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SFX Hall, sometimes referred to as SFX Theatre or The SFX, was a theatre located on Upper Sherrard Street, in Dublin, Ireland. The venue was named after the St Francis Xavier Hall and constructed in 1957, although a theater had been located on that site since the middle of the 19th century. The theatre served as the national concert hall, a home to the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, and on occasion, large-scale performances. The venue had a standing capacity of 1000 and hosted pop and rock music concerts until 2001 when the shows were moved to the Ambassador Theatre. In 1982, the Irish band U2 performed three shows at the SFX in support of their album War. At one time the Dublin Theater Festival was housed at the SFX.

In 2006, SFX Theater was demolished to make way for 41 apartments.

Performances

Acts that have played the SFX include:

• ABC
• Alanis Morissette
• Alice in Chains
• An Emotional Fish
• Ash
• Big Audio Dynamite
• Billy Bragg
• Björk
• The Black Crowes
• Bush
• Chumbawamba
• The Clash
• Counting Crows
• The Damned
• Def Leppard
• Deftones
• Depeche Mode
• Dio
• Dokken
• Echo and the Bunnymen
• EMF
• Fear Factory
• Foo Fighters
• Fugazi
• Grand Slam
• Green Day
• Henry Rollins
• Iron Maiden
• James
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Jesus Jones
• Judas Priest
• Kerbdog
• Korn
• Madness
• Marillion
• Megadeth
• Meat Loaf
• Metallica
• Moby
• My Bloody Valentine
• New Order
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Offspring
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Pantera
• Phish
• Placebo
• The Pogues
• Portishead
• Pulp
• The Pretenders
• Queensrÿche
• Ratt
• R.E.M.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Rory Gallagher
• Sepultura
• Silverfish
• Simple Minds
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Slayer
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• The Smiths
• Stone Temple Pilots
• Suede
• The Sugarcubes
• Therapy?
• Thin Lizzy
• Tool
• Type O Negative
• U2
• The Verve
• Virgin Prunes
• The Waterboys
• Whipping Boy
• Whitesnake
• The Wonder Stuff
• ZZ Top

References

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• 1953 establishments in Ireland
• 2001 disestablishments in Ireland
• Buildings and structures in Dublin (city)
• Concert halls in the Republic of Ireland
• Theatres in Dublin (city)
• Music in Dublin (city)
• Music venues in Dublin (city)
• Demolished buildings and structures in Dublin
• Buildings and structures demolished in 2006