Dublin is a city in Ireland where The Alarm, Dave Sharp, Mike Peters & The Poets of Justice, Stiff Little Fingers with Dave Sharp, The Alarm MM, Dead men Walking, Big Country have played live
22nd October 1983 : The Alarm – University College, Dublin, Ireland
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Guest appearance by Bono of U2 on “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”. He sings some improvised lyrics: “I was so blind I could not see, Mike Peters had spoken to me. I read in the paper that he was no good. I said: Knock knock knocking on heaven’s door” Bono then improvises more lyrics which include the other members of the Alarm
23rd October 1983 : The Alarm – McGonagles, Dublin, Ireland
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
19th May 1985 : The Alarm – The TV Club, Dublin, Ireland – Absolute Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Supported by Faith Brothers
Set list : Majority, Marching On, The Chant has Just Begun, Deeside, Dawn Chorus, The Day The Ravens Left The Tower, Knife Edge, One Step Closer To Home, Tell Me, Third Light, Absolute Reality, Walk Forever By My Side, Howling Wind, Blaze Of Glory, The Stand, Sixty Eight Guns, The Bells Of Rhymney, The Deceiver, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
(Ticket by Ciarán O’Neill)
(Photos by Peter McCamley)
29th June 1985 : The Alarm – Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Supporting U2, also on the bill REM, In Tua Nua, Squeeze
Interview with Mike Peters
Neil Storey – How important a gig was Croke Park, Dublin, to you? You played to 60,000 people and the vibe was extraordinary. In Tua Nua came on and did well; then REM, who didn’t die but didn’t do justice to their worth on record; and then you. You didn’t just go the whole way to the back but you went up both sides of the stadium. You exploded; the whole place just went mad. What did it fee! Like? How important was it?
Mike Peters – It was just incredible although, you can’t just do it without the back-up of great songs. We are capable of writing more songs that can come to life in the big gigs. The show just sent shivers down my spine. For me the day was encapsulated in what I said from the stage, ‘two years previously I had been in Dublin at Phoenix Park pogoing at the front to U2, and here today I’m on U2’s stage playing’. You see, everybody really wants to be in the band, and the better the band are, the better it is for the crowd. It’s the best feeling I have ever had at a gig. It’s hard to say what goes through your mind, but the feeling of peace is incredible.
13th September 1991 : Dave Sharp – The Baggot Inn, Dublin, Ireland
15th October 1992 : Mike Peters and The Poets of Justice – Rock Garden, Dublin, Ireland – Exodus Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Ethan Johns, Dave Watkins-Clarke, Martyn Barker, Jules Jones Peters
4th March 1994 : Stiff Little Fingers – Tivoli, Dublin, Ireland – Get A Life Tour
Band line up : Jake Burns, Dave Sharp, Bruce Foxton, Dolphin Taylor
Dave Sharp briefly joined the Stiff Little Fingers line up, at the invitation of front man Jake Burns.
5th March 1994 : Stiff Little Fingers -Tivoli, Dublin, Ireland – Get A Life Tour
Band line up : Jake Burns, Dave Sharp, Bruce Foxton, Dolphin Taylor
Dave Sharp briefly joined the Stiff Little Fingers line up, at the invitation of front man Jake Burns.
1st May 1994 : Mike Peters – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Mike Peters Solo performance supporting Aimee Mann
2nd November 1995 : Mike Peters – Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Mike Peters Solo
29th May 2000 : The Alarm2000 – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
Supporting Big Country on The Final Fling tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley
Fan comments – Doug Matthews
Mike’s show was very well received by the half-full Olympia. The audience sang along to the alarm songs and 68 guns was received with a very big cheer. Mike was in good voice to begin with,but did sound a little hoarse after the 2nd song, he explained that he had just played 11 and 1/2 hours for his fan club in wales and had a cold. At the end of the set mike asked the audience if they would like to hear “rescue me” or “blaze of glory”, i must have been the only one put my hand up for “rescue me”, although “blaze of glory” was ideal to finish the set with
14th October 2005 : Dead Men Walking Dublin, Ireland – The Voodoo Rooms – Right To Party Tour – Live gig
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Captain Sensible, Slim Jim Phantom
19th April 2011 : Big Country – The Academy 1, Dublin, Ireland – Dreams Stay With Me Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Bruce Watson, Jamie Watson, Tony Butler, Mark Brzezicki
(Page updated 16/05/2011)