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Dropkick Murphys @Mohegan Sun Arena in CT and Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA.
Going to a Dropkick Murphy's concert is so much more than just watching a show. It's like an all inclusive vacation, with a cash bar. People come from all over the world to see the shows, they hang out in pubs and bars beforehand chanting, "Let's go, Murphys!" By the time they're on their second pint, they are sharing stories with strangers about past shows that they've seen. Mohegan Sun was sold out. I talked to several people in the crowd and about 50 percent of them were seeing DKM for the first time.
The band played some classics like "Captain Kelly's Kitchen", "Spicy McHaggis", "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", "The Fields of Athenry"and "Citizen C.I.A." mixed in with songs off of their new album, Going out in Style. Ken Casey talked about some of the new songs as they were being played. He dedicated "Peg O' My Heart" to his grandmother and "Take em' Down" to the workers in Wisconsin. The Murphy's tweaked the end of the show, due to the 10,000 fans and a broken barricade. Instead of letting the girls on stage during "Kiss Me, I'm Sh%tfaced", Casey went out into the crowd.
Tsongas Arena had the largest crowd that I have ever seen for a Murphys show. Every seat was full and there must have been 7,000 people on the floor. Because I was sitting in a seat, I had a bird's eye view of the chaos on the floor. Several mosh pits erupted and 10 to 20 people were crowd surfing at any given time.
They opened with "Hang em' High" off the new album. Al Barr immediately went into the crowd with his mic as fans sang along.
Micky Ward came out before DKM sang "The Warrior's Code". The crowd got to hear "The Dirty Glass" thanks to Nora Parkington of the Parkington Sisters. Nora got the crowd on their feet jumping and singing the chorus, "Darcy, Darcy darling dear, You left me dying, crying there, In whiskey, gin, and pints of beer, I fell for you my darling dear!" Their new album had just been out for a week and most of the crowd new all the words to the new single, "Going Out in Style".
Casey went out into the crowd for "Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced" but couldn't stop the guys from getting on the stage for "Skinhead on the MBTA" and "Boys on the Docks".
If you missed the St. Patrick's Day shows, you can check them out during their summer tour.
Monday, June 27 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre Link to purchase their new album on Itunes
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