Flogging Molly

We've seen Flogging Molly 13 times now, and we never miss a show on our home turf, never off the front row. They are masters of the stage, every member!

Dave King channels an Irish Johnny Cash as he dances across the stage, strumming the strings off his guitar or playing his bodhran. He interacts with each member during songs and then has a piece to say between each tune that'll either make you laugh out loud or cheer in agreement.

All of the other members are all over the map too, always smiling, dueling with other members or getting the audience psyched up. George sits in the back, unrelentingly pounding out the galloping beats that make the concert feel like you were dropped into the middle of a drunken Irish dance party!

If you want the best experience, I highly suggest you come early and get on the front row for the opening acts (Flogging Molly openers are always diverse, and always awesome!) all the way through the final encore. There's nothing like bouncing up and down with a mob of fans to Tobacco Island or Seven Deadly Sins, face to face with Dave or Nate or any of the band while they pour their blood, sweat and tears into their music!

You'll leave exhausted, covered in everyone else's sweat, possible headache from the random crowd-surfer, but grinning from ringing-ear to ringing-ear like a village idiot! I still believe, even after going to more than 150 concerts, that a Flogging Molly show is the most fun you can have at a live show.

Also make sure you hang around after the encore as the band members often come out and wander the crowd, meeting, taking pictures, signing autographs. They're very genuine people, and they truly love their fans.

I love The Fox. It's close to my Oakland home, lots of free street parking and 1 block from BART. It's beautiful inside with giant Buddha reliefs watching the crowd with glowing eyes.

It's also Flogging Molly's preferred venue when in the Bay Area.

If you haven't seen a Flogging Molly show you have really missed out on something special. It's a Pogues + The Clash at 78 RPM. There are fiddles, accordions, mandolins and boghrans. The whole front section turns into a friendly and fierce mosh pit. At this show a girl in a wheelchair was lifted up and crowd-surfed to the stage where she was invited to park next to the band.

Saying the music is high energy is like saying Iron Man has some metal bits in his costume. It's a non-stop barrage of Irish punk-folk, inspiring epic sing-alongs and hook-laden earworms.

The opening band was Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls. If the headliner wasn't Flogging Molly they would have stolen the show. I have no idea why I have never heard of this band. Emotionally-charged, hook-laden, anthemic songs of strength and despair. When they finished their set I had that feeling you get when the headliner has done their encores and it's time to go home. I ended up buying one of his records at the merch booth (I love how artists have started bringing vinyl to their shows).

I would have to rank this show as one of my top-ten best concerts ever.

Flogging Molly is the quintessential Irish punk band from, bizarrely enough, Los Angeles in California, USA. Perhaps it is because lead singer Dave King’s, born in Dublin, vocals are not melodic enough to even begin to hide the strong Irish accent, or perhaps it is because there is a faint touch of traditional Irish folk to Flogging Molly’s otherwise very grunge, punk rock style. Either way, the boys are loveably Irish and gloriously punk with only a hint of Celtic twist about them. A twist that makes all the difference to their music, in terms of standout originality. Dave King and the rest of the boys can certainly put on a show and are well received wherever they go, be it Ireland, England or the USA. King prances around the stage like an Irish Jonny Cash, dancing wildly and strumming the strings off his guitar. Bridget Regan captivates on the fiddle, bringing a brilliant Irish quirk to the line up, drummer George Schwindt sets the tone and gets the audience pumped with his heavy beats and accordion player Matt Hensley together with mandolinist Bob Schmidt delight the crowd with the louder than life, unique instrumentals.

I've seen Flogging Molly 6 times in Croatia, once in Slovenia and this is the 2nd time in Austria and I must say it was one of their best performances. In every show, except Austria shows I've seen, I've been in the first row. This time I had the seating tickets. The experience with entering and finding the seats was easy, the staff is helpful, the view from the balcony and the sound were really good. We could see the bands and the crowd well and they were all wild and in good mood. Mosh pit looked great and the rowing choreography at Float was spectacular. I kinda liked the choice for the opening act - Buster Shuffle. Flogging Molly put up a powerful performance and quite sentimental speeches in between song, dedicating Spoken Wheel + Black Friday Rule to his late dad and his son as well as Life is Good to his now late mom. Despite me not being a fan of the last album, the set-list was great and I wish I was in the first row for this concert, although I'm very glad for the opportunity to even see it - the concert was sold out a few days before.

Remember, whatever we do, we're just dancers on the devil's dancefloor ;)

Flogging Molly, masters of the bizarre genre known as irish punk have an energetic, stomping live show that has kept fans coming back again and again since the band began in 1997. Having now released five albums, the last two have gained commercial success in their homeland yet their setlist draws from all aspects of the band's long career.

From the opening violin notes that fill the entire venue, the audience are stamping their feet and clapping along as the seven piece appear onstage to the sound of rapturous applause. Playing an upbeat, pulsating version of 'Screaming at the Wailing Wall' and 'Every Dog Has Its Day' sets the tone perfectly for the gig.

The band is made up of seven eccentric musicians who are all equally good showmen so they have no problem enthusing the crowds for the older singles including 'Salty Dog' and 'Float'. The whole crowd are involved in the show throughout so there is plenty of sing and stamp-alongs with the jovial Irish influences. Flogging Molly leaves the audience having known that they had really brought the party.

These guys kill it. I've seen them twice now and they put on a helluva show. They have so much energy it is amazing. My only real beef is with the crowd. I've been to too many shows to count and I am always in the front row. Both times at the Flogging Molly shows one in Papillon and one in Omaha. The front row just stands there like zombies. I mean the front row of a Phish show has more life. Love the band to death but their fans need to get out of the front if they are not going to give energy back to the band. GO STAND IN THE BACK WITH YOUR ARMS CROSSED AND LET THE CRAZY PEOPLE GO CRAZY UP FRONT!!!!!

Amazing show and wonderful performance! Mosh is rowdy and some people were absolutely rude, but the fans were great at helping each other when in need. I saw so many people fall and each time other attendees would form a barrier around so nobody was stepped on but rather was lifted back on their feet. Tons of tough ladies and some gents looking out for other young/small women, too. Overall pleasant experience; make sure your body is ready and you have comfortable and secure shoes if you plan to jump around in the pit! Flogging Molly is a blast live!

I've seen Flogging Molly twice, on 8/1/16 and 5/6/17, both in Seattle at Showbox Sodo. They were both such amazing shows. The set lists were pretty similar and some of the stage banter was the same, but I didn't care. You might expect a band that is constantly touring to lose some of their energy, but Dave and the rest are always so enthusiastic. Flogging Molly has the honor of being my very first concert, and I am so glad they are. I'm going to see them anytime they are in Seattle for a very long time.

Show: A+
Their performance was incredible. I almost talked myself out of going, but I am so glad I went! They played some classic songs and some favorites.
Mosh Pit: A
Great attitude in the pit but we had more space than necessary however no one was carted off so that is a big plus!
Crowd: A
Most everyone was there to have a good time, one guy got upset because I stepped on his foot, tried to apologize but it was very loud. 10/10 would step on a foot accidentally again.

Gig was good but the fact that the security was asking is to stop filming was just a bad experience; specially when you come from another country and you have waited for over 25 years to see them for the first time; security said it was the band manager, if so he should realize that the bands are there because of us (the public) and for us.

I was gonna buy merchandise as I always do, but this experience just put me off from doing it.

A total disappointment.