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RDS Arena

Concerts
Queen played at the RDS in the opening date of their 1979 Crazy Tour.

Boyzone played at the arena in 1999 and once again in their reunion in 2008.

Bruce Springsteen played 11 times at the arena. His first show was during the Tunnel of Love Express Tour in 1988, the second one in 1993 during the Bruce Springsteen 1992-1993 World Tour and then during the Reunion Tour and The Rising Tour in 1999 and 2003. He played three sold-out shows during the Magic Tour in 2008 in front of more than 115,000 people, and then in 2009 during the Working on a Dream Tour his two concerts at the arena sold more than 80,000 tickets. He played again in 2012 during his Wrecking Ball World Tour for 76,000 people.

U2 played here on 27 and 28 August 1993 as conclusion to the Zooropa tour, the European stadium leg of the ZooTV tour which supported the album Achtung Baby. The second show was broadcast internationally on the radio, being 15–20 minutes delayed, reportedly due to the band's generosity to the playing time of their opening bands (Scary Eire and Stereo MC's). During the opening number Zoo Station on this night, Bono altered a lyric to say "Hey child, it's alright, sleeping in my own bed."

Guns N' Roses played at the venue on June 9, 2006, as part of their Chinese Democracy Tour.

Michael Jackson also played his HIStory World Tour concert on 19 July 1997 in here.

Bon Jovi have played the venue many times. They played over two nights in June 2011 to over 80,000 people.

Thin Lizzy played RDS Area April 9 and 10th 1983 on Thunder and Lighting tour.

Metallica, Alice In Chains and Avenged Sevenfold played at the venue on June 11, 2006. Radiohead played to 38,000 people, on 20 June 1997, which was their highest attended performance at the time.

Paul McCartney played there on his "Up and Coming Tour" on 12 June 2010 and was host to him, due to a fireworks display that couldn't be done in an indoor arena, such as the O2 Arena, which hosted his "Good Evening Europe Tour" on 22 December 2009.

Tina Turner played here on her "Twenty Four Seven Tour" on 11 July 2000.

The Eagles played their Hell Freezes Over tour on July 6, 1996.

Simple Minds played the RDS on their Street Fighting Years tour, 19 August 1989.

Shania Twain performed there on 10 July 1999 as part of her Come On Over Tour.

P!nk performed at the venue on 19 June 2010 during The Funhouse Summer Carnival.

Iron Maiden performed at the RDS during their Early Days tour in 2005 to a crowd of over 35 thousand, supported by Turbonegro and Marilyn Manson, the first time the latter had been allowed to play in Ireland.