Dropkick Murphys have announced their 2012 St. Patrick’s Day North American Tour with supporting special guest Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls. The annual trek kicks off February 22 in Toronto and wraps with the band’s second appearance at Washington, DC’s ShamrockFest (March 24).

Tickets for the St. Patrick’s Day North American Tour go on sale Friday, November 18 at dropkickmurphys.com. Details about the band’s traditional string of always sold-out St. Patrick’s Day week hometown shows in Boston will be announced soon.

On November 21, the band’s own Born & Bred Records will be releasing Going Out In Style: Live At Fenway Edition – a digital deluxe version of last year’s Going Out In Style album with 10 bonus songs recorded live at the band’s sold out Fenway Park gigs from earlier this fall.

St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2012
*FEB 22 – Toronto, ON at Sound Academy (RSVP)
FEB 23 – Indianapolis, IN at Egyptian (RSVP)
*FEB 24 – Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center (RSVP)
FEB 25 – Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue (RSVP)
FEB 27 – Dallas, TX at House of Blues (RSVP)
FEB 28 – Houston, TX at House of Blues (RSVP)
FEB 29 – Austin, TX at Emo’s East (RSVP)
MAR 01 – New Orleans, LA at House of Blues (RSVP)
MAR 03 – Pompano Beach, FL at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre (RSVP)
MAR 04 – Orlando, FL at House of Blues (RSVP)
MAR 05 – Tampa, FL at Ritz Ybor (RSVP)
MAR 06 – Atlanta, GA at Tabernacle (RSVP)
MAR 07 – Nashville, TN at Marathon Music Works (RSVP)
MAR 09 – Atlantic City, NJ at House of Blues (RSVP)
MAR 10 – Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun (RSVP)
MAR 11 – Huntington, NY at Paramount Theatre (RSVP)
MAR 17 – Lowell, MA at Tsongas Center (matinee show) (RSVP)
MAR 17 – Lowell, MA at Tsongas Center (evening show) (RSVP)
MAR 24 – Washington, DC at ShamrockFest ’12 (RSVP)

* = No Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls on these dates