The second album, 1989’s When the World Knows Your Name , was the band’s most commercially successful, reaching No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart and generating five UK top 30 hits, including ” Real Gone Kid “, ” Wages Day “, and ” Fergus Sings the Blues ” (all five singles from the album were top 10 hits in Ireland). The following year saw the band play in front of an estimated 250,000 fans at the free concert on Glasgow Green , “The Big Day”, which was held to celebrate Glasgow being named that year’s European City of Culture . The band also played Glastonbury and the Roskilde festivals that summer, as well as released Ooh Las Vegas , a double album of B-sides, extra tracks, film tracks, and sessions which reached No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart.
Release of second album When the World Knows Your Name
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