The Mary Wallopers – VEGA
February 3, 2027 @ 20:00 – 22:30
kr.340
Irish folk rebels play Store VEGA
The magnificent The Mary Wallopers, who have previously played Tønder Festival and Roskilde Festival, come to Store VEGA on 3 February 2027 with songs from their new album Paddywhackery.
They’ve been compared to The Pogues themselves, and The Guardian has called them “a live sensation”. And there’s something to it: The Mary Wallopers are well on their way to taking over the world with their exhilarating blend of rousing Irish folk music, punk energy and an anti-authoritarian attitude that isn’t afraid to speak truth to power.
The group formed in 2019 in the Irish provincial town of Dundalk around a shared passion for classic Irish folk icons like The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers and The Chieftains. At the same time, its members — like the legendary Shane MacGowan and the rest of the punk-poetic Pogues — are driven by a determination to challenge the conventions of the genre with a sharp social edge. As they told The Irish Times: “Folk was never supposed to be safe.”
For The Mary Wallopers, folk music is a rebel’s megaphone for calling out oppression and social inequality; a chance to revolt against blatant injustice. They support the Palestinian cause, have criticised English colonialism, and their brand-new album Paddywhackery — out on 18 September, produced by James Skelly of The Coral — takes its name from a derogatory term for Irish people.
A large part of The Mary Wallopers’ growing popularity comes down to their fabulous live shows, carried by sky-high energy and infectious musicianship, as audiences at Tønder Festival 2023 and Roskilde Festival 2025 can attest. Now the Irish folk rebels return to Denmark for a concert on 3 February at Store VEGA.
Irske folk-rebeller giver koncert i Store VEGA
Forrygende The Mary Wallopers , der tidligere har gæstet Tønder Festival og Roskilde Festival, giver koncert i Store VEGA den 3. februar 2027 med sangene fra det nye album Paddywhackery.
De er blevet sammenlignet med selveste The Pogues, og The Guardian har kaldt dem ”a live sensation”. Og der er noget om snakken: The Mary Wallopers er i fuld sving med at indtage verden med deres forrygende blanding af medrivende irsk folkemusik, punket energi og en antiautoritær attitude, der ikke er bange for at talen magten midt imod.
Gruppen blev dannet i 2019 i den irske provinsby Dundalk omkring en stormende kærlighed til klassiske irske folk-ikoner som the Dubliners, the Clancy Brothers og The Chieftains. Samtidig er medlemmerne ligesom legendariske Shane MacGowan og resten af punk-poetiske The Pogues drevet af en vilje til at udfordre genrekonventionerne med samfundskritisk brod. Som de har udtalt til The Irish Times: ”Folk was never supposed to be safe”.
For The Mary Wallopers er folkemusikken et rebelsk talerør til at råbe op om undertrykkelse og social ulighed; en mulighed for oprør mod åbenlys uretfærdighed. De støtter den palæstinensiske sag, har kritiseret engelsk kolonialisme og deres spritnye album Paddywhackery – som udkommer den 18. september og er produceret af James Skelly fra The Coral – er opkaldt efter et nedsættende udtryk for irere.
En stor del af The Mary Wallopers’ voksende popularitet er deres fabelagtige koncerter, båret frem af et tårnhøjt energiniveau og smittende musikalsk virtuositet, hvilket publikum på Tønder Festival 2023 og Roskilde Festival 2025 har kunnet bevidne. Nu vender de irske folk-rebeller tilbage til Danmark, hvor de giver koncert den 3. februar i Store VEGA.
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