On February 26th Bostons Legendary Dropkick Murphys kicked off their sold out “St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2025” in New York at the Paramount, Huntington, with special guests The Menzingers and Teenage Bottlerocket. The Paramount is a killer venue praised for its up close and intimate setting with great sound and acoustics. Patrons also appreciate the multiple bars and the option to have drinks delivered to certain sections while not having to miss any of the performances.
Teenage Bottlerocket took to the stage to start off the night with “Don’t Want To Go” off their 2009 album “They Came From The Shadows”. A killer set of new and classic punk songs from their archives. They brought a great amount of energy as well that kept the crowd engaged and singing along. They released their last album “Sick Sesh” in 2021 and announced that they will be dropping a new album later this year, and will be touring for that release as well.
*Setlist*
1. Don’t Want To Go
2. Bigger Than Kiss
3. Freak Out
4. Mutilate Me
5. Blood Bath At Burger King
6.Bottlerocket
7.They Call Me Steve
8. Headbands
9. Todayo
10. Skate Or Die
Following were The Menzingers with their catchy style of pop punk. They opened their set with “I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore” off their 2014 release Rented World and followed by “Good Things” which had everyone locked in for the remainder of the of what was left to come. The Menzingers have a history of delivering energetic and engaging performances and thats exactly what they did. Their 60 minute set of non stop goodness was straight through.
*Setlist*
1. Dont Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore
2. Good Things
3. House On Fire
4. Hope IS A Dangerous Little Thing
5. There’s No Place In This World For Me
6. Anna
7. The Obituaries
8. Thick As Thieves
9. Irish Goodbyes
10. Lookers
11. After The Party
With all the anticipation growing throughout the night the time had come for Boston’s legendary Dropkick Murhpy‘s to take the stage and that they did busting rite into “Captain Kelly’s Kitchen” and then straight to “The Boys Are Back” which had the sold out crowd completely captivated. Ken Casey was very interactive with the crowd throughout the whole set, as there was a platform extended from the stage to the crowd. Security was busy the whole night helping people exit the pit from excessive crowd surfing even in a wheelchair it was some next level shit. It was an absolutely amazing night of Celtic style punk rock. There were multiple pits throughout the floor with one style of dancing then Ken mentioned “that’s a style I’ve never seen here in the states, that’s a European thing” then stating “It’s people like you that keep us still doing this”. The energy was non-stop and the band was super tight as always.
*Setlist*
1. Captain Kelly’s Kitchen
2. The Boys Are Back
3. Prisoner’s Song
4.Flannigans Ball
5. Which Side Are You On?
6. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
7. The State Of Massachusetts
8. Out Of Our Heads
9. Rose Tattoo
10. The Irish Rover
*Encore*
11. I’m Shipping Up To Boston
12. Workers Song
If you have the opportunity to catch The Dropkick Murhpy’s on this tour don’t sleep on it cause it will be a regret, the line up is stacked. They will be Touring all through March and the dates are as follows.
March 1st Madison, WI
March 2nd Cincinnati, OH
March 4th Atlanta, GA
March 5th Augusta, GA
March 6th Orlando, FL
March 7th Miami Beach, FL
March 8th Clearwater, FL
March 9th Charleston, SC
March 11th Wilkes Barre, PA
March 13th Uncasville, CT
March 14th Boston, MA
March 15th Boston, MA
March 16th Boston, MA
March 17th Boston, MA
