Any collectors of 90s metal mags on here?

[Dark Stranger]

I'm specifically looking for issues from the first half of 1999 to see if any of them have a flyer from the July 99 Metallica gig in the Point. Anybody with a collection out there?

[The Great Cull]

I believe I'd have all the Metal Hammer copies from 95 thru 2001-ish somewhere but I don't believe the Dublin show got mentioned anywhere. They had played the Big Day Out in the UK at that time and so all the ads were for that.

[Dark Stranger]

Yeah - a mate and me are trying to find a flyer for that gig. It's one we're both missing from the flyer folders, and we're thinking it might have been advertised at some point in Kerrang weekly? We're trying to figure out how people would have found out about it even happening in the first place, it had to have been advertised somewhere haha. Metallica forums, extensive google searches etc have thrown up nowt.

[The Great Cull]

I think I may have heard about it on the Metal Show on 2FM at the time. It sold out pretty quick too. Mad to think it was only 22 quid.

[Dark Stranger]

I'm assuming that's where we heard about it too but radio only advertising in 1999 seems mad - there wasn't even any billboards near the Point from what I remember.

[The Great Cull]

I don't recall seeing a single poster around the city at the time advertising the show. I was on the prowl for one. There were posters on the day of the gig saying "welcome back boys" or something like that.

[Naraka]

I'd say your best bet might be if you could find a collector of old Hot Press.

[Dark Stranger]

Hot Press! I didn't even think of that - nice one.

I remember the Welcome Home Boys now that you mention it, that was cool.

[Grim Reality]

Wasn't that the gig they had Eric Bell come on and do Whiskey? I was at that myself. Went up with a few older lads from school which is how I assume I heard about it. Word of mouth was the way back then. You'd imagine in your local music shop that sold tickets they'd also have posters advertising up coming gigs, but maybe I'm just inventing that.

I have a bunch of old metal hammers in a bag in the garage, I'll have a look there later.

[The Great Cull]

That's the gig. Old Eric loved every second of it....

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/thin-lizzy-eric-bell-metallica/

https://metalinjection.net/shocking-revelations/thin-lizzys-eric-bell-has-a-hilariously-negative-opinion-of-playing-whiskey-in-the-jar-with-metallica

[Snare]

Good idea re Hot Press. Thinking about them maybe having to give a copy of everything to the National Library, something might be available here...

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=Hot+press

Just a brief look it seems most items are non-digitised though, so an in person visit might be required, or they might help with an enquiry...

[astfgyl]

Don't have a flyer but I remember heading to that on the bus to the point and there was a big "Welcome Back Boys" billboard on the way out which I wished I could have had to take home. And what a fucking hangover I had but the gig blew it off me. Anyway I don't think the magazines had anything of it because if they did it would have been stuck to my wall at the time. If ye do find one I'd like to see it all the same so best of luck lads

[open face surgery]

Was that the Cunning Stunts tour? I remember being in the Gaeltacht at the time anyway. Poxy as I was into Metallica at that stage. Was it the 5th of July or something? That said, I heard Detox by SYL and Iced Earth for the first time at the gaeltacht so not a total waste.

[astfgyl]

No it was the Garage Inc one in 99.I missed the Cunning Stunts one, which by all accounts was better but then I'll just pretend it wasn't

[Snare]

Microfiche copies of Sunday papers from back then might throw up something in the library as well. Seems a whole lot of trouble you're going to anyway!