A black and white concert poster for the Virgin Prunes showing a picture of the band and captioned with ‘project arts club band’. ‘Art at the project sept. 18 7.59’

Bono joined the Virgin Prunes for a few songs at this gig in the Project Arts Centre. The Prunes were fronted by Gavin Friday, who was joined by fellow members of the ‘Lypton Village’ Guggi, David Watson, Strongman (Trevor Rowen), Dik Evans (brother of U2’s The Edge) and Anthony Murphy on drums.

A black and white concert poster showing a picture of the Dubliners, without their name. 'Olympia Theatre commencing July 30th 1979 nightly at 8. Now Booking: Olympia Theatre Tel. 778962 Brown Thomas and Switzers'

The Dubliners were formed in 1962. By 1979, when the the folk band were booked to play a week of gigs in the Olympia, such was their popularity that the concerts sold out instantly, despite the fact that the printer forgot to put the name of the band on the posters.

A black and white photograph of the band Bagatelle in front of a 46A bus.

The single cover is black with white writing 'Bagatelle Summer in Dublin' with a picture of the Liffey and Dublin city in the evening.
“I remember that summer in Dublin/And the Liffey as it stank like hell,” went the chorus to Dublin rock band Bagatelle’s 1980 number one Summer in Dublin. The smell of the Liffey was a serious problem – £25 million was set aside to clean up the river that year. The narrator decides to leave for somewhere cleaner and quieter, but when he gets bored, “I just get on the road and I stick out my thumb/’Cause I know for sure you’ll be there still.”

Set of 2 badges for the Lambert Puppet Theatre.

1. Picture of Mr. Crow on a white background with red text.
2. Picture of a dog on a red background with white text.

These two badges were produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre, a much-loved local institution. Founded in 1972 by Eugene Lambert and his family, it was Ireland’s first purpose-built puppet theatre. The theatre also produced television programmes, including Wanderly Wagon and Bosco. Mr. Crow, depicted on one of the badges, was a character from Wanderly Wagon.

Typed letter June 1982 from Jim Aiken, Arnie Pustilnik and Andre Wilkinson in regards to the Rolling Stones playing Slane.
One of Jim Aiken’s first major coups was in persuading the Rolling Stones to play at Slane Castle in 1982. It was only the second time that Lord Henry Mountcharles had staged a large outdoor concert in his natural amphitheatre (Thin Lizzy had played there the previous year, supported by U2). These telex messages hashed out the agreement between the band and the Dublin-based concert promoter. The Rolling Stones would pay for the stage, lighting and support bands out of a $375,000 fee… plus a percentage of ticket sales.

A brightly coloured poster for the Phoenix Park Festival showing a plane flying in front of a red sun with a banner coming out the back saying 'U2, Simple Minds, Eurythmics, Big Country, Steel Pulse, Perfect Crime' The concert is dated Sunday 14th August 1983 with tickets costing £10.50