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Flogging Molly, Tempe Beach Park, 3/17/13

Flogging Molly @ Tempe Beach Park| 3/17/13I could hardly contain my excitement as I boarded the light rail last night. It wasn't my first time or anything, but I remember how insane last year's St. Patrick's Day experience was: Coming home from Seamus McCaffrey's and making a brief stop at Sky Harbo ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Weekend

It's the weekend. Oh, yesh. We're pumped to bring your our Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix this Weekend. See also: -Eight Must-See Concerts Over St. Patrick's Weekend in Metro Phoenix

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Eight Must-See Concerts Over Saint Patrick's Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Local bands and musicians of a Celtic bent have plenty of reasons for their Irish eyes to be smiling right now, as this weekend is pretty much the biggest of the entire calendar year. Saint Pat's lands on a Sunday this year, which means three straight days of partying and performing for rowdy, drunk ... More >>

Flogging Molly's Bob Schmidt Says Tempe is The Best Place in the Country for St. Patrick's Day

After nearly a decade, Celtic folk punkers Flogging Molly have become a St. Paddy's Day staple in Tempe. The band's anthems -- like "What's Left of the Flag," "Devil's Dance Floor," and "Salty Dog" -- pull double duty each year at Tempe Beach Park, serving both the energetic moshers and the waves of ... More >>

Flogging Molly, Sigur Ros, Jackson Browne, and More Just Announced Shows

With the holidays rapidly approaching, some of us have our sights set on another holiday. One awash in Olympic-sized swimming pools of Guinness and all the corned beef we can eat. It's one of the few holidays where public urination, vomiting, and rabble rousing are perfectly acceptable forms of cel ... More >>

Flogging Molly, The Ataris, and SXSW Over the Weekend

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park Owwwww... St. Patrick's Day is the one day a year where we confuse the warm fuzzies we have for our fellow man for outright hostility. It's also the one day a year we get to punish our bodies for being Irish. At least that's what it felt like I was doing last ni ... More >>

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park 3/17/12

Flogging MollyTempe Beach ParkSaturday, March 17, 2012Owwwww... St. Patrick's Day is the one day a year where we confuse the warm fuzzies we have for our fellow man for outright hostility. It's also the one day a year we get to punish our bodies for being Irish. At least that's what it felt lik ... More >>

Flogging Molly's Dennis Casey Doesn't Remember Much About Those Casey Moore's Afterparties

Boston's got Dropkick Murphy's, Chicago's got The Tossers, and Tempe's got Flogging Molly. The Celtic-punk band has become a firm tradition here, and this year marks their 8th annual stop at Tempe Beach Park. The show's practically a festival, with the band joined by a litany of rock 'n' roll acts ... More >>

Happy St. Patricks Day: 10 Must See Shows

See also: St. Patrick's Day Guide 2012 In a cultural and religious sense, St. Patrick's Day is a day of feast and celebration of Irish culture. Of course, for most of us it's simply a great chance to party. St. Paddy's falls on a Saturday this year, which means the green beer will flow in even m ... More >>

Incoming: Flogging Molly, Dr. Dog, Steve Aoki

​Before you know it, it will once again be one of the craziest party days of the year: St. Patrick's Day. Lucky for us locals, we're blessed with an annual celebration in Tempe Beach Park featuring a performance by Flogging Molly. It's official: they're back for some more luck o' the Irish an ... More >>

Flogging Molly's The Speed of Darkness Comes Out Today

​Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly release their fifth full-length studio album, The Speed of Darkness, today. Like Flogging Molly's previous records, the new one's full of furious fiddles laid over backdrops of supercharged punk guitar riffs and fast-paced beats. Unlike the band's p ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in our 3/24 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts... When you want to wage jukebox warfare, what are the best songs to take into battle? What are Asking Alexa ... More >>

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park Last Night

Flogging Molly performs at Tempe Beach Park last night.​Flogging MollyTempe Beach ParkThursday, March 17With all of indie folks invading Austin to schmooze and snap photos at SxSW, the rest of us were left with what's become a Tempe St. Patrick's Day tradition: watching Flogging Molly at Tempe ... More >>

Bushes on Fire and Old Drunk People Last Night at Flogging Molly

​Tempe Beach Park was alive with green last night. Flogging Molly made their annual stop in Arizona to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, playing a show heavy on Irish ballads played at maximum speed, witty Celtic banter and plenty of toasts to their Arizona fans. The band showcased songs from their new ... More >>

Celtic Punkers Flogging Molly and Keltic Cowboys Make Serious Green on St. Paddy's Day

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Flogging Molly will play a green-themed show at Tempe Town Lake today.​Top o' the mornin' to ya! It's Ireland's national holiday, and this year it's a splendid day to spend in church, praying to ol' Patrick, the mighty saint who cured our isle of snakes ages ago. What's that, you plan to take off ... More >>

Flogging Molly to Make Tempe's St. Pat's Show Part of Green 17 Tour

​Tempe should get ready for another bangin' St. Patrick's Day show, according to Consequence of Sound. In honor of their 17th annual tour, Flogging Molly have announced their six-week Irish "Green 17" tour.Gear up to be jolly and get pitted for the greenest concert of the year, Luckyman's St. Patr ... More >>

Incoming: Umphrey's McGee, Best Coast, Country Thunder, Interpol, Flogging Molly

Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly​Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before: Flogging Molly is playing a St. Patrick's Day concert at Tempe Beach Park.In what has become a tradition neither delayed nor waylaid, the Los Angeles Celtic punkers have scheduled yet another show to celebra ... More >>

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​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

The Brazen Heads: Curse of the Hag

​Band: The Brazen HeadsTitle: Curse of the HagBasics: Sometimes in life, we get a raw deal -- a particular instance or chain of events that presents us with an obstacle we must overcome. Perhaps it's the passing of a close relative or the disintegration of a marriage or relationship. Whatever the ... More >>

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Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park: 7 Things I Wish I'd Been Too Drunk To Notice

Jonathan McNamaraFlogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park. See more shots in our slide show. ​"An old broom knows the dirty corners best." -Old Irish proverb There's nothing like St. Patrick's day falling on a Wednesday to separate the men from the boys. By "men" I mean the poor saps cursed with the re ... More >>

March 18 In Blogs: Flogging Molly, Russell Pearce's Bigot Bill, Stacey Phipps' BBQ Ribs, and Stem Cell Boob Jobs

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Russell Pearce Bigot Bill Scuttled by Freedom's Phoenix? And Ernie Hancock Calls Pearce a ... More >>

Digital Summer, What Laura Says, The Maine and More in Crowdsourced

@wyzzerdd Drowning Pool​Last night was an exciting one for fans of rock band Digital Summer. The group best known for its successful grass roots marketing (hand-delivering tickets to fans, putting their logo-covered stickers all over town, etc.) made their triumphant return to Tempe, openin ... More >>

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