Dropkick Murphys -- Boston, MA -- March 18th, 2011

[mastodon421]

Insane show. There is nothing like seeing Dropkick Murphys in Boston. The energy was absolutely crazy. Just about everyone was singing along, jumping around and having a great time. There was all sorts of crazy surprises such as Irish Stepdancers, various bagpipe and accordion player and best of all, Bruce fucking Springsteen came out and played with them for 3 songs during the encore. I am not really a big fan of Springsteen, it was just really cool to see him come out and play with the Murphys considering how huge it is. Fantastic fun and I would love to see them again next year, it was a fucking blast.

Against Me! was a pretty good opener. A little bit repeative, but they had great energy and they were pretty fun. Death Before Dishonor also opened for them, which was a nice surprise. I enjoyed them quite a bit, but the crowd was completely dead for them. Most people looked confused during their set. I would like to see them again with a better crowd, they were very good. The other opener, The Parkington Sisters were a folk group from Cape Cod. They were talented, but I really didn't enjoy their stuff at all. I was fairly bored during their set.Great show and an awesome way to start off 2011shows.

Scores
The Parkington Sisters 3/10
Death Before Dishonor 8/10
Against Me! 7.5/10
Dropkick Murphys 9/10

Setlists
Death Before Dishonor included:
Never Again
Break Through It All
Boston Belongs To Me(closer)

Against Me! included:
Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong
New Wave
Don't Lose Touch
Teenage Anarchist
White People For Peace
Thrash Unreal
Sink,Florida,Sink(closer)

Dropkick Murphys(Slightly out of order in the middle, but the songs are correct)
Hang Em' High
Captain Kelly's Kitchen
Barroom Hero
Never Alone
The Gang's All Here
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
Deeds Not Words
The State Of Massachusetts
Sunday Hardcore Matinee
Curse Of A Fallen Soul
The Fields Of Athenry
Going Out In Style
Cruel
The Dirty Glass
Citizen C.I.A
Take Em' Down
Broken Hymns
The Auld Triangle
The Irish Rover
Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced
Encore:
Peg O' My Heart(w/Bruce Springsteen)
Badlands(Bruce Spingsteen Cover)(w/Bruce Spingsteen)
I'm Shipping Up To Boston(w/Bruce Springsteen)
Skinhead on The MBTA
Boys On The Docks

[jhdeity]

WOW! Great review! Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced is one of my favorite songs ever

[mankvill]

lmao Bruce Springsteen.

[elturtleboy]

nice!!! badass to see Against ME!/dbd opened up. Bruce kinda killed it for me but still a sick set!

[Nick_to_the_face]

I missed this when it came through...and I'm pissed..