Happy Anniversary!  It’s been a short 5 years since the Red Sox made their remarkable run to and through the World Series.  Tessie was the theme song to the season, and certainly the good luck charm to the victory! In order to celebrate the anniversary of the 2004 season we are giving away SIGNED copies of the EP. With the minimum purchase of $50 (excluding shipping and handling) on anything from our webstore we will add a hand signed copy of the Tessie EP while supplies last.

The first annual playoff “Beard-a-thon” (www.beardathon.com) has already raised over $300,000 for NHL team charities during the first two rounds of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Across the nation, over 7,000 hockey fans have dropped their razor and picked up the cause.

Currently, the Boston Bruins lead all teams with over $93,000 raised for the Boston Bruins Foundation. One of the top fundraisers nationwide is Dropkick Murphys’, Ken Casey. Ken has raised $17,000 for his beard heroics.

Message from Ken: “Well folks it was a heartbreaker…but a great season all in all. We’ll get em next year! Thanks to everyone for helping my beard raise over $17,000 for the kids….amazing. Thanks so much for your help. GO B’s …and Go Blackhawks (my second choice).”

We would like to thank all the DKM friends & family who made generous donations to this charity fundraiser

Yes, that’s right Dropkick Murphys will be joining Aerosmith for one special show only at the Comcast Center in Mansfield MA on Tuesday June 16th. Tickets are available now & some special lower priced seats have been released for DKM fans. You can purchase online here.

A statement from the Aerosmith camp reads: “Hometown heroes the Dropkick Murphys have accepted our invitation to join Aerosmith as our special guests at the Comcast Center on June 16th.  In order to provide fans of both bands with the best experience possible open air reserved seats have been added at the lawn seat ticket price of just $35.00.  Don’t miss an opportunity to see two of the most loved & electrifying Boston-bred bands as they rock the Comcast Center together this summer”.

Also, we have added a headline show in Grand Rapids, MI on June 25th, details:

Thursday June 25th - Orbit Room, Grand Rapids MI
Opening bands: Mustard Plug & Time Again
tickets

Full list of DKM tour dates

Due to the great response we have received for the AFL’s (Australian Football League) use of “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” we have now made available a live version of the song via iTunes  in Australia & New Zealand. Click here to check it out.

Also, click here to view the TV spot

Just a quick message to let you know we have added a date in Pittsburgh to our June run:

Monday June 29th - Ches A Rena, Cheswick PA
Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/16004299B32F5B3E

Full list of DKM tour dates

Have a great weekend!

DKM

http://www.spinner.com/2009/04/23/dropkick-murphys-guitarist-proposes-to-girlfriend-on-springsteen/

http://www.backstreets.com/news.html

If you haven’t heard, our beloved Boston Bruins are the best team in the Eastern Conference.  And to go along with the teams tradition of growing a beard for the duration of the playoffs, they decided to raise some money in the process.

The Beard-A-Thon is to raise money for the Bruins Foundation, and DKM’s Ken Casey and Scruffy Wallace have already set up their accounts and are taking pledges for the cause!  Both of the guys will be getting their final shave tonite right before game one at the Garden.  You can donate, pledge, participate, rate the beards, or just follow along at www.bostonbruins.com or individually at:

Ken
Scruffy

Grow One For The Team!  GO BRUINS!!

Hi to all our friends in Europe, here are our summer tour dates for 2009:

Wednesday July 8th - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred SWEDEN
Friday July 10th - Rock Am Bach Festival, Merzig GERMANY
Saturday July 11th - Junge Garde, Dresden GERMANY
Sunday July 12th - Proxima, Warsaw POLAND
Tuesday July 14th - Arena, Vienna AUSTRIA
Wednesday July 15th - Poolbar, Feldkirch AUSTRIA
Thursday July 16th - Gurten Festival, Bern SWITZERLAND
Friday July 17th - Sonnenrot Festival, Eching GERMANY
Saturday July 18th - Dour Festival, Dour BELGIUM
Sunday July 19th - Deichbrand Festival, Cuxhaven GERMANY

More details soon!

Greetz,
DKM

Dropkick Murphys featured on WCVB Channel 5 Boston “Behind Closed Doors:
Chronicles”, check it out around the 0:40 mark