Dropkick Murphys today announce their plans for 2013’s “St. Patrick’s Day Tour,” which will begin on February 21 in Cleveland, OH and concluding with three dates in their hometown of Boston, MA including the fulfillment of the band’s career-long dream of headlining the Boston Garden, now known as TD Garden on March 15. The Garden show will be billed as “Dropkick Murphys Irish Festival,” with bands and attractions on two stages. The entire tour will have an epic finale on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) at The House of Blues on Boston’s famed Lansdowne Street. For a full itinerary please see below.
Pre-order for the band’s newest full-length LP, SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD, begins Friday November 23-Black Friday-via iTunes as well as the band’s webstore. The album is to be released January 8th via band-owned Born and Bred Records. Fans who pre-order the album via the webstore will also have the opportunity to purchase a ticket-merchandise bundle for the band’s 2013 “St. Patrick’s Day” tour. The details of the bundle option is below the tour dates.
SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD is the band’s second with producer Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show). It was recorded by James R. Brown (Foo Fighters) at Boston’s Q Division studios, and mixed by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes). “We had such a great time writing our last album, Going Out In Style, we were excited to get back into the studio right away,” says bassist and co-lead singer Ken Casey. “Where Going Out in Style was a concept album-kind of intricate and difficult-this one is catchy, fun, and as sing-along as can be.”
The band recently shared their new music video for their song “Rose Tattoo.” The video features contributions by the band’s most devoted fans, whom the band asked to get tattoos of the new album art, and then send in videos and photos of their new ink. “Rose Tattoo” features Winston Marshall from Mumford & Sons playing banjo.
Dropkick Murphys are 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), andScruffy Wallace (bagpipes, tin whistles).
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St. Patrick’s Day Tour
Thu/Feb-21 – Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Fri/Feb-22 – Chicago, IL @Aragon Ballroom
Sat/Feb-23 – Duluth, MN @ Twin Ports Brewfest
Sun/Feb-24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Myth
Tue/Feb-26 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Wed/Feb-27 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s
Thu/Feb-28 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Sat/Mar-02 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues
Sun/Mar-03 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
Mon/Mar-04 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Tue/Mar-05 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
Wed/Mar-06 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
Fri/Mar-08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Sat/Mar-09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Sun/Mar-10 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Mon/Mar-11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Tue/Mar-12 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Wed/Mar-13 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Fri/Mar-15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sat/Mar-16 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Sun/Mar-17 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
iTunes Preorder Versions Available:
1. Standard retail version with 12 songs
2. Mastered for iTunes version with 12 songs
3. iTunes Deluxe with bonus track “Lucky Charlie” and music videos for “Rose Tattoo” and “The Season’s Upon Us”
PACKAGE 1 – VINYL + TEE + 7″
– Vinyl (Limited edition translucent red colored 180g 2xLP vinyl. Includes bonus track “Shark Attack” + download card for HI REZ MP3 of entire album)
– T-shirt
– “The Season’s Upon Us” 7″ – Shipping to arrive for Christmas w/ B-side “AK 47 (All I Want For Christmas Is An)”
– Instant Grat HI REZ MP3 “The Season’s Upon Us”
PACKAGE 2 – DELUXE CD + TEE
– Deluxe Digipak CD w/ Die-cut O-Card..
– T-shirt
– Instant Grat HI REZ MP3 “The Season’s Upon Us”
PACKAGE 3 – CD ONLY
– Deluxe Digipak CD w/ Die-Cut O-Card..
– Instant Grat HI REZ MP3 “The Season’s Upon Us””
PACKAGE 4 – DIGITAL + TEE
– Digital download – HI REZ
– T-shirt
– Instant Grat HI REZ MP3 “The Season’s Upon Us”
PACKAGE 5 – DIGITAL ONLY
– Digital download – HI REZ
– Instant grat HI REZ MP3 “The Season’s Upon Us”
REGULAR RETAIL CD ($10)
Tracklisting:
1. The Boys Are Back
2. Prisoner’s Song
3. Rose Tattoo
4. Burn
5. Jimmy Collins’ Wake
6. The Season’s Upon Us
7. The Battle Rages On
8. Don’t Tear Us Apart
9. My Hero
10. Out On The Town
11. Out Of Our Heads
12. End Of The Night
DELUXE CD
Special packaging with die cut o-card.
Includes download card with two bonus tracks Lucky Charlie and an acoustic version of The Battle Rages On
Tracklisting:
1. The Boys Are Back
2. Prisoner’s Song
3. Rose Tattoo
4. Burn
5. Jimmy Collins’ Wake
6. The Season’s Upon Us
7. The Battle Rages On
8. Don’t Tear Us Apart
9. My Hero
10. Out On The Town
11. Out Of Our Heads
12. End Of The Night
Download Card: Lucky Charlie and The Battle Rages On (acoustic)
VINYL (1000 TRANSLUCENT RED — WEB STORE ONLY –$22)
Gatefold, 180 gram double vinyl
1000 Translucent Red Vinyl only available here!
Contains the bonus track: Shark Attack
1. The Boys Are Back
2. Prisoner’s Song
3. Rose Tattoo
4. Burn
5. Jimmy Collins’ Wake
6. The Season’s Upon Us
7. The Battle Rages On
8. Don’t Tear Us Apart
9. My Hero
10. Out On The Town
11. Out Of Our Heads
12. End Of The Night
13. Shark Attack
