Self Aid was an unemployment benefit concert held in Dublin, Ireland on 17 May 1986. The concert performances were primarily by Irish musicians. The purpose of the concert was to highlight the chronic unemployment problem in Ireland at the time. The 14-hour concert was the largest that had ever been staged in Ireland.Tributes were paid to Phil Lynott who had died just four months earlier, including a performance by a reformed Thin Lizzy with Gary Moore on lead vocals.