Next stop on our tour of the regional scenes is the old country, where the run-up to Christmas looks like a session with no last orders. Derry’s finest are doing a 50th-anniversary lap of the island, Damo is moving into Vicar Street, a Lankum voice goes solo and Kíla hit 40.
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Horslips’ Barry Devlin and Jim Lockhart Join the Johnny Fean Rhythm & Blues Festival
The second Johnny Fean Rhythm & Blues Festival, honouring the late Horslips guitarist and the man behind that Dearg Doom riff, runs October 23–26 across Shannon and Limerick, hosted by the Shannon Springs Hotel. And yes, Horslips will be in the house.
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Sick Bed of MacGowan: How The Pogues Remade What Irish Music Could Be
Irish music critic Stephen White has a new Last Mixed Tape episode out, and it’s a sharp 16-minute dig into Shane MacGowan’s long fight with what Irish music was “allowed” to sound like.
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The Rumjacks, The Rumpled and Pirates of the Pubs Board Mighty Sounds 2027
Tábor’s getting a proper dose of the jig next summer. Czech punk and ska bash Mighty Sounds has added The Rumjacks, The Rumpled and Pirates of the Pubs to its 2027 bill, running June 25 to 27 in Tábor, Czech Republic.
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Finnegan’s Hell: My Life Is Out, Glorious Mess Closing In
Swedish Celtic punk wreckers Finnegan’s Hell just lobbed their fastest track yet. “My Life” — third single from Glorious Mess, due October 30 on Wild Kingdom — is out now: Irish melody welded to full-throttle punk, with a lyrical wink at Sunday Morning Coming Down.
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Meryl Streek: Stories They Don’t Teach You At School Is Out
Dublin’s people’s punk poet Meryl Streek has put out his third album, Stories They Don’t Teach You At School — twelve tracks of housing fights, landlord politics, contested deaths and working-class Ireland, out now on Venn Records.
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Mike McColgan Pulls a Double Shift at Rebellion 2027
Mike McColgan is booked twice for Rebellion 2027. The punk festival takes over Blackpool’s Winter Gardens from August 5 to 8 next year, and its official line-up now lists both Street Dogs and Michael McColgan’s Bomb Squad.
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The Saw Doctors Turn 40: Celtic Connections, Halifax and Cork in 2027
Tuam’s finest are turning 40 on the road, and The Saw Doctors have three big 2027 nights booked to mark it, starting with Celtic Connections at Glasgow International Arena on Friday, January 15, with Ímar. Glasgow tickets went on general sale October 8.
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Dropkick Murphys Line Up a Big European Summer for 2027
Dropkick Murphys have next summer sorted. Before the St. Patrick’s Day paddywagon rolls, Quincy’s finest are booked into a run of big European festivals for June 2027.
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The Cloverhearts and The Cherry Coke$ Lock In for Japan’s Thick Festival 2027
Sydney’s Celtic punk road dogs The Cloverhearts are heading back to Japan. They’re on the first lineup for Thick Festival 2027, the Secret 7 Line-hosted punk all-dayer at Club Citta’ in Kawasaki on January 10, sharing the bill with Japan’s own Celtic punk veterans The Cherry Coke$.
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