Curated a list of Most Famous International Artists (Non-Irish) to play Galway.
For the Galway music nerds, here is a list of the most famous artists that are non-Irish that have played in our county, If there is any information on these, photos and stories please share, anyone may have missed please comment. I hope there are a few surprises in here for you, there was for me creating it. Great to reflect on Galway's vast venues back in the day. enjoy!
Johnny Cash - Hangar Ballroom, Salthill. Wed 16th Oct, 1963
Eric Clapton - Leisureland, March 11, 1979
Depeche Mode - Leisureland, October 8, 1982
New Order - Aula Maxima, University of Ireland, Galway, April 23, 1983, and also Warwick Hotel, Salthill
The Smiths - Leisureland, November 17, 1984
Primal Scream - Trends Cullinanes Inn Salthill Galway, October 25, 1989
Meat Loaf - Leisureland, 9th Feb, 1990
Radiohead - Castlegar Sports Grounds, July 1996
The Prodigy - Leisureland, 27th December 1994
Pulp - Galway's Big Day Out. Castlegar Sports Grounds, 1998
Ian Brown (From stone roses) - Castlegar Sports Grounds, July 1998
Beastie Boys - Castlegar Sports Grounds, July 1998
David Gray - Warwick Hotel, Salthill, (1998?)
Fatboy Slim - GPO, Galway, 1998
Morrissey - Blackbox, November 27, 1999
Cold Play - Warwick Hotel, Salthill, (2000?)
Moby - Castlegar Sports Grounds, Galway, June 5, 2000
Muse - Big Top, 1st June 2001
David Byrne (Talking heads) - Radisson Hotel, July 26 2004
Bob Dylan - Pearse Stadium, Sunday 27 June 2004 at 2:00pm
Four Tet (touring Ireland with Kid Koala) - Roisin Dubh, Galway, Monday 14 Oct, 2005
Calvin Harris - @ Cuba Friday August 1st, 2008
Bon Iver - 23 July, Big Top, 2009
Disclosure - Black Box Theatre, November 14th 2013
The 1975 - Roisin Dubh, February 20, 2014
Father John Misty - 22 Oct, 2015
Peggy Gou - Carbon, 22 Feb 2018
the Game - Monroes, MARCH 22ND, 2018
Sean Kingston - @ DnaGalway Wednesday, April 11th.
GZA - roisin dubh on 6th April 2019
Black Eyed Peas (No Fergie) - Pearse Stadium, Galway, June 4, 2022
Ed Sheeran - Mutiple Places, Oconnors, Pearse Stadium, Busking Shop St, Roisin Dubh
edit: newly added ones,
Guru from Gangstarr @ Cuba. on Nov 26 2004
Catfish and the Bottlemen, leisureland in 2019
I am attaching a few images also I found of such events,
Meat Loaf - Leisureland, 9th Feb, 1990
Radiohead - Castlegar Sports Grounds, 28 July 1996
Bob Dylan - Pearse Stadium, Sunday 27 June 2004 at 2:00pm