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First gig you went to?

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    #62
    The Princess Bride
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    old hippy wrote: »
    Awesome. Squeeze also supported.

    My first "gig" was seeing The Wombles play Dublin in the early 70s.

    My first proper gigs were in March '85, Howard Jones and then FGTH :)

    Forgot about Squeeze- yeah,great gig .Used to keep all old tickets,then threw them all out in a rage moving house in the 90s- so sorry i did now:mad:


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    #63
    alchemist33
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    luvbulmers01 wrote: »

    For me it was Slane in 1998 headlined by the Verve, with Manic Street Preachers, Robbie Williams, The Seahorses, James, Junkster and Finley Quaye.

    Was an amaizng gig, I wouldve been 14/15 at the the time went one my mates, we were delighted with geting served drink at it, also got tickets into the mosh pit which was amazing, also as much as it pains me to say this Robbie Williams kind of stole the show really got the crown pumped up. Ill also always remeber The Manic Street Preachers singingif You Tolerate This for the first time about two months before it got released have loved that song ever since.

    Hey, that was my third, after Guns'n'Roses at Slane and Billy Idol at the Point. I agree on the Robbie thing, but the Verve were as good as I exected them to be.


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    #64
    CarrickMcJoe
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    Dovies wrote: »
    Now I do feel ancient! :eek:


    1985 Slane, Bruce Springsteen, 3 and a half hours of pure rock, no support and no break.


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    #65
    x Purple Pawprints x
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    music crazy wrote: »
    Westlife in the Point , I was mad about them at the time :p

    Same. Mine was in or around 2004 and I was 15-16. :o

    First real one was Green Day at The O2 in October 2009, I was 21 at the time. It was some gig. :D


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    #66
    Pete M.
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    NOFX in Dublin, in that place used to be near Whelans, around 1995.

    Unforgettable, exhilarating, addictive....


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    #67
    Android 666
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    Nirvana at the point in 92 I think. Was a bit meh looking back on it... A contractual obligation gig if ever I saw one...


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    #68
    Skintwin
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    Vaughn in a club in Wigan when i was about 11. Other than that my first PROPER gig was My Chemical Romance in 2004. Which is a bit embarrassing.


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    #69
    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    Dire Straits in The Point 91, followed by Feile in 93, followed by a spate of gigs in the SFX (everything from Moby back in his rave days to Machine Head) that I'm hard pushed to remember the dates and other details of (wish I kept the stubs)


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    #70
    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    Android 666 wrote: »
    Nirvana at the point in 92 I think. Was a bit meh looking back on it... A contractual obligation gig if ever I saw one...

    Pity they cancelled McGongles 7 months previous.
    A load of footage from that point gig has turned up on youtube now, inbetween songs Kurt catches a bra and Dave puts it on.


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    #71
    kerash
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    Kylie Minogue RDS 1990, I still have my ticket :P


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    #72
    Seloth
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    Blast in the Half Moon theater in Cork when I was 14.

    I remember it well as two girls met on stage and acid tone played....Awesome day hah but 5 years ago =O!


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    #73
    Motley Crue
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    I knew this was going to come up....

    Our Lady Peace, in The Point Theatre, supporting Avril Lavinge (yes, that actually happened!)


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    #74
    CountryJoe
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    Oasis in 1996 in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Great day out.


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    #75
    old hippy
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    nm wrote: »
    Pity they cancelled McGongles 7 months previous.
    A load of footage from that point gig has turned up on youtube now, inbetween songs Kurt catches a bra and Dave puts it on.

    We had tickets for the McGonagles gig, was so annoyed that they cancelled. Thought there's no way I'm going to the bigger venue but on the day, we were desperately trying to get tickets!

    Sister ended up seeing them, lucky girl.


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    #76
    freekhead
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    my first ever concert was Michael Jackson at the RDS 1996 i was only 10 but was still to this date one of the best gigs i was ever at and im glad i got to see the legend before he died :cool:


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    #77
    unreggd
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    O2 in the park. think it was the last one they ever had

    then proper gig venue was Greenday in The Point#

    saw them again last year and the show was pretty much the same, 7 years on :O

    sake


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    #78
    Scubadevils
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    Transvision Vamp in the Point, think it was about 1989... :o Good ol Wendy James. Oh and I was only about 13 in my defence :pac:


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    thalia_13
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    My first official gig was Smashing Pumpkins, 11th May 1996... that is if you dont count seeing Boyzone miming/dancing along to a tape in a bingo hall in 1993....

    Was only 15 at the time, and was totally in awe of Billy Corgan, and very devastated at how the gig turned out, that poor girl dying was such a shock. I was nearly banned from gigs after that, but cried my way into being allowed to go to Trip to Tipp in 97 (emotionally blackmailed my dad)

    Only gig I regret missing was Type O Negative in 98, damn Leaving Cert, was prohibited from going by the parents. Never got to see Pete Steele live :(


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    #80
    creativedrinker
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    Queen and Paul Rodgers in the point in 2005

    Massive queen fan and was delighted I got to see them


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    #81
    old hippy
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    creativedrinker wrote: »
    Queen and Paul Rodgers in the point in 2005

    Massive queen fan and was delighted I got to see them

    Meh. I saw "Thin Lizzy" at Self Aid in the RDS in '86. Except, Philo was dead and it wasn't Thin Lizzy at all...


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    #82
    Potcher
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    The Stunning at longford festival was mine :D
    Followed by Oasis in cork 96
    Wasnt let go to Guns n Roses in slane the aul wan kicked up a fuss... In fairness I was only 12 and the lads that offered to bring me were all 17/18 at the time.


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    #83
    laros
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    Queen " Crazy Tour" 1979..... i think it was the first gig that "God Save The Queen" wasn't played at the end of the show.


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    #84
    Lady Chuckles
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    I reluctantly went to see Mando Diao... :pac:


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    #85
    Electric Red
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    First gig for me was Dylan in Galway about 8 years ago. I remember it being quiet the gig,even if I had to sit through Paddy Casey! Been back to see him 3 more times since, last year in Limerick was the best I've seen him too.


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    #86
    niallb
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    old hippy wrote: »
    Awesome. Squeeze also supported.

    Was there too. Great day.
    Seem to remember Jools Holland had one arm in a sling, but it didn't slow him down much!
    Funny, I met him after a gig in Salthill about 1991, and he was wearing a patch after getting a finger in the eye from a sax player telling a joke with wild gestures.
    He'd have made a great pirate!

    I remember Simple Minds in Croke Park too.
    It lashed rain as soon as the gig finished.


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    #87
    goatboy1000
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    Green Day, SFX, Wednesday 21st Jan '98, Nimrod tour. DGeneration supporting. I was 15, savage gig.


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    #88
    holly8
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    Boomtown Rats at Leixlip. think it was 1978 or thereabouts


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    #89
    baby8music
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    1995 REM in Slane, remember it being a brilliant gig, lots of underage drinking & crowd surfing!! Oh to be 15 again!!:D


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    #90
    miseian
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    Jethro Tull in upstate NY, around 97/98, great gig. First time I saw hippies dancin around on acid!


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    #91
    Squelchy
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    Meat Loaf's "Back in to Hell" gig in The Point in December '93. :o


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