1. Fellow U2starter @wideawake69 reached out to me with two possible missing shows from the catalogue that took place in the summer of 1979. I couldn't find these mentioned anywhere. Not at U2gigs/AtU2 tours, nor in Pimm's book. Did they ever took place? Are these known fakes or just missing?

    1979-06-30 - Clondalkin, Ireland - Community Centre
    U2 play at a 10-hour rock festival "Clondalkin Rocks" together with Raw Deal, Free Booze and The Rage. Admission was 1.50.

    Sources:
    * http://ghostown1976.com/u2-gigs-1976-to-1981/u2-gigs-jan-june-1979/
    * Poster: https://www.u2start.com/images/upload/917230c1799766b5e347bdca8ea2d3e2.jpg
    * Patrick Dillon from Free Booze remembers a riot when a fight broke out and they were all running down the roads to get away from it.
    * Gerry from Raw Deal who was also on that festival remembers the gig.

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    1979-08-16 Carlow, Ireland - El Ruedo

    Sources:
    * Poster: https://www.u2start.com/images/upload/a09f20a1033f559aaa5596f07948f7bf.jpg
    * http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Tullow_St_2.htm
    * U2 played there when they were starting out and we ran them out of it as they were so bad....ha ha...what did we know. A lot of bands would come down from Dublin to 'try out' - it was a great place to be in the 70s. - Source: Anna Nolan Gough 12/2012.
  2. Hmmmm....................very interesting?
  3. Updated the opening post with a bit more detail. I have contacted Raw Deal who U2 played with in Clondalkin to help me confirm the first date but from all I can see now I have no reason these dates are fake. They both seem legit.

    Will await the response from Raw Deal and then add these to our show pages
  4. Spoke via via to Gerry from Raw Deal who supported regularly for U2 back in those days, he remembers the gig and still has the poster as well.

    That closes the deal on these dates, I consider them to have happened for real and will add them to our database
  5. Originally posted by Remy:Spoke via via to Gerry from Raw Deal who supported regularly for U2 back in those days, he remembers the gig and still has the poster as well.

    That closes the deal on these dates, I consider them to have happened for real and will add them to our database
    Well done! 👏👏👏👏
  6. There was an article on one of the Irish press sites about a cancelled gig somewhere up the country, complete with a photo of the flyer. Roscommon maybe? Or Leitrim? U2 failed to generate demand so they got a local band on instead. Does anyone have the link? Sorry I can't be more specific.
  7. These old, obscure U2-matters are among my favorite. Keep those investigations coming -- all my respect