How Meat Loaf’s chaotic tour of rural Ireland in 1990 brought his music career back to lifeRTÉ documentary traces US superstar’s heartfelt and often hilarious journeyMeat Loaf on his tour of Ireland with Tommy and Geraldine Swarbrigg at Shannon Airport, 1990Lynne Kelleher Today at 06:30When US superstar Meat Loaf undertook his chaotic tour of rural Ireland in 1990 he had a series of narrow escapes. A new RTÉ documentary details how he was hospitalised after falling off a stage, narrowly avoided getting punched by a security guard at his own gig, and played Belfast at the height of the Troubles.

Source: Irish Independent December 28, 2025 15:16 UTC