Legendary Celtic punk band, Flogging Molly return with their new studio album in five years, “Anthem” on September 9th 2022, via Rise Records; a collection that finds the raucous Los Angeles-by-way-of-Dublin outfit reunited with “Swagger” and “Drunken Lullabies” engineer Steve Albini.
“With this record we went back to the basics in a way that I don’t think we could have done if we hadn’t been playing together for over 20 years”, says singer/guitar player Dave King. “I think going back to Chicago and doing this record with Steve made the experience so fun and I really believe you can hear that on the record. For Flogging Molly, getting together and playing new songs is always the goal – and now we’re just getting excited to start playing these songs live and giving our fans a whole new era of Flogging Molly”.
A second preview of the 11-song collection arrives today, with the release of “The Croppy Boy ‘98”, a track that King describes as “a foot stomping, rollicking ode to traditional Irish music”. The song’s arrival is accompanied by a live video (watch it below) featuring footage from Flogging Molly’s recent St. Patrick’s Day performance and annual festival at the Hollywood Palladium. The band released the irreverent “These Times Have Got Me Drinking/Tripping Up the Stairs” ahead of their March 2022 tour and sold-out Salty Dog Cruise.
Album pre-orders, which include a galaxy green vinyl offering, are available now here.
Tracklist:
1. These Times Have Got Me Drinking
2. A Song of Liberty
3. Life Begins and Ends (But Never Fails)
4. No Last Goodbyes
5. The Croppy Boy ‘98
6. This Road of Mine
7. (Try) Keep the Man Down
8. Now Is The Time
9. Lead The Way
10. These Are the Days
11. The Parting Wave
Flogging Molly and The Interrupters kick off their U.S. co-headlining trek tonight in Indianapolis, with the bands joined by openers Tiger Army and The Skints. Tickets are available here.
US Tour Dates 2022:
June 7 Indianapolis, IN TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
June 8 Cincinnati, OH The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park
June 10 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 11 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
June 12 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
June 14 St. Louis, MO St. Louis Music Park
June 15 Minneapolis, MN The Armory
June 17 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
June 18 Detroit, MI Meadow Brook
June 19 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion
June 21 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater
June 22 Washington, D.C The Anthem
June 24 Philadelphia, PA Skyline Stage at the Mann
June 25 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live!
June 26 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
June 28 New Haven, CT Westville Music Bowl
June 30 New York, NY Pier 17
July 1 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion
July 2 Lewiston, NY Artpark
July 3 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
September 9 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom Outdoors
September 10 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater
September 11 Salt Lake City, UT Complex Outdoors – The Lot
September 13 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater
September 14 Boise, ID Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
September 16 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
September 17 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
September 21 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
European Tour Dates 2022:
July 18 Warsaw, Poland Klub Proxima
July 19 Krakow, Poland Kwadarat
July 23 Cuxhaven, Germany Deichbrand Festival
July 25 Vienna, Austria Open Air Arena
July 26 Vienna, Austria Open Air Arena
July 27 Munich, Germany Tonhalle
July 29 Gijon, Spain Tsunami Festival
July 30 Barcelona, Spain Barna‘n’Roll Festival
August 2 Zurich, Switzerland Komplex 457
August 3 Tilburg, 013
August 11 to 14 Rimini, Italy Bayfest Festival
August 12 Rothenburg, Germany Taubertal Festival
August 16 Manchester, England O2 Ritz Manchester
August 17 Birmingham, England O2 Institute Birmingham
August 18 London, England O2 Forum Kentish Town
August 20 Dublin, Ireland Vicar Street
