The Mary Wallopers Announce biggest ever UK tour, new EP released
March 2025 live dates on sale this Friday, three new tracks online everywhere now.
“The punk spirit of Irish traditional music” Mojo
“Injecting a thrillingly contemporary political zeal into a songbook that was dying to be dragged into the 21st century” NME
“A raucous power to traditional Irish music not seen since the heyday of The Pogues” UNCUT
The Mary Wallopers have announced details of their biggest UK live shows to date. The band will hit the road for a massive tour in March 2025. Tickets will be available here at 9.30am on Friday 28th June.
The dates are:
March 2025
Thu 6th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Brighton Dome
Fri 7th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Bristol O2 Academy
Sat 8th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Birmingham O2 Academy
Mon 10th Aberdeen Music Hall
Thu 13th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Edinburgh O2 Academy
Fri 14th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Manchester O2 Apollo
Sun 16th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Leeds O2 Academy
Mon 17th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Newcastle O2 City Hall
Wed 19th[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Cambridge Corn Exchange
Thu 20th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Sheffield Octagon Centre
Fri 21st [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Cardiff University
Sat 22nd [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Nottingham Rock City
Mon 24th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Bournemouth O2 Academy
Tue 25th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] Oxford O2 Academy
Fri 28th [INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER][INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] London O2 Brixton Academy
The Mary Wallopers have also released a brand new EP ahead of a summer festival season that includes massive shows at Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, TRNSMT and Latitude.
After returning home from sold out tours of the UK, North America and Australia and recent appearances on Later With Jools Holland, Radio 2’s Jo Whiley Show and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, the band decided to record an EP with regular producer David Noonan in Dublin on a rare weekend off. Home Boys Home includes the title track (a song made famous in 1964 by the Dubliners who recorded it for their first album) as well as versions of[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER]the trad song Bonnie Ship The Diamond and a glorious version of The Pogues classic The Broad Majestic Shannon.
The Mary Wallopers on the Home Boys Home EP: ”We decided to go into the studio for a couple of days and record these songs that we have been performing live the last while so anyone who can’t get to our festival gigs will have something to listen to. People have been asking for a release of[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER]Home[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER]Boys[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER]Home[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER]for a while and it was a good opportunity to record it. We wanted to pay tribute to Shane McGowan by doing a version of Broad Majestic Shannon and have thrown in Bonny Ship the Diamond for good measure. Hope you enjoy!”