After a whirlwind St. Patrick’s Day week including the band’s annual run of sold-out Boston-area shows--complete with a guest performance by Bruce Springsteen--and an appearance on NPR's "On Point," Dropkick Murphys have announced North American summer tour dates in support of their critically acclaimed new CD Going Out In Style (Born & Bred Records/ILG), which debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200, marking the group’s highest chart debut to date.
The trek kicks off with a May 28 Memorial Day Weekend headlining performance at the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival in downtown Las Vegas. Dropkick Murphys will then launch a string of shows starting June 19 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The tour is highlighted by a headlining slot at the annual 4th of July weekend Hootenanny in Irvine, CA, where DKM will join such artists as Reverend Horton Heat, Murder City Devils, Supersuckers, Swingin’ Utters, Royal Crown Revue, John Doe and more. This run of summer shows wraps with a July 8 performance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest. These shows will be bookended by European festival dates in April and August.
Going Out In Style is receiving overwhelming praise, with USA Today declaring it "funny, moving, inspiring and, above all, entertaining," while the New York Times applauds the band’s "gruff punk with some rowdy Irish roots and offer no mercy for posers or phonies." Elsewhere, the video for “Going Out In Style”--which features guest appearances by a slew of Boston-based celebrities, aswell as NHL Hall of Famer Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins alumni), and fellow musicians Fat Mike (NOFX) and Chris Cheney (The Living End)--was featured at #1 on Rolling Stone’s “Hot List,” while the CD landed the #1 spot on the magazine’s Local Favorite’s chart in the March 31, 2011 issue.
The band’s recent live shows have drawn equal accolades for what the Boston Herald calls “vital new music.” “[Al] Barr and [Ken] Casey are the best tag-team vocal barkers in punk, trading verses constantly,” the Herald continues. “DKM songs are sharp and smart, rife with populist and pro-labor sentiments.” Adds the Boston Globe, “Dropkick Murphys still have the punchy energy of a street-punk band, yet the septet has settled into the role of ambassador of all things blue-collar Boston.”
Catch Dropkick Murphys--Al Barr (lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, accordion, whistle, vocals), Ken Casey (lead vocals, bass guitar), Jeff DaRosa (banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, vocals), James Lynch (guitar, vocals), and Scruffy Wallace (bagpipes)--on tour in the following cities:
Date City Venue
Friday, April 15 Strasbourg, France Artefact Festival
Saturday, April 16 Bielefeld, Germany Ringlokschuppen
Sunday, April 17 Lund, Sweden Färs & Frosta Sparbank Arena
Monday, April 18 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
Tuesday, April 19 Stockholm, Sweden Arenan
Thursday, April 21 Erfurt, Germany Thuringen Hall
Friday, April 22 Zurich, Switzerland Give It A Name Festival
Saturday, April 23 Meerhout, Belgium Groezrock
Sunday, April 24 Schjindel, The Netherlands Paaspop
Monday, April 25 München, Germany Zenith
Tuesday, April 26 Milan, Italy Loud And Proud Festival at Alcatraz
Thursday, April 28 Barcelona, Spain Sala Razzmatazz 1
Friday, April 29 Madrid, Spain Sala Riviera
Saturday, April 30 Bilbao, Spain Sala Rockstar
Saturday, May 28 Las Vegas, NV Punk Rock Bowling (outdoor festival
at 6th Street and Fremont St. East)
Sunday, June 19 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
Tuesday, June 21 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
Wednesday, June 22 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Event Center
Thursday, June 23 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
Saturday, June 25 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Sunday, June 26 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Monday, June 27 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Tuesday, June 28 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Wednesday, June 29 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
Saturday, July 2 Irvine, CA Hootenanny (Oak Canyon)
Sunday, July 3 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
Tuesday, July 5 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
Wednesday, July 6 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Friday, August 12 Püttlingen, Germany Rocco Del Schlacko
Saturday, August 13 Eschwege, Germany Open Flair
Sunday, August 14 Rothenburg, Germany Taubertal
Friday, August 19 St. Pölten, Austria Frequency Festival
Saturday, August 20 Lüdinghausen, Germany Area 4
Sunday, August 21 Großpösna, Germany Highfield
www.dropkickmurphys.com
http://www.youtube.com/ilgwmg#p/u/0/D7g3RuoreRc
(“Going Out In Style” video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Qx0X4T_s0&feature=channel_video_title
(“Memorial Day” video)
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