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Dropkick Murphys Live @ Billboard, Melbourne, Australia

Geez, I thought the Bleeding Through gig was raucous last Friday night, it didn’t hold a candle to the blistering anthemic mayhem that was the Dropkick Murphys tonight.

With Melbourne in the midst of an intense heat wave that saw the temperature soaring into the 40′s even at 10pm, you can imagine what it was like inside the venue.

I had been instructed to meet up with the band’s tour manager at 10.15pm. Geez, they left it late enough. I went to the Box Office told them the details, got my photo pass and the band had already kicked into the first song. The venue was absolutely packed and with a three song only limit, I hastily made my way to the front and presented my pass to the bouncer.

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