Setlist: N/A Remarks: This is the first of six Saturday afternoon shows in Dublin. The exact dates of these shows are unknown, although the last of the six happened in August 1979.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – Project Arts Centre
Setlist: Another Time, Another Place, Cartoon World, Shadows And Tall Trees, Street Mission. Encore(s): Glad To See You Go. (incomplete setlist) Remarks: U2 perform at 3:30 am at the Dark Space Festival, a 24-hour event in Dublin. This concert features the earliest known performances of “Another Time Another Place” and “Cartoon World” and the last […]
Read MoreFebruary 3, 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – Trinity College
Setlist: N/A; includes Concentration Camp and Street Mission. Remarks: U2’s second show today, this one occurs in the evening at the Trinity Buttery.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – McGonagle’s
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2’s first of two shows today include this one, scheduled for the afternoon to allow younger fans to see the band perform.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – McGonagle’s
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 play a sold-out show at McGonagle’s.
Read MoreDecember 11, 1978 – Dublin, Ireland – The Stardust
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 open up for the Greedy Bastards, a band comprised of members of Thin Lizzy and the Sex Pistols.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 1978 – Cork, Ireland – Arcadia Ballroom
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 are 5th on a bill that includes D.C. Nien. The sound crew is led by Joe O’Herlihy, who would later be hired as U2’s regular sound director.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 1978 – Dublin, Ireland – Project Arts Centre
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 and the Virgin Prunes share the bill.
Read MoreSeptember 9, 1978 – Dublin, Ireland – Top Hat Ballroom
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 support The Stranglers in front of 2,500 people, their biggest audience to date. Prior to the show, Bono gets in a fight with the main act, The Stranglers, over their treatment of U2 as a support act. During the show, U2 break into The Stranglers’ room and steal their wine!
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