During 1977 U2 started playing to live audiences using their name they were known as at the time, The Hype. These were mainly concerts in church halls, schools etc in the Sutton, Howth area of Dublin. Their first major gigs in the city centre of Dublin would not take place until February 1978 supporting The Vipers at McGonagle’s.
1977 Slack Alice, O’Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Support; for Rat Salad & Arthur Phybes Band
Attendance; unknown
Admission; £0.50p
Incomplete Set List; Communication Breakdown, Night’s In White Satin, Johnny Be Goode, Show Me The Way, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Suffragette City.
Very little is known about this concert other than it took place in 1977. Slack Alice was a night Club on O’Connell Street, Dublin. Their adverts state they had a band playing every night, for £1.00, but none of their adverts name any bands. The venue was short lived lasting maybe a year before the building was destroyed by fire.
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