Dundalk’s rowdiest are going long-haul. The Mary Wallopers have announced Paddywhackery Live 2027, a May return to Australia and their first-ever New Zealand show, through Frontier Touring.
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Interview: Muirsheen Durkin & Friends on Bunch Of Bastards, The Pogues and Beamish
Arnsberg’s Muirsheen Durkin & Friends have been hammering out Celtic folk-punk since 2010, with bagpipes, AN OVERFLOWING stage and a T-shirt motto borrowed from The Skels. Their new album, Bunch Of Bastards, has been out worldwide since September 19th, eight years after 11 Pints & 3 Shots, with a green marbled vinyl edition out November 16th and a home-turf release party on November 28th We sent over a few questions, and Lanze, MacRünker and Kentop came back with Pogues confessions, a beer verdict nobody saw coming and a question of their own for us.
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Jolly Jackers: The Weird Ones Is Out
Budapest Celtic punkers Jolly Jackers have put out their fifth studio album, The Weird Ones: ten tracks and 33 minutes of fiddle, flute and whistle crashing into loud guitars. It landed on September 18 via Bandcamp and the usual streamers.
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Boston Scene Roundup: Black Rose Benders, Southie Oompah and a Haggis on the Cape
The clocks haven’t gone back yet, but the Hub’s Celtic punk and Irish rock crews are already lining up the autumn sessions, from State Street to Southie to the Cape. Here’s what’s on the Greater Boston radar from mid-October through the holidays. Pace yourselves.
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Skerryvore: Beautiful Mistakes, Then Here Come the Scots (Again) Down Under
Scotland’s pipes-and-guitars juggernaut Skerryvore are heading back down under in February and March 2027 for their biggest Australian run yet, the Beautiful Mistakes Album Tour. Tickets went on sale September 30.
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The Scratch: All Out in Killarney Before Christmas
Dublin’s folk-metal buskers-made-good The Scratch are heading to Kerry for a pre-Christmas blowout. They top the first ALL OUT Festival at Gleneagle Arena, Killarney, on Saturday, December 19, sharing the bill with fellow Dublin noise merchants Gurriers and Sprints.
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Dave King Joins Sex Pistols Feat. Frank Carter in Detroit
Dave King of Flogging Molly was back under the lights Saturday night — and he chose a hell of a room to do it in. At The Fillmore Detroit on October 3rd, the Celtic punk frontman joined Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter on stage for “Anarchy in the U.K.”
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Sharks Come Cruisin: Gansett Taproom, Then the PVD Shanty Sing
Providence’s original salty dogs Sharks Come Cruisin’ haul their sea shantie arses and maritime racket into the Narragansett Beer taproom on Thursday, October 15th: two sets from 5pm at 271 Tockwotton Street.
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Shane MacGowan Tribute: LYRA Takes On “Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six”
The 20th Century Paddy drip-feed rolls on. Cork’s LYRA releases her take on The Pogues’ “Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six” this Friday, the next single off the 36-track Shane MacGowan tribute out November 13 on Rubyworks.
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Levellers: Levelling The Land Turns 35
Brighton’s crusty-folk standard-bearers Levellers release a 35th anniversary edition of Levelling The Land on October 16 via Warner. It’s a brand new Al Scott remix from the original multitracks, with the low end the record company stripped out in 1991 finally put back.
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