Dropkick Murphys Get Mean on the Road

08/30/07
. (PR) Dropkick Murphys are set to release their sixth studio album THE MEANEST OF TIMES--a collection of spirited, cathartic and heartfelt anthems--September 18 on their own Born & Bred Records in association with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The Boston band will also hit the road September 12 for an East Coast headlining trek in support of THE MEANEST OF TIMES with The Horrorpops and Everybody Out.

From their early beginnings playing all-ages matinees at now-defunct Boston clubs to the prominent placement of their song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed, the DROPKICK MURPHYS--KEN CASEY (vocals, bass guitar), AL BARR (vocals), MATT KELLY (drums, backing vocals), JAMES LYNCH (guitar, backing vocals), TIM BRENNAN (mandolin, accordion, banjo, bouzouki, tin whistle, and acoustic guitar), MARC ORRELL (guitar, accordion, piano, backing vocals) and SCRUFFY WALLACE (bagpipes)--have evolved over the past decade into one of the most beloved punk-inspired bands in the world.

The band performed at the Sex Pistols' infamous 2002 Golden Jubilee gig, wrote the theme song to the highly improbable 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship (their first championship in 86 years) and collaborated with Woody Guthrie's estate to utilize the folk pioneer's unpublished lyrics to craft "Gonna Be A Blackout." In addition, the new Discovery Channel series "Lobster Wars"--about the trials and tribulations of lobster fisherman off the coast of Southern New England--also features "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" as the title track

Confirmed Headlining Dates w/The Horrorpops & Everybody Out:
Wed 9/12 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
Thu 9/13 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier
Fri 9/14 Providence, RI Lupos
Sat 9/15 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
Sun 9/16 Binghamton, NY Magic City Music Hall
Mon 9/17 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Tue 9/18 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
Wed 9/19 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Thu 9/20 Buffalo, NY Lafayette Square
Fri 9/21 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Sat 9/22 Richmond, VA Toad's Place
Mon 9/24 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
Tue 9/25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Wed 9/26 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Thu 9/27 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

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