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

Pulp - Galway's Big Day Out. Castlegar, Brown (From stone roses) - Castlegar Sports Grounds, 11th July 1998 Beastie Boys - Castlegar Sports Grounds, July 1998

Calvin Harris - @ Cuba Friday August 1st, 2008

(Tour Tee) The Prodigy - Leisureland, 27th December 1994