Your 1st "real" concert...

[Shamrock Shore]

Didnt think that shower Imagination did gigs.

Yer man Leeeeeeeeeee Something was as camp as a row of tents.

[Estimator]

REM in Slane: July '95
First real indoor concert was at the Ulster Hall was in December '95 for Joyrider / Ash / Therapy

That started a run of outdoor summer concerts:
Oasis in Pairc Ui Chaoimh -'96
Trip to Tipp - '97
U2 in Botanic Gardens - '97
The Verve in Slane - '98

[balladmaker]

Siamsa Cois Laoi, Pairc ui Chaoimh, 1986 ... those were the days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9e84oIO2A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNNqjToweQ4

[ardal]

1986.

Simple minds
The waterboys
The smiths
Blue in Heaven
In Tua Nua

Didn't go to see the smiths nor simple minds. Thunder and lightning meant that simply minds took all awards as they solo introd "step up to the water front" but god was on their side, if not it was a toss up between the waterboys and leslie Downall

Wasn't the Smiths, it was Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. My first concert too except that I was working at it. The thunder storm was spectacular.

Spot on, I wasn't sure which of the two so it was eeny meanny minnny mo.

Still have the fecking T shirt; christ it's 25yrs old now

[Orangemac]

First real indoor concert was at the Ulster Hall was in December '95 for Joyrider / Ash / Therapy

Was at that myself, great gig. Used to love Therapy , saw them 3 times around 1995/1996.

[Main Street]

Not completely un-related - but Thin Lizzy (whats left of them) are playing here in Reno on Wednesday. I've never seen them in action - is what's left of them now worth a ticket?

They are a bona fide hard rock band in their own right, if you like that sort of thing.

If you missed them in Reno, here is an excellent quality footage of a concert they did at Hellfest 2001
http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Hellfest___Thin_Lizzy/

[Maguire01]

First real indoor concert was at the Ulster Hall was in December '95 for Joyrider / Ash / Therapy

Was at that myself, great gig. Used to love Therapy , saw them 3 times around 1995/1996.

They're back in the Ulster Hall in 2 weeks.

[5 Sams]

The Four of Us always brilliant live from '89 in St Enda's GAA Omagh to 2010 in Belfast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdFETI5OXJ0 is a one hour show of them live fantastic way to spend an hour..)

Saw Brendan and Declan do an acoustic set in the Spirit Store, Dundalk a couple of months ago. Top class.

[downredblack]

Bad Manners - Milestone , Balbriggan - 1982/3

[5 Sams]

Bad Manners - Milestone , Balbriggan - 1982/3

I thought I was bad with Howard Jones DRB..you make me look cool

[Ulick]

/quote]

You are bad, but Buster Bloodvessel is still cool after all these years. Bad Manners concerts have been up there with the best I've attended over the past 25 years.

[Myles Na G.]

Saw Tenpole Tudor in 1980. Don't remember anything else they did, but remember this song well enough.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zaew_ten-pole-tudor-swords-of-a-thousand_music

[thejuice]

The Fun Lovin' Criminals in the Olympia 1996.

Great live band but only had 2 good albums.

Check out that lovely Gibson sound on this -->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vekX_pro09I

Think their singer Huey Morgan owned Eamonn Dorans pub for a while.

[eiled in the bushes]

ozzy in the ulster hall,cant mind the year,sometime in mid 80's.  saw him 3 times in about 2 years.great performer,sad to see him trying to perform now

[downredblack]

/quote]

You are bad, but Buster Bloodvessel is still cool after all these years. Bad Manners concerts have been up there with the best I've attended over the past 25 years.

Ahh Sams you are missing a trick here - great band and as Ulick says their gigs are up there with the best I've been to . Did you have a spikey mullet back in the day when you were going to Howard Jones gigs 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQEmp7y-UDA&feature=related