Jacko, Springsteen, Prince, Féile 95, etc: Pictures from classic gigs at Páirc Uí Chaoimh 

As Ed Sheeran returns to the Leeside GAA stadium, we recall some of the legendary events through the decades at the Cork venue

Oasis, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen are among the previous acts who've played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

Siamsa Cois Laoi, 1977-87

This annual series of concerts from 1977 to 1987 were a welcome boost to the organisation’s coffers in the wake of a huge debt from the redevelopment of the stadium. As Cork GAA secretary Frank Murphy told this newspaper: “In 1980 alone, the amount of interest to the bank was £170,995. From February to June 1976, the year the stadium reopened, the board engaged in major bank borrowing at an interest rate of 12¾%. But within three years, the rate had jumped to 20%, resulting in an extra £18,000 in charges.”