St. Patrick’s Day is always a special time of year for Los Angeles-based Celtic punks Flogging Molly. Having emigrated from Dublin to California in his 20s, frontman Dave King initially set up the seven-piece collective as a way of reconnecting with home from 5,000 miles away, and over the years he’s led many a drunken get-together. Thanks to COVID, last year’s big night out was cancelled, and he’s spent the subsequent 12 months (his first full year in an age) back in Ireland alongside bandmate and wife Bridget Regan. With a return to full live shows still months away, a plan was hatched not to miss another shamrock celebration, and to broadcast this evening’s shindig live from from Whelan’s pub in Dublin. “Our first ever gig in Ireland was in Whelan’s,” ...
