening.

    Billy Bragg on sunday afternoon and then later Elvis Costello.

    The rest I can't remember its so long ago.
    I bought a bootleg (taken from the sound desk or so I was told :D) outside the stadium on the way home, only had a tenner left and it was a hard choice between Billy Bragg and Black Francis. I went with the Pixies frontman in the end. Good memories of this weekend!


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    #101
    Amalgam
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    Tomohawk wrote: »
    The LA's (not sure???)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX91II7rDmI


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    #102
    kennyu272
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    Tomohawk wrote: »
    Think the Happy Mondays were the next year, only went once myself in 1991.
    On the friday there was...
    Ride
    The LA's (not sure???)
    The Farm
    Black Francis (solo, surprise gig)

    The Black Crows on saturday evening.

    Billy Bragg on sunday afternoon and then later Elvis Costello.

    The rest I can't remember its so long ago.
    I bought a bootleg (taken from the sound desk or so I was told :D) outside the stadium on the way home, only had a tenner left and it was a hard choice between Billy Bragg and Black Francis. I went with the Pixies frontman in the end. Good memories of this weekend!


    Other bands that played that weekend were:

    Something Happens
    That Petrol Emotion
    The Pogues
    The Sawdoctors
    The Stunning
    The Wonderstuff
    Power Of Dreams
    The Golden Horde
    The Mock Turtles
    Van Morrison
    Nanci Griffith
    Transvision Vamp


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    #103
    Ghetto Cornetto
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    Luke G wrote: »
    Some Old Gig Posters

    Siouxsie & The Banshees - SFX

    I am immeasurably jealous of this one. Absolute idols of mine. Caught Siouxsie's solo act in Tripod a little while back, one of my favourite gigs ever.


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    #104
    Luke G
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    Ghetto Cornetto wrote: »
    I am immeasurably jealous of this one. Absolute idols of mine. Caught Siouxsie's solo act in Tripod a little while back, one of my favourite gigs ever.

    Scroll back a few pages, there's a stub from their gig in the Cabra Grand (Old Cinema, Now A Bingo Hall) from 1980, The Same Year The Skids Played There & Also Hazel O'Connor Supported by an unknown Birmingham 5 piece called Duran Duran, Wonder whatever became of them?? :)


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    #105
    honru
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    I remember Siouxsie and the Banshees were booked to play the Ambassador in 2002 I think, but it was cancelled.


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    #106
    Amalgam
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    A few from the Tivoli (downstairs). They served very chilly Beamish at the time, much appreciated by myself.

    Sinead O'Connor, I love it when she's singing, not so keen when she's talking.. This was a great concert, super sound and band. She was going through a phase where the songs were a tad Dub heavy. She played Mind Games from John Lennon, again, with a heavy bass vibe going on.

    Awful awful heckle, someone.. extremely drunk, screamed, 'SHOW US YOUR C---', during a very very quiet part of Scorn Not His Simplicity.

    A Friday and Saturday double. I regret not going on the Saturday. Amazing voice. Delighted I got a chance to see her in a relatively small venue.

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    I was a Spacemen 3 fan, Sonic Boom, Spectrum etc.. Great to see Spiritualized. The sound was perfect. Drummer\Percussionist was impressive, really pulling off the album effects live.

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    Ill Communication had just come out, I clung like a limpet at the barrier for dear life, the place was heaving. The barrier was reinforced with awful tubing that had hexagonal nuts that stuck out. Great. I placed a bag with belongings down at my feet for about ten seconds after the concert, putting on a jacket, someone walked off with the bag.

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    Hicks had been on 'The Word' about 3 or 4 days before the Irish date. He could have walked across the Irish sea.. the amount of hype. His 'paper cut with a whisp of cotton candy' and '..quivering rabbit nostril' & 'Goat Boy' routines cleared about 6 or 7 people (mostly female) from the front row.

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    I love Canice Kenealy's voice, Engine Alley always put on good shows. Very accomplished band live. I don't understand how they didn't become more widespread. (goes off in search of an Engine Alley CD to play..)

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    Set list below. (Engine Alley)

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    More soon.


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    #107
    bullpost
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    When I saw them back in 1980 in Cabra they were supported by Microdisney iirc. Also saw The Ramones there around the same time but don't have a ticket unfortunately.
    Ghetto Cornetto wrote: »
    I am immeasurably jealous of this one. Absolute idols of mine. Caught Siouxsie's solo act in Tripod a little while back, one of my favourite gigs ever.


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    #108
    Luke G
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    bullpost wrote: »
    When I saw them back in 1980 in Cabra they were supported by Microdisney iirc. Also saw The Ramones there around the same time but don't have a ticket unfortunately.

    The Ramones State Cinema 1978, I uploaded the ticket & some pics a few pages back


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    #109
    ned rierson
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    Luke G wrote: »
    The Ramones State Cinema 1978, I uploaded the ticket & some pics a few pages back

    Ramones also played here in 1980


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    #110
    Luke G
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    ned rierson wrote: »
    Ramones also played here in 1980

    Never knew that, was it the Cabra Grand aswel? I have the stubs from their 2 nights at the TV Club in 1985 aswel, Never knew about the 1980 date, Thanks Mate..


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    #111
    NIBBS
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    f®eak s©enery wrote: »
    Where was McGonagles and what kind of capacity venue would it be? Smaller than the Top Hat? I'm guessing the SFX was the largest of those three.

    Does anyone have memories of Red Box, before it became Tripod? I only saw Fugazi and NOFX there, can't remember what years but both were amazing gigs.

    Hey Freak - can't remember the capacity of McGons - thought it was around the 500 mark.......
    I was pretty sure the SFX was slightly bigger capacity wise than the Top Hat.......many good memories from all 3 venues......

    From the Red Box - off the top of my head I only remember seeing CAST and The Jeff Healey Band in there......but there has to have been more things I was at there....


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    #112
    Motley Crue
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    Thanks for sharing these. Hard to believe so many bands played Ireland long long before my time. I started going to gigs hardcore in 2003, have a lot of ticket stubs from then until now, maybe I'll post some in about 10 years lol


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    #113
    Luke G
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    Motley Crue wrote: »
    Thanks for sharing these. Hard to believe so many bands played Ireland long long before my time. I started going to gigs hardcore in 2003, have a lot of ticket stubs from then until now, maybe I'll post some in about 10 years lol

    Aye Motley, welcome aboard, You prob know it already but the Crue played Belfasts Ulster Hall in 1986, NEVER a Dublin date tho, Nikki Sixx & Vince Neil must be secret staunch loyalists :D;);)


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    #114
    Luke G
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    SIMPLE MINDS CROKE PARK 1986 (Credit to P Donnellly)


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    #115
    Luke G
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    Have a bundle of stubs to scan, Dating back to 1981 or so, Watch this space!


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    #116
    ned rierson
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    #117
    Luke G
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    Pics of the gig


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    #118
    Luke G
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    Few More, Lots More To Follow ;)


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    #119
    Luke G
    Closed Accounts Posts: 408 ✭✭Luke G


    Check this out, Absolutely Priceless & Signed by Robert Plant himself,. Thanks Again to Mr G Connolly for sharing..;)


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    #120
    Luke G
    Closed Accounts Posts: 408 ✭✭Luke G


    Their 1st Irish gig back in the day, Hetfield had broken his arm skateboarding so roadie Jim Marshall took over guitar duties. Cliff Burton R.I.P was dead two weeks later.


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    #121
    honru
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    Luke G wrote: »
    Check this out, Absolutely Priceless & Signed by Robert Plant himself,.

    That was their only Irish gig iirc?


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