That’s Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green – before they turned into Buck’s Fizz.
This list is just 60 of the best gigs I was ever at. It’s just over 50 years since the first one. And despite missing five through illness at the latter end of last year, I’m still buying tickets.
- Fleetwood Mac National Stadium October 1969
- Coldplay, Croke Park, July 2017 (also Marlay Park 2005.)
- Leonard Cohen Kilmainham, 2014.
- Bruce Springsteen (Slane RDS twice)
- Paul McCartney RDS Dublin 2010.
- Elbow Olympia 2017 Also Kilmainham
- U2 Slane 2001, RDS, Lansdowne Road, Croker.
- The Kinks National Stadium 1981 and RDS
- David Bowie Hammersmith Odeon 1973, Milton Keynes, Slane, Cat Club New York.
- Walking on Cars Olympia 2015.
- Joseph Arthur Whelans November 2016.
- Psychadelic Furs Academy Dublin 2017.
- Elton John (National Stadium with Ray Cooper 1979. Belfast Kings Hall RDS Dublin outdoors, 1984, Simmonscourt Dublin late 80s, Paris, late 80s).
- Inhaler, Whelan’s 2018
- Picturehouse The Village 2013.
- Neil Finn Olympia 2014.
- The Strypes Olympia 2016
- Mick Flannery Olympia 2015
- Glen Tilbrook, Midnight at the Olympia early 90s.
- Julie Feeney Tribute to Eugene Whelans 2014
- Gordon Lightfoot National Stadium 1974
- James Taylor National Stadium 1980s
- Rolling Stones Slane 1982, The Point
- Garrison Keillor recording A Prarie Home Companion in Dublin 2001
- Bob Dylan 1984 Slane
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Academy Dublin 2017
- Flamin’ Amy and Sweet Potata in Dan Lynch’s Blues Bar Greenwich Village, 1994
- Teleman Whelans 2018
- Iggy Pop HQ on MTV Awards night held in Dublin 1999
- Wilco Iveagh Gardens 2016
- Horslips Blackrock Park, 1971 Newman Hall, A theatre in Wexford, National Stadium
- Manfred Mann RDS 1971
- Thin Lizzy Blackrock Park 1970, UCD Theatre L 1972
- Paul Young RDS 1984
- Scott Matthews Sugar Club 2014
- Chris Helme Sugar Club 2014
- Niall Connolly Whelans Uptairs 2017 and Olympia
- Curved Air Wexford 1972
- Liam Geddes Upstairs at Whelans 2019
- David Keenan Whelans 2019
- Pavarotti The Gaiety, early Sixties The Gaiety, The Point
- Ian Dury The Olympia 1980s
- Áine Cahill. Grand Social 2016
- Tom Jones RDS and Olympia 2015
- Neil Diamond Croke Park 1984
- The Chieftans National Concert Hall 1980s
- The Furey Brothers Johnny Ross Festival Holland. 1980s Wexford Inn
- Hank Wangford Bad Bobs Regulrly 8in the 90s
- Simple Minds Croke Park 1986
- Oasis Slane 1985
- The Beat Milton Keynes 1983
- The Strawbs Milton Keynes 1983
- East of Eden Wexford 1970
- Fairport Convention Wexford 1970
- The Verve Slane 1998
- Robbie Williams Slane 1998
- Restravant Academy Dublin 2017
- Divine Comedy Olympia 2018
- Pugwash Olympia 2018
- Graham Nash NCH 2018
(NOTE: Pavarotti squeezes in at 41!)
The five worst:
- Long John Baldry Wexford Inn. Pissed out of his head which caused a near riot.
- Sun Kil Moon National Concert Hall – self indulgent twaddle
- James Last Tralee – First two words explain it
- Gary Glitter National Stadium – even then I couldn’t look at the nauseating prick
- Dire Straits (they’re only last because 1 hour and 25 minutes into the gig, the bass player looked at his watch.)
- Long John Baldry Wexford Inn. Pissed out of his head and nearly caused a riot.
Paddy's World 
NOT THAT MANY GIGS,I had to pay in. Odd you should say that about L.J.B. B4 my time he was booed of the stage in the Abbey Ballroom, Reg Dwithe? B4 he was gay and ELTON jOHN shifted ? a local woman.
Horslips in the Gate Cinema, backstage and carried gear. One Man and a Dog, Fleadh Cheoil 2019, Cromwell in Parochial Centre,Drogheda. Hawkwind in N.S. Got high passing their dressing room. Clannad in Colaiste Mhuire, Parnell Sq. My first school dance, Thin Lizzy played. Booked just before Whiskey in the Jar was released. Planxy in Oscar Cinema, Ande Riu, 03. Had a chat with Gaybo during interval Clapton, mid 70s NS. DISCO IN BOYNE VALLEY HOTEL where I met my now wife.
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I paid in! Still have loads of the tickets!!
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Ah, the National Stadium! Remember the days when it was the only place that held gigs. Saw Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall and Yes there among others.
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That Glenn Tilbrook gig was amazing. He picked Richard Balls from the audience to play guitar with him on stage – in a case of reverse carpe diem, Rich asked him to hold on while he nipped to the loo and emerged to find some other plucker in his place.
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