Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Did AC/DC really play Leisureland in the 1980s?

Options
2»

Comments

  • Options
    #32
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,488 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    The Specials and The Beat did a joint gig there about '82. Turned into a mini riot.


  • Options
    #33
    chasmcb
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭chasmcb


    thesandeman wrote: »
    The Specials and The Beat did a joint gig there about '82. Turned into a mini riot.
    I remember that gig!

    I also saw U2 play in the Claddagh Hall of all places, it was around the time the EP with 'Stories for Boys' on it came out.


  • Options
    #34
    holly8
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭holly8


    thesandeman wrote: »
    The Specials and The Beat did a joint gig there about '82. Turned into a mini riot.

    I was at that one. But don't remember a riot. What happened?


  • Options
    #35
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    thesandeman wrote: »
    The Specials and The Beat did a joint gig there about '82. Turned into a mini riot.

    Riot me hole, I remember their epic sound system though. The Beat sure knew how to rattle a crowd.


  • Options
    #36
    Dave Joyce
    Registered Users Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭Dave Joyce


    Wow, talk about nostalgia. Remember seeing Lizzy and Rory a couple of times, Quo, U2, The Jam, Dr Feelgood, Horslips and Mama'a Boys. Although they didn't play Leisureland, (gig was in Seapoint), Wild Horses with Brian Robertson and Jimmy Bain showed up with 2 great opening tracks, realised the small crowd was it and decided to get locked from there on in.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #37
    barone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,224 ✭✭✭barone


    brendan o carroll played there aswell :)


  • Options
    #38
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    My favourite Leisureland gig was the Bunny Carr 'Quciksilver' quiz show episode where nobody answered a single question correctly in the entire program, not even a 1p question.


  • Options
    #39
    KittyeeTrix
    Registered Users Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    Unrealistic wrote: »
    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions sometime around 1986 and Therapy?/Kerbdog/Joyrider in January 1994 are two others that spring to mind. (Was at the latter but not the former.)

    Then there was New Order in the Warwick and Primal Scream in some Salthill basement club (forgotten which).

    Haha, I met the lead singer of Commotions in town back in the 80's. It was outside where McDonalds is now on Shop St.....
    I asked for his autograph and was completely starstruck:o:D


  • Options
    #40
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Joan Armatrading, Kevin Johnson , Depeche Mode are 3 more i can remember hearing played there.


  • Options
    #41
    Unrealistic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Unrealistic


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Joan Armatrading, Kevin Johnson , Depeche Mode are 3 more i can remember hearing played there.
    Clannad headlined there at least once. As did Bucks Fizz :eek:


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #42
    eagle10
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭eagle10


    Bay city rollers and mungo gerry.also played there


  • Options
    #43
    32yg
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭32yg


    the prodigy played there in the 90's i think


  • Options
    #44
    Unrealistic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Unrealistic


    Just remembered Big Country around 1983 too I think.


  • Options
    #45
    ErnieBert
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    KD Lang

    Four of Us

    Level 42 - they played football before the gig with locals in Salthill Park

    The Pretenders

    The Jam - photos from that gig appeared in a book about the Jam

    Status Quo

    The Smiths were supported by James who are still gigging

    Billy Connolly played there at least twice

    Depeche Mode were spat at by a bunch of local yobos got in for free

    Echo & Bunnymen cancelled when lead singer Ian McCulloch broke his leg after falling off a stage at another gig in Berlin


  • Options
    #46
    holly8
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭holly8


    Unrealistic wrote: »
    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions sometime around 1986 and Therapy?/Kerbdog/Joyrider in January 1994 are two others that spring to mind. (Was at the latter but not the former.)

    Then there was New Order in the Warwick and Primal Scream in some Salthill basement club (forgotten which).

    New Order in the Aula Max ... think All Cats Are Grey played support??


  • Options
    #47
    ErnieBert
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    I went to see Nik Kershaw but it was only to se the support act. I swear.

    The support was The Fountainhead.


  • Options
    #48
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,465 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    All I remember is that Holsten Beer was on draught in Salthill for Quo in the mid 80's. It wasn't the 'End of the Road tour', it was the next one whatever it was called. Drove home too, and no problem.


  • Options
    #49
    celty
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭celty


    Holly8, Primal Scream played in the basement club opposite the Castle (Trends bar is still on the ground floor) in 1989. They were still a grunge / Curehead act at that stage and hadn't caught up with the likes of the Happy Mondays and Stone Roses, who influenced their Screamadelica album. Still a good gig though.

    EB, I remember Fountainhead. Had a brilliant dance track called Rhythm Method if i'm not mistaken. That's a real blast from the past.

    I was also at the New Order gig in the Warwick, 1986 I think. Brilliant gig.


Advertisement