The Mahones- Australian Tour 2007

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For fans of Flogging Molly, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, The Currency/Mutiny, Hornswagglers, Catgut Mary, The Dubliners etc.

The Mahones were formed at the end of the bar at the Toucan Irish Pub in Kingston, (Ontario Canada), over a few pints of Guinness and plenty of Jamesons Irish Whiskey. It was the brilliant idea of Dublin-born Finny McConnell and his musical mentor Barry Williams to put together a band that sounded like The Clash, The Pogues, The Who, The Waterboys, Husker Du and The Dubliners with a dash of The Replacements and a name that rhymed with The Ramones. Once the stew was complete, a one off gig was booked, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day. Go figure. The world has never been the same since that day!! AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Seven cd's have now been released (Draggin' The Days, Rise Again, The Hellfire Club Sessions, Here Comes Lucky, Live At The Horseshoe, Paint The Town Red, and Take No Prisoners) and The Mahones have been on too many tours to count. Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and North America have been the usual stomping grounds for these Irish Punk Legends.

Always enjoying a rotating line-up of fantastic musicians, this Irish gang of rockers led by singer/songwriter Finny McConnell have played at many major concerts and festivals in Europe (Folkwoods, Huntenpop), Australia (National Celtic Festival) and North America (Guinness Fleadh, NYC, Molson Park Canada Day - Toronto, etc.) alongside legends such as Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan, D.O.A., The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Steve Earle, Sinead O'Connor, Flogging Molly, and Christy Moore, to name a few. More recently, Terry Woods and Phil Chevron of the Pogues joined The Mahones on stage for a tour of Central and East Coast Canada!

Over the years the music of The Mahones has appeared in several places other than their previously mentioned cd's, including the title track for the Hollywood Pictures movie "Celtic Pride" (featuring Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, and Dan Akroyd) which the Mahones composed specifically for the film. The song 100 Bucks was showcased in the movie "Dog Park", featuring Natasha Henstridge, Luke Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, as well as Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney from Kids in the Hall. The Mahones also made a special St. Patrick's day appearance to sing the Canadian and American national anthems at the Air Canada Center for the Toronto Raptors, and then there was the time that they blah blah blah...

Now armed with a brand new cd (Take No Prisoners), and a brand new video (A Little Bit of Love, featuring Damhnait Doyle), The Mahones are back!! Look forward to a new world tour starting in early 2007 that will take the band through North America, over to Europe, Australia and Scandinavia, and maybe even Japan.

Hide your drinks, and lock up you daughters...


Canada's #1 Irish-Punk Rockers are back!!!!

Anyhow, Finny toured solo last year and played an intimate, acoustic set then got up on stage and belted ot some faster numbers with The Go-Set. Great show and Finny is one hell of a nice dude.

This time around he's back with the full band in all their glory. Aside from a couple of folk festivals in regional centres the band will also be playing some capital cities so get on down and support them if you can! Dates are as follows:

Jun 7 2007 Commercial Mt.Gambier South Australia
Jun 8 2007 Crown and Anchor Adelaide South Australia
Jun 9 2007 Richmond Henty Portland Vic, Australia
Jun 10 2007 National Celtic Festival Portarlingtion, Vic Australia
Jun 11 2007 National Celtic Festival Portarlington, Vic Australia
Jun 22 2007 Prince of Wales Melborne, Australia
Jun 27 2007 ANU Canberra ACT, Australia
Jun 28 2007 THe Oxford Woolongong NSW, Australia
Jun 29 2007 Gaelic Theatre Sydney NSW, Australia
Jun 30 2007 The Great Southern Eden NSW, Australia

Slainte.