29/10/1978 Airport Hotel, Crofton, Dublin, Ireland. U2 & The Hype Concerts 1978.

This is a complete list of known U2 concerts that took place in Ireland in 1978. 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.

29/10/1978 Airport Hotel, Crofton, Dublin

Attendance, 16
Support, unknown
Admission, unknown

Photo from Another time, Another place. Set; unknown

Paul Bell “The Sunday, U2 turned up late and very hungry, (they had fish & chips on stage) they had been in Tralee at the weekend.
There were no more then 16 people in the audience, 7 of them were with me.
There was a wedding taking place in the next room, people kept coming to have a look, them going back to the wedding.

Bigger Than The Beatles

After the show, I spoke with Bono in the dressing room. I told him, you were great, you’re gonna be huge. Bono “Really how big.Paul “Massive”. Bono “Bigger than the Beatles?” Paul “Yes”.
He (Bono) decided that U2 would cancel the rest of the dates as this was not the venue from them. Paul McGuinness had been against them playing the Crofton in the first place.