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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
Slane Castle
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Seen Queen and Neil Young at Slane back in the day. By far the best venue I've ever seen a concert at.
Saw U2 3 times now, 2 in Dublin (the old Croke park and 1 in Belfast).
The first Dublin one was my first ever concert (1985).
Wayyyyyyyy down the list as a backup band was REM. To be honest, don't remember them.
The Belfast one (Botanic gardens) was a gem in that it all happened within the space of 2 weeks from announcement to concert.
Basically, they wanted to do Dublin but some idiots there decided that they would need planning permission for the stage so after a lot of arguing they decided to give a big FU to the council and annunced that they were going to do it up North.
Great show, probably the bit that stands out for me was that it being so close post ceasefire and the whole crowd rocking suspicious minds.
Music was great, show was awesome, spitfires.
Bono was the usual dick and decided that he should phone the UN re. Yugoslavia in the middle of the show.
Songs alright, but a lot of their stuff I find grows on me.
I'm the opposite to most folks I guess. I prefer the post - War albums and the way they've mixed it up.