The Pogues have added another London night — O2 Forum Kentish Town on Tuesday, December 15th — after tickets for their winter Greatest Hits run went flying out the door.
Continue reading The Pogues: Extra London Date For Winter Greatest Hits Tour
The Mary Wallopers: Spring 2027 North American Tour
Dundalk’s rowdiest, The Mary Wallopers, are hauling Paddywhackery across the Atlantic. A Spring 2027 North American headline run is on sale now — Philly March 4 through Los Angeles April 2, with two nights at New York’s Irving Plaza and a Boston House of Blues stop March 6.
Continue reading The Mary Wallopers: Spring 2027 North American Tour
Scollay Square Skiffle Band: Watertown Sunday Hootenanny
Boston punk vets turned skifflers The Scollay Square Skiffle Band — washboard, bodhrán, gutbucket, tenor banjo, the works — throw another Sunday Hootenanny open jam on October 25 at the Canadian-American Club in Watertown.
Continue reading Scollay Square Skiffle Band: Watertown Sunday Hootenanny
The Goods: Goodbye Summertime
Not a tin whistle in sight, but sometimes you need a sunshine break from the pints and pogo. Oakland, California’s The Goods dropped Goodbye Summertime on September 16th via Dandy Boy Records, less than a year after debut Don’t Spoil the Fun.
Continue reading The Goods: Goodbye Summertime
The Rumjacks: US Southeast Then Japan
Europe done. The Rumjacks wrapped Balkans-to-Baltics with Vilnius (23 Sep), Riga (24 Sep) and Tallinn (25 Sep)—and the calendar barely blinks. Next up: Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise, 25–30 Oct aboard the Norwegian Jewel out of Miami, then a four-night US southeast romp before Japan.
Continue reading The Rumjacks: US Southeast Then Japan
Wasps vs Humans: The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth
Cork punk-poetry duo Wasps vs Humans — Carl and Linda Plover, whistles and bodhrán welded to distorted guitars — release their second album The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth on October 2nd.
Continue reading Wasps vs Humans: The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth
Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: NEMA Americana Nod
Boston’s accordion-slinging, chicken-pickin’ crew Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners have bagged another nomination: Americana Act of the Year at the 2026 New England Music Awards.
Continue reading Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: NEMA Americana Nod
Dropkick Murphys: St. Patrick’s Day 2027 Tour
Dust off the green pint glass. Dropkick Murphys have announced their St. Patrick’s Day 2027 Tour, a six-week US and Canada slog kicking off February 5th in Albuquerque, with Home Front and Spiritual Cramp riding shotgun.
Continue reading Dropkick Murphys: St. Patrick’s Day 2027 Tour
Fiddler’s Green: 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad Tour 2027
German Irish speedfolk lifers Fiddler’s Green aren’t settling for a polite birthday toast. On September 14th, they announced a full spring 2027 run — 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad! Tour — celebrating the 2007 album that locked in the lineup still roaring today.
Continue reading Fiddler’s Green: 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad Tour 2027
Dropkick Murphys: The Meanest of Times Back on Wax
Boston’s Dropkick Murphys just dropped The Meanest of Times back onto the turntable — a BMG double-vinyl reissue of their 2007 classic, out September 25th.
Continue reading Dropkick Murphys: The Meanest of Times Back on Wax
You must be logged in to post a comment.