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Rory and band at the Palais des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand on this day in 1978. Photo sent in by Eileen Hallam. Thanks Eileen!
On this day in 1970 Rory's band Taste were playing Dublin for the last time. Mark Nolan for Spotlight Magazine photographed the band that night at National Stadium. "Farewell to the TASTE…"THE TASTE came home in triumph for a series of sell out concerts in Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Never has a group English or Irish been so widely acclaimed and the scenes of fan fervour everywhere they played will not be repeated for a long time to come. Photographer Mark Nolan was in Dublin's National Stadium for this exclusive picture feature on what was sadly to be the group's last appearance in the city. But the 2,500 fans who packed into the stadium and 1,000 or more who could not get tickets and stood dejectedly outside were not aware that the Taste would be no more after the weekend.Otherwise the wild scenes inside when the crowd refused to allow Rory Gallagher to leave the stage would surely have been wilder and the section of the disappointed crowd outside who tried to storm the doors would have been even more energetic in their efforts to get in.The response of their Irish fans to the Taste's last concerts was a fitting farewell tribute to the group who pioneered a breakthrough by winning international respect for Irish musicians. Now the way is open for groups like Skid Row and Thin Lizzy to follow.
On these dates in Rory history: Oct 14/15 Were you there/ Memories? MANY events below 10/14/1964 Cork IRL Palm Court Fontana Showband w/ American Navy Vocal Group (new 2023 Martin Strasson) 10/14/1970 Dublin IRL National Stadium Taste10/14/1971 Los Angeles,CA USA Whisky-A-Go-Go Boomerang replace Little Feat (update 2022)10/14/1972 Santa Ana CA USA Kindels Backdoor Jimmy Walker & Uprising (new2020)10/14/1973 Long Beach CA USA Long Beach Auditorium The Faces (HL) (venue update 2025)10/14/1978 Clermont-Ferrand F Maison des Sports 10/14/1979 Berlin DE Internationales Congress Centrum (update 2021)10/14/1980 Coventry GB Coventry Theatre10/14/1987 Sheffield GB City Hall10/14/1994 Lille F l'Aeroneuf (new 2021) 10/15/1966 Cork IRL Taste at Cavern Club in PM afternoon session Don & Deam DJ (Dan was Donal) (new 2023 Martin Stassen)10/15/1968 London GB Klooks Kleek The Gun opened for Taste (update2020)10/15/1968 London GB Royal Albert Hall A Folk/Blues Czech Charity Concert Taste,Spencer Davis, Family etc (new2020)10/15/1970 Limerick IRL Savoy Cinema Taste (new2020)10/15/1971 Los Angeles CA USA Whisky-A-Go-Go Boomerang replaced Little Feat (update2022)10/15/1982 Kansas City MO USA Checkerdome Rush(HL) (update venue2023)STAY WELL! John Ganjamie roryfan@comcast.netRoryON!! www.roryon.com ad shared by Gilbert Albright