First concert ever was at U2 in Maysfield (1982) - £4 squid a ticket & first time they played "Bloody Sunday" - said if we didn't like it they would never play it again - it went down a storm .......
Next one was Thin Lizzy in Dublin 1983 I think it was ............. it ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Following year was Queen in RDS - about 10 squid a ticket & again fantastic
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Angel by day but Devil by night
I'm not drunk! I just have speech impediment... [vomits]
and a stomach virus... [falls off bar stool]
and an inner ear infection."
Brian Griffin
Not sure if it was Thin Lizzy at the Lakeland Forum Enniskillen on my birthday in 1979 or Horslips in Bundoran with Mama's Boys in Support around the same time.
pwrmoore wrote:Not sure if it was Thin Lizzy at the Lakeland Forum Enniskillen on my birthday in 1979 or Horslips in Bundoran with Mama's Boys in Support around the same time.
See I knew you were special excellent choice mon amigo
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Angel by day but Devil by night
I'm not drunk! I just have speech impediment... [vomits]
and a stomach virus... [falls off bar stool]
and an inner ear infection."
Brian Griffin
Embarrassingly, Showaddywaddy at Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange in 1976 ( I was only 13)
I made up for it in my next concert in 1979 – Led Zeppelin at Knebworth
Mamas Boys - best thing out of Fermanagh apart from your goodself pwr remember seeing them a couple of times some pub in Newcastle springs to mind can't remember the name.
Rory Gallagher was first at the Ulster Hall in 74 still have the live album. Next big memorable ones were AC-DC at Ulster Hall & Thin Lizzy with the best line up of Robinson /Gorham (Live & Dangerous). Led Zeppelin at Knebworth think I might have met you Stew.
To add to thread best act I never will get to see 1. Jimi hendrix & 2. The Beatles.
I can't remember the first concert I went to, but I've seen some class acts. Don McClean at the Grosvenor Hall way back. He played for three hours. Brilliant! Huey Lewis and the News at the Kings Hall and the Bee Gees in Miami Awesome! Those are just three of the standouts I remember with affection.
Mum
When the bottom has fallen out of your world.
Take Enos and let the world fall out of your bottom!
Keane in the Ulster Hall, quickly followed by Franz Ferdinand, Lostprophets and Snow Patrol all at the Ulster Hall. All very good concerts, though the supporting acts where awful!
Thin Lizzy in Antrim Forum 1980 Midge Ure was on keyboards that night. Ticket £4 And later that same year in Kings Hall when Eric Bell came on as a guest.
Horslips farewell gig in Ulster Hall October 1980.
Dire Straits in Ulster Hall 1981 cost a fortune £5
U2, Thin Lizzy, Hazel O'Connor and others at Slane Castle summer 81.
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family" Rory Best
Purple loons with yellow zig zag piping and a cheesecloth shirt. Ensemble rounded with platforms with 4" heels. I had to duck to get through doors. No photos thank god!
Mum
When the bottom has fallen out of your world.
Take Enos and let the world fall out of your bottom!
Rooster- remember Bell guesting that evening as well still think that Lizzy were at their peak with Robinson & Gorham however. Think it was Snowy White & Gorham that night you refer to but they came close again with Sykes & Gorham but not quite.
Also seen them in the Whitla Hall with Sweet Savage supporting (a band that could take some small credit in the emergence of Metallica)
Gary Moore brought something different to the table but didn't last the pace though did later see Lynott guest with him in the Ulster Hall. Lynott was underrated but IMHO the complete showman. Love Moore's blues and wish he would return for a small club type gig to Belfast.
Most of us must have bumped into each other in our previous life.
excellent choice mon amigo
