Pat O’Mahony writes:
25 years ago [last Tuesday] I saw The Auteurs in the recently-razed Tivoli Theatre, Dublin. 1994 wasn’t a bad year at all in fact at the old Francis Street venue, was it?
In fairness.
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2 hours ago I went to SuperValu, I also have the receipt.
It is still open.
I will keep the receipt, just in case.
Thanks?
Maybe if the demolish Supervalu the receipt might just be worth saving even for just the points on your loyalty card
Unlike you I spent many a night enjoying some of the bands that played there
You weren’t on Head 2 Toe though, Pat was.
My God, price certainly wasn’t a disincentive – just put aside 3 weeks pocket money and go see Oasis or Manic Street Preachers in their breakthrough period. Damn you Live Nation/TicketMaster!
Live Aid 1985. Wembley. £25 a head. Went with my two sisters, one brother and his girlfrend. £125 between us all.
I send to see Dickie Rock 35 years ago. Cost one pound one and one pence. No receipts given.
And DR triggered the crude filter. :-)
He triggered something alright
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dickie-rock-reveals-people-still-11469505.amp
Ya still can see him for the same price..
spit on me dickie
And Pat needs to get a life. He might like to listen to Jon Ronson’s butterfly effect series.. the one about the guy and the stamps.. rings a bell..
And, not that I want to have a go at Pat.. but, in 1994 Ireland had a social and cultural revolution, and its wasn’t in the Tivoli Theatre, not then anyway.. poor old Pat missed it then is still missing it now..
Actually Dublin was alive and the Tivoli was part of that
Street art mother red caps vicar street little venues brought the likes of Jonny mars jonnie thunders
Sadly when the tiger arrived Ireland experienced a revolution fed by greed hardly cultural
I remember pat Mahoney remember the dice man I remember the likes of the benzeni brothers aka hothouse flowers also Christopher daybel who recited poetry on Grafton street
I remember guggi I remember pete short who sold in Dublin and then colourful Simon carmody
I remember the coffee inn
Mcgonagles the pink
Then we had the likes of the waterboys who adopted Ireland like other international artists
The Tivoli theatre played a major part and without that vibe we would never of had Alan parker who made the commitments as he saw a Dublin alive with talent but that was 1991
Sadly only a few years later we sold our souls and are experiencing the reality of this now
Christopher Daybel, ‘do you read poetry at all’ in his plummy voice. Whatever became of him, was his poetry any good?
I do not know one day he was no longer there
I bought some one day and it was not too bad
Also I remember a guy a simple guy who played the accordion on Grafton street
You could hear him for miles he had a shrieking voice
He used to busking and spend every last cent buying lunches for homeless kids
He too disappeared but one day years later there he was in Galway
Apparently he left Dublin because he was beaten up
He was being looked after by the religious orders
He died suddenly Nigel in 2000, aged 61. Daybell with two Ls.
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/poet-daybell-dies-1.255313%3fmode=amp
Considering Bill Hicks, Rage Against the Machine and Jeff Buckley all played the Tivoli around the same period – meh
loved the Tivoli – you could hang around afterwards and meet the bands; had a chat with Oasis after that gig and a somewhat worse-for-wear Evan Dando who was hanging around with them at the time.
Also – I’d forgotten how late those gigs were.