The Gigs




Andy and his public -The Globe, Limerick, Feb 15th 2001(Photo Niall Quinn)

We intend to list every single Hitchers show on this page -from the first one in The Oasis Club on Jan 20th 1989 to the last one in The Globe on February 15th 2001 ...and the annual re-union gigs since.
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DD.MM.YY Venue. (D/H=Double Header; M/H=Multi Header;) Town, City, County, Country Approx Att. Starting Eleven 1989         20.1.89 Oasis Club Limerick 100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh 16.3.89 Oasis Club Limerick 70 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Gearoid 7.5.89 Belltable Limerick 300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Mark 12.5.89 Oasis Club Limerick 150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Mark 26.5.89 Oasis Club Limerick 150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Mark 28.5.89 Monaleen N.S. Limerick 200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Mark 6.7.89 Rock At The Casbah (M/H) Limerick Milk Market <100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Benny 18.7.89 Limerick Lawn Tennis Club Limerick <100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Benny 21.7.89 Banner Arms (Supporting Toucandance) Ennis, Co. Clare 150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Donagh, Benny 17.8.89 Granary (Supporting Up The Downstairs) Limerick >250 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.8.89 Bandhall, Hyde Rd. (M/H) Limerick >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 30.8.89 Granary (D/H They Do It With Mirrors) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 9.9.89 Flag Café (D/H They Do It With Mirrors) Limerick >50 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 9.9.89 Granary (Supporting Cactus World News) Limerick >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 16.9.89 Granary (Supporting The Word) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 7.10.89 Cavern Club, Granary Limerick >150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 21.10.89 Flag Café Limerick >50 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 27.10.89 Theatre Royal (Supporting Private World) Limerick >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 10.11.89 Oasis Club Limerick >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 13.11.89 Granary Limerick >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 14.11.89 Stables U.L. Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 8.12.89 Theatre Royal Limerick >150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 9.12.89 Cruises Hotel (Supporting The Stunning) Limerick 300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 22.12.89 East Avenue (Supporting The Fat Lady Sings) Killarney, Co. Kerry >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 23.12.89 Glentworth (Supporting The Fat Lady Sings) Limerick >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 1990         18.1.90 Granary Limerick >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 20.1.90 Cresent Theatre (M/H, “Skool Band 90 heat”) Limerick >150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 24.2.90 Theatre Royal (Reindeer Age Launch) (M/H) Limerick >500 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 26.2.90 Glentworth (LCAD Rag Ball) Limerick >350 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 3.3.90 Granary (M/H, “Skool Band 90 Q/F”) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 10.3.90 Granary (M/H, “Skool Band 90 S/F”) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 18.3.90 Sherwood Inn (M/H) Middleton, Co. Cork >150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 22.3.90 Presentation (D/H The Tear Collectors) Limerick >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 23.3.90 Connolly Hall (M/H) (Won “Skool Band 90”) Cork >400 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 24.3.90 Villiers (D/H The Tear Collectors) Limerick <200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 25.3.90 Potatoe Market  (M/H) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 7.4.90 Glentworth Limerick <150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 27.4.90 Oasis Club Limerick <150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 3.5.90 Glentworth (Supporting The Fat Lady Sings) Limerick >250 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 4.5.90 O’Connell St. (People In Need Show) Limerick >2,500 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 28.5.90 Belltable Limerick <300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 29.6.90 Fruit E.P. Launch (William Street) Limerick <80 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 5.7.90 Rock At The Casbah (M/H) Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 8.7.90 Lark In The Park (M/H) Limerick >2000 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 12.7.90 2 Mile Inn (Supporting An Emotional Fish) Co.Clare >500 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 16.8.90 Cruises Hotel Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 25.8.90 Cruises hotel Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 16.9.90 Sir Henrys (Supporting The Golden Horde) Cork >600 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 15.10.90 Blame It…EP Launch Top Floor, Savoy Limerick >150 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 16.10.90 Top Floor, Savoy-Afternoon All Ages Show Limerick <50 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny 16.10.90 Banner Arms Ennis, Co. Clare >100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.10.90 Stables U.L. Limerick >200 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.11.90 The Attic Dublin <100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.11.90 Dooradoyle Shopping Centre Limerick >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.11.90 Galway R.T.C. Galway >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy, Benny ??.12.90 Arthurs Warehouse (Supporting An Emotional Fish) Limerick >500 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy 1991         ??.2.91 Glentworth Limerick >300 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy ??.7.91 Shelter Cork <100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy ??.11.91 Shelter Cork <100 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy 16.11.91 Top Floor, Savoy Limerick <60 Eoin, Hoss, Niall, Andy 18.12.91 Speakeasy Limerick <100 Hoss, Niall, Andy 21.12.91 Theatre Royal (Supporting The Cranberries) Limerick <50 Hoss, Niall, Andy 1992         27.2.92 Galway RTC Galway >400 Hoss, Niall, Andy 3.3.92 Holy Spirit Level EP Release Speakeasy Limerick 120 Hoss, Niall, Andy 4.3.92 LCAD, Barringtons Quay Limerick 80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 14.3.92 Village (D/H Tension) Cork >250 Hoss, Niall, Andy 20.3.92 Speakeasy (M/H Limerick Rocks 92) Limerick 160 Hoss, Niall, Andy 26.5.92 Speakeasy Limerick >25 Hoss, Niall, Andy 16.7.92 Henrys Bar, Savoy Limerick >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy 30.12.92 Henrys Bar, Savoy (Supporting The O’Malleys) Limerick 350 Hoss, Niall, Andy 1993         21.1.93 U.L. Limerick 350 Hoss, Niall, Andy 29.1.93 Rock Garden Dublin 120 Hoss, Niall, Andy 16.2.93 Theatre Royal (M/H) Limerick 120 Hoss, Niall, Andy 17.2.93 Top Floor, Savoy (Supporting The Frank & Walters) Limerick >500 Hoss, Niall, Andy 18.2.93 Halfway House Wexford 40 Hoss, Niall, Andy 26.2.93 Crawford College of Art Cork 70 Hoss, Niall, Andy 26.2.93 Cork RTC Cork >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy 11.3.93 Halfway House Wexford 40 Hoss, Niall, Andy 14.3.93 Top Floor, Savoy Limerick >150 Hoss, Niall, Andy 14.4.93 Rock Garden Dublin <150 Hoss, Niall, Andy 6.6.93 Sir Henrys (M/H – Cork Rocks 93) Cork >400 Hoss, Niall, Andy 17.6.93 Shelter Cork >80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 19.6.93 Henrys bar, Savoy Limerick <200 Hoss, Niall, Andy 25.6.93 Downtown Letterkenny, Co. Donegal <150 Hoss, Niall, Andy 1.7.93 Henrys bar, Savoy Limerick <200 Hoss, Niall, Andy 20.7.93 Mitchellstown Deer Festival Mitchellstown, Co. Cork 50 Hoss, Niall, Andy 22.7.93 Mitchellstown Deer Festival Mitchellstown, Co. Cork >80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 29.7.93 Henrys bar, Savoy Limerick >70 Hoss, Niall, Andy 7.10.93 Henrys bar, Savoy Limerick >60 Hoss, Niall, Andy 13.10.93 Rock Garden Dublin 280 Hoss, Niall, Andy 1.12.93 Top Floor, Savoy (Supporting The Wedding Present) Limerick >450 Niall, Andy 1994         24.1.94 High Spirits (RTC Rageek) Limerick 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy 21.5.94 De Burcas Cork 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy 16.6.94 Newtown Pery Limerick 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy 25.6.94 Expo Limerick Arthurs Quay Park Limerick 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy 25.6.94 Baker Place Limerick 120 Hoss, Niall, Andy 30.6.94 Costelloes Limerick 120 Hoss, Niall, Andy 5.8.94 HMV Limerick >80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 7.8.94 Costelloes Limerick >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy 14.8.94 Costelloes Limerick >60 Hoss, Niall, Andy 20.8.94 Costelloes Limerick >80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 20.8.94 Theatre Royal Limerick 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy 21.8.94 Costelloes Limerick >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy 26.8.94 Dionysus Longford 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy 28.8.94 Costelloes Limerick >70 Hoss, Niall, Andy 3.9.94 Connollys Leap, Co. Cork <50 Hoss, Niall, Andy 9.9.94 Metroland (Supporting A House) Waterford >250 Hoss, Niall, Andy 10.9.94 Theatre Royal (Supporting A House) Limerick >400 Hoss, Niall, Andy 15.9.94 Top Floor, Savoy Limerick 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.9.94 Limerick RTC, Moylish Limerick 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1.11.94 U.L. Limerick 250 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1995         7.1.95 Klee Klub,The White House Limerick 70 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 17.3.95 Theatre Royal Limerick >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 23.3.95 De Burcas Cork >60 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1.4.95 Cotton Club Limerick 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 13.4.95 Top Floor, Savoy Limerick 80 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.4.95 Nancy Spains Cork 70 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 3.5.95 Theatre Royal Limerick 200 Niall, Andy, Eric, Niallo 7.5.95 Arthurs Quay Park Limerick 350 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 12.5.95 HdJ Klub Frieburg, Germany 300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.6.95 Baker Place Limerick 50 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 4.8.95 HMV Limerick 300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 17.8.95 Baker Place Limerick <100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 14.12.95 Theatre Royal Limerick 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 19.12.95 Baker Place Limerick >60 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 23.12.95 Costelloes Limerick >250 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 26.12.95 Theatre Royal (Supporting The Frames) Limerick >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1996       Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 6.2.96 Docs Bar Limerick >20 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 12.2.96 Glentworth –RTC Ragball Limerick >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 24.3.96 Docs Bar Limerick >40 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 14.4.96 Docs Bar Limerick >40 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.4.96 Docs Bar Limerick >40 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 9.5.96 Cotton Club Limerick 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy 12.5.96 Docs Bar Limerick >80 Hoss, Niall, Andy 27.6.96 Magners Clonmel, Co. Tipperary 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 18.7.96 Archies Carlow 4 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 10.8.96 Magners Clonmel, Co. Tipperary >40 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.8.96 Arthurs Quay Park Limerick >40 Hoss, Niall, Eric 30.9.96 Galway RTC Galway >500 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 2.11.96 Magners Clonmel, Co.Tipperary >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 11.11.96 The Weir Sligo 110 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.11.96 The Weir Sligo 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 11.12.96 St. Patricks College Dublin >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 11.12.96 The Mean Fiddler Dublin 60 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 12.12.96 The Lobby Cork 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 13.12.96 Cork RTC Cork 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 13.12.96 Connollys Leap, Co.Cork 12 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 15.12.96 Costelloes Limerick >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.12.96 Clarkes Templemore, Co. Tipperary 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1997         1.2.97 The Roxy Waterford 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 14.2.97 Docs Bar Limerick 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 18.2.97 Waterford RTC Waterford >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.2.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare 110 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.2.97 Magners Clonmel, Co. Tipperary >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 24.2.97 Mary Immaculate College Limerick >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 26.2.97 Galway RTC Ragweek Galway >700 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 28.2.97 Half Moon Club Cork 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 20.3.97 Theatre Royal –Launch of IAF&GTSLAE Limerick >400 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.3.97 HMV Limerick 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 27.3.97 HMV Dublin (Henry St.) 40 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 27.3.97 HMV Dublin (Grafton St.) 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 28.3.97 HMV Cork >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 30.3.97 Clarkes Templemore, Co. Tipperary >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 3.4.97 Virgin Megastore Dublin 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 4.4.97 U.L. Limerick 400 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 8.4.97 Red Eye Islington, London, U.K. 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 9.4.97 Barfly-Camden Falcon Camden, London, U.K. 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 13.4.97 The Meeting Place Middleton, Co. Cork >70 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 14.4.97 Kings Head Galway 250 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric  Hoss Carnage -Kings Head, Galway   18.4.97 The Mean Fiddler Dublin >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 19.4.97 Rock The Planet Dundalk, Co. Louth 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 25.4.97 Kerbys Brogue Inn Tralee, Co. Kerry >100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 26.4.97 Whelans (Supporting The Candy Skins) Dublin >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 28.4.97 Shannon Shamrock Bunratty, Co. Clare >1000 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 4.5.97 Eamonn Dorans Dublin 400 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 10.5.97 The Roxy Waterford 180 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 23.5.97 Baker Place Limerick 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1.6.97 Baker Place Limerick 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 10.6.97 Crazy Horse Cork >150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 14.6.97 Mandella Hall, Queens University. Belfast >800 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric (Supporting The Divine Comedy) 21.6.97 Arthurs Quay Park Limerick <100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 27.6.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare 150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 4.7.97 McKenna Brewery Monaghan <200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 5.7.97 The Roxy Waterford 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 11.7.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 13.7.97 Baker Place Limerick >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 15.7.97 Downtown Letterkenny, Co.Donegal 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 18.7.97 Phoenix Festival Stratford-Upon-Avon, U.K. >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 21.7.97 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff, U.K. 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.7.97 Alleycat Reading, U.K >60 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 23.7.97 The Albert Brighton, U.K. >70 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 24.7.97 Joiners Southampton, U.K. 60 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 25.7.97 The Garage Highbury, London, U.K. >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 26.7.97 The Forum Tunbridge Wells, U.K. 90 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 28.7.97 Army & Navy Chelmsford, U.K. 30 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 29.7.97 Barfly-Camden Falcon Camden, London, U.K. >150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 30.7.97 The Planet Coventry, U.K. <30 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 31.7.97 Bar 101 Derby U.K. >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 1.8.97 Wheatsheaf Stoke, U.K. >50 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 2.8.97 Duchess of York Leeds, U.K. >150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 8.8.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare 200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 10.8.97 Crazy Horse Cork >150 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 23.8.97 Cashmans Kanturk, Co. Cork >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 4.9.97 Limelight Belfast >300 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 12.9.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 29.9.97 U.C.G. Ragweek Galway >700 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 3.10.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare >200 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 6.10.97 Mandella Hall, Queens University Belfast >600 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 9.10.97 Baker Place Limerick 250 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 22.10.97 Maynooth S.U. Maynooth, Co. Kildare 100 Hoss, Niall, Andy, Eric 24.10.97 Brandons Ennis, Co. Clare >200