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Musgrave Park review: Crowded House (and The Waterboys) bring the weather with them to Cork

From a Rory Gallagher tune to some of their own classics, The Waterboys lit up Virgin Media Park. And then headliners Crowded House took it from there... 
Musgrave Park review: Crowded House (and The Waterboys) bring the weather with them to Cork

Mike Scott and drummer Eamonn Ferris of The Waterboys in concert at Virgin Media Park (Musgrave Park) Cork supporting Crowded House. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

After a day of piping hot sun, it seems only fitting that New Zealand band Crowded House should bring the weather with them to Virgin Media Park / Musgrave Park, the home of Munster rugby.

And while Thomond Park may have been the venue for Munster’s legendary 12-0 victory against the All Blacks back in 1978, these Kiwis brought almost as much joy to this hugely receptive crowd as that legendary win did for fans of the Munster Reds.

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