April 19th 1986 – Leicester Poly
Cactus World News were an Irish band who had come to my attention through U2. Bono was producing them and i had got a free cassette tape, I think with Melody Maker featuring Worlds Apart and The Bridge.
The band sounded a bit like The Waterboys with a slightly more rocky edge, so that was the appeal to me.
I don’t think they were around for very long. I had the album Urban Beaches, which was pretty much what was played at this concert.
Sadly I remember very little of this concert. The Poly was one of my favourite venues at the time as it mixed a great student bar with live music and then a disco afterwards. I was never drunk during a concert as I didn’t see the point in it, but I’m sure I was afterwards!
Frank Kearns (guitar)
Feargal MacAndris (bass)
Wayne Sheehy (drums)
Eoin McEvoy (Vocals)
Set List
- Worlds Apart
- In A Whirlpool
- Pilots of Beka
- Years Later
- The Promise
- Maybe This Time
- Hurry Back
- Tables Overturn
- Church of the Cold
- The Bridge
- The Other Extreme
- State of Emergency
- Holidays in the Sun (Sex Pistols cover)
- Jigsaw Street
This is a band I’d totally forgotten about. They appeared on a couple of free NME EPs I had or have.