By the early 1980s, Thin Lizzy were starting to struggle commercially, and Lynott started showing symptoms of drug abuse, including regular asthma attacks. After the resignation of longtime manager Chris O’Donnell, and with Gorham wanting to quit, Lynott decided to disband Thin Lizzy in 1983. He had started to use heroin by this stage in his career, and it affected the band’s shows in Japan when he was unable to obtain any. He managed to pick himself up for the band’s show at the Reading Festival and their last gig (with Lynott as frontman) in Nuremberg on 4 September.
By the early 1980s, Thin Lizzy were starting to struggle
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