Originally posted by Papo:One of the best shows I've been to. Spend two wonderful weeks in Ireland, arriving on August 26th on my own, without any tickets for the shows, bought them on O'Connel Bridge (for the 27th) and later at a record store (for the 28th) two hours after landing and meeting Edge at Windmill Lane that very evening, wishing him good look for remembering all those lyrics for "Numb" the next two nights. The whole atmosphere at RDS was great, those white tents behind the stands having been delivered by a company from my hometown, as I found out on night 1...being interviewed by RTE, who by error thought I was working for the very company that had delivered the tents...and then those two shows, standing next to the frontman of the Stereo MCs on night two (who, by the way, was stoned out of mind)...ah, great memories! I'd love to be here next Saturday, unfortunately our band have a show to play ourselves...
Originally posted by Papo:And there are so much more memories regarding that trip...after the second Dublin show, I traveled the country for ten days, on my own, with buses and I also did a lot of walking. Everywhere people played the recording of that show, be it a tourist information centre in Cork or a pub near Galway. I hadn't even been aware that the show had been broadcast. But back to the gigs:
I also had no idea who that tall woman was that came on stage during "Tryin' to throw..", or, better said, I did not recognize her.However, I did recognize members of the Rolling Stones in the VIP area at both Dublin shows. During the day, Macnas were in the city centre, wearing those big masks with our four lads caricatured faces. Later they were on stage at the show or before the show, can't remember...