Tag Archives: The Pogues

It must be said, Dublin’s Vicar St is one of the best venues I’ve been to:  a purpose built modern theatre, it is designed in such a way that it can accommodate everything from comedy to heavy metal with ease.  I’ve been to it on several occasions over the past …

“The boys are back – and they’re looking for a fight”.  Thus starts this latest album (the eighth) from Boston’s Dropkick Murphys.. one of a handful of bands – alongside the likes of Flogging Molly – who have successfully moulded their Irish heritage onto a hardcore/punk sound. While 2011’s ‘Going …