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Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise & The Scratch Return to The Road for North American Fall Tour

After a successful U.S. run of shows together in February and March, Dropkick Murphys is hitting the road again with punk legends Pennywise and hotly-tipped Dublin rock band The Scratch for a fall North American tour. The trek launches September 24 in New York City and wraps October 27 in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Dropkick Murphys To Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With Livestream Concert

2024 marks Dropkick Murphys' 5th year in a row of livestreamed performances as part of their annual run of hometown Boston St. Patrick's Day shows. In 2020, the livestream visionaries were one of the first to embrace streaming performances, starting with their Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick's Day virtual performance.
Dropkick Murphys Set U.S. St. Patrick's Day Tour 2024 With Special Guests Pennywise & The Scratch

Dropkick Murphys have announced the full itinerary for their 2024 U.S. St. Patrick's Day Tour. All dates will feature punk legends Pennywise as special guests, with hotly-tipped Dublin rock band The Scratch opening the shows through March 15. Openers for the March 16 and March 17 shows at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston will be announced soon.
Dropkick Murphys and Special Guest Pennywise and the Scratch Comes to the Ford Wyoming Center in February

Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys are coming to the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper on Tuesday, February 20 as part of their just announced 2024 U.S. St. Patrick’s Tour. Special guests Pennywise and The Scratch will open the show. 
Dropkick Murphys Announce Boston 2024 St. Patrick's Day Week Shows

Dropkick Murphys have announced their 2024 St. Patrick's Day Week hometown shows in Boston, which will all feature SoCal punk legends Pennywise as special guests, and opening acts to be announced soon. The run of shows begins Thursday, March 14 at Citizens House Of Blues Boston.
Dropkick Murphys to Release 'Okemah Rising'

The 10-track album (available on CD, LP and streaming services worldwide) takes off from 2022’s This Machine Still Kills Fascists, on which Dropkick Murphys write original music around previously-unpublished lyrics of the late Guthrie in a unique collaboration, with the band finding a common philosophy in the lyrics of the “original punk.”
Dropkick Murphys to Play Kings Theatre This Week

Legendary punks, Dropkick Murphys, will perform live at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on October 24 for the New York City date of their This Machine...Theatre Tour. Tickets for the show are on sale now.
Dropkick Murphys Release 'Ten Times More' Single

TMSKF is unlike anything Dropkick Murphys have done to date: A full album of songs that bring Woody Guthrie’s words to life. Not a tribute album or a collection of covers, This Machine Still Kills Fascists is a collaboration between Dropkick Murphys and Woody Guthrie – artists separated by time and space. Watch the new music video now!
Dropkick Murphys Release New Single 'Two 6's Upside Down'

The video for 'Two 6's Upside Down' finds Dropkick Murphys performing the song while gathered around the Woody Guthrie statue in Woody's native Okemah, OK, interspersed with footage of the band debuting the song before enthusiastic European festival crowds this summer. The clip was directed by Dave Stauble.
Dropkick Murphys Live to Perform at Kings Theatre on October 24

Legendary punks, Dropkick Murphys, will perform live at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on October 24 for the New York City date of their This Machine...Theatre Tour. The band will be performing their upcoming album ‘This Machine Kills Fascists’ in full with this run being their first ever intimate and sit down performances.
Dropkick Murphys Acoustic Tour Will Play The VETS In Providence

Dropkick Murphys have announced a new album unlike anything they've done to date, bringing Woody Guthrie's words to life on This Machine Still Kills Fascists, to be released digitally and on CD September 30 via the band's Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS], with a special edition vinyl out in November.
Dropkick Murphys Announce New Album 'This Machine Still Kills Fascists'

Dropkick Murphys have announced a new album unlike anything they’ve done to date, bringing Woody Guthrie’s words to life on This Machine Still Kills Fascists, to be released digitally and on CD September 30 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS], with a special edition vinyl out in November. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!
Dropkick Murphys Release New Single 'We Shall Overcome'

The song is woven vividly into American history – not only as the celebrated anthem of the American Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, but also as a protest song in the earlier labor movement. Both the history and message of the song resonated with Dropkick Murphys, longtime champions of the downtrodden and the working class.
Dropkick Murphys to Release Digital-Only Expanded Edition Of 'Turn Up That Dial'

The release will feature three bonus tracks including the band’s poignant rendition of “We Shall Overcome.” Previously released B-sides, the cover songs “James Connolly” (by Larry Kirwan) and “The Bonny” (by Gerry Cinnamon), are also included in the expanded edition, which will be available in both stereo and 3-dimensional Dolby Atmos mixes.
Dropkick Murphys & Rancid Co-Headlining 'Boston To Berkeley II' U.S. Tour Set

The U.S. trek--which was originally scheduled for May of 2020--runs from August 10 – October 16 and will also feature festival appearances by Dropkick Murphys and Rancid at Riot Fest in Chicago on September 18 and Aftershock in Sacramento on October 8.
Dropkick Murphys Release Animated Music Video For 'L-EE-B-O-Y'

Turn Up That Dial, released April 30 via the band’s own Born & Bred Records, is Dropkick Murphys’ tenth studio album, and fourth consecutive Billboard top 10 album debut, joining 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (2017), Signed and Sealed in Blood (2013), and Going Out In Style (2011).
Dropkick Murphys' New Album TURN UP THAT DIAL Out Now

Dropkick Murphys’ new album, Turn Up That Dial, is available today, via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Produced by Ted Hutt, Turn Up That Dial is the band’s 10th full-length studio album. Dropkick Murphys celebrate the simple pleasure of music, the relief and release from worry that comes when you “turn up that dial” and blast your troubles away.
Dropkick Murphys Announce 'Turn Up That Dial' Album Release Party

Instead of charging for tickets to the Turn Up That Dial Album Release Party Free Live Stream Concert, the band will “pass the virtual hat” to take donations to help support their efforts to keep paying their employees, and a portion of donations will go to charity as always.
Dropkick Murphys Release New Single 'Queen Of Suffolk County'

“Queen Of Suffolk County” follows the album’s tongue-in-cheek single “Middle Finger”, which was recently released, accompanied by a Kes Glozier-directed video shot in London just before the band’s last show prior to the pandemic.
Dropkick Murphys Present St. Patrick's Day Stream 2021

Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Stream 2021...Still Locked Down is presented by Boston-area tech company Pega (a leading provider of digital transformation software) and sponsored by YOU.

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