This is a complete list of known U2 concerts that took place in Ireland in 1979. These dates do not include the dates U2 played in London on the U2-3 tour. I have spent many hours trawling the Irish Newspaper Archive, The Dublin Library and talking to those that were there, too make this the most complete document of U2’s early career. This site would not be possible without them, the Dublin Library & the Irish Newspaper Archive.
03/01/1979 McGonagle’s, Dublin, Ireland
Attendance; unknown
Support; unknown
Admission; £1.00
Set; In Your Hand, The Speed Of Life, Concentration Cramp, Another Time Another Place, Glad To See You Go.
Gary Bakosta fist see U2 play live and rates them as the best English/Irish band he has seen on his trip over from the USA..
All three of the above photo were taken by Patrick Brocklebank. they can be found in his excellent book “Where The Streets Have Two Names”. Bono was experimenting with a new look. When he saw these photo’s later in the In Dublin office he ditched the hand band. This may have been the only time he wore a head band.
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