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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Finnegan’s Hell: Glorious Mess Due October 30

Swedish Celtic punk wreckers Finnegan’s Hell are barreling toward October 30 with their fifth album, Glorious Mess — accordion, flute, bouzouki and distorted guitars celebrating the glorious chaos of everyday life.

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The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Official Bootleg Brunel University 1991

The Men They Couldn’t Hang just released an Official Bootleg desk tape from Brunel University, Uxbridge — February 17th, 1991 — onto Bandcamp. Proper soundboard, rarely-played favourites, a night of early-’90s mayhem preserved.

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Ferocious Dog: London Farewell at O2 Academy Islington

Nottinghamshire folk-punkers, Ferocious Dog bring their Ferocious UK Farewell Tour 2026 Finale to London’s O2 Academy Islington on Thursday, October 29th — one of the last big capital blasts before the Hell Hounds hang it up for good.

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