The show on July 11th scheduled for Hadlock Field has been moved to Cumberland County Civic Center due to some issues we had getting the show set up in a way we thought the fans would be happy with.

The Portland Seadogs have a game the night before the show which meant we would have had a very short amount of time to set up the stage, lights & sound. This in turn meant we needed to have more crew working on the grounds and the stage and production had to be driven onto the field with trucks. The groundskeepers at the park had serious concerns about what this might do to the condition of the field in the middle of the season so they suggested a different layout. The new proposed layout had the stage further away from the seats and on an angle. We wouldn’t have been happy putting on a DKM show like that where the audience would have been so far away from the band or in a spot where it might be difficult to watch the show.

The other two baseball park shows are good to go as we are able to bring our production in much earlier and have time to carry all the equipment onto the field, leaving less of a footprint on the park grounds. We are able to put the stage, lights and speakers where we need it to be to make two great shows.

Fortunately the Cumberland County Civic Center which is just around the corner from Hadlock Field is available & we are able to easily move the production into that venue & put on a better show that we think you guys will be much happier with.

Any tickets you have are still valid so no need to do anything, no need to swap them out or change them. All tickets that say Hadlock Field will be good at the Civic Center. Also, the good news is that the Civic Center is all general admission so those people who held off buying tickets for Hadlock Field as they did not want reserved seating can now get the GA tickets they were after. Here are the new details:

Friday July 11th - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland ME
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
& Civet
tickets

Here are all the tour dates

Hi everyone,

Mexico shows are now confirmed, we are playing Friday July 23rd at Vive Cuervo Salon in Mexico City & Thursday July 24th at Cafe Iguanas in Monterrey:

Wednesday July 23rd - Vive Cuervo Salon, Mexico City DF - tickets
Thursday July 24th - Cafe Iguanas, Monterrey NL - tickets

We’re going to be in Philly this Sunday, just wanted to let everyone know the date we’re playing at Festival Pier is definitely SUNDAY June 29th as we’ve heard that the venue website didn’t have the correct information.

View the full tour schedule >>

Thanks to everyone that came out to see us in Australia, Japan & Honolulu. The tour was awesome & we had a blast visiting some of our favorite cities. A bunch of us ended the tour with some much needed R&R in Hawaii but we’re back on track now & getting ready for our US tour starting in Philly on the 28th. Looking forward to the shows with the Bosstones, the minor league baseball park dates are going to be a great time. We’ve also added a couple more club shows to that tour please see new dates below. Lastly, we’re very excited to announce we will be going to Mexico in July playing shows in Mexico City & Monterey. Details about those shows will be announced in the next few days.

New shows added:

Tuesday July 15th - Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO - tickets
Wednesday July 16th - Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE - tickets
Thursday July 17th - Aggie Theatre - Fort Collins, CO - tickets
Monday July 21st - House Of Blues, San Diego, CA - tickets

Here’s the complete rundown of all our shows >>

As some of you may remember several weeks ago, Dropkick Murphys asked for your help in supporting a fundraising effort on behalf of our friend Brendan Brady: www.brendanbrady.org. Well, we are here to say that as always you guys continue to blow our mind. The outpouring of support, letters of encouragement, and financial assistance you showed the Brady family exceeded our expectations tenfold. It is truly an amazing honor to have you folks as fans and friends. It’s such a great feeling in this day and age to be part of something like this and to have people like you in our lives. Thanks in large part to all of you, Brendan will be able to receive the evaluations, treatment and resources he needs to further his growth and development. On behalf of the Brady family and the Dropkick Murphys, thank you for everything you’ve done in helping Brendan!

God Bless You All,
The Brady Family and Dropkick Murphys

Hi everyone,

We just finished up another great tour of Australia & arrived safely in Japan yesterday. Thanks to all you crazy bastards that came to the Aussie shows, we had a bloody great time again. First Japan show is in Tokyo tonight, then onto Honolulu before we head back to the US to get ready for our big summer shows with the Bosstones. We also have some more summer shows coming up in Europe:

Monday August 11th - Garage, Saarbrücken GERMANY Tickets

Tuesday August 12th - Roxy, Prague CZECH REPUBLIC Tickets

Wednesday August 13th - Volkshaus, Zürich SWITZERLAND Tickets here or here

Thursday August 14th - Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt BELGIUM Tickets

Friday August 15th - Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen HOLLAND Tickets

Saturday August 16th - Frequency Festival, Salzburg AUSTRIA Tickets

Sunday August 17th - Highfield Festival, Erfurt GERMANY Tickets

Tuesday August 19th - Malmö Festivale, Malmö SWEDEN

Wednesday August 20th - Fear & Fury Festival, Herne GERMANY Tickets

Friday August 22nd - Leeds Festival, Leeds UK SOLD OUT

Sunday August 23rd - Reading Festival, Reading UK SOLD OUT

Full run down of all current DKM shows >>

Monday July 7th - Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago IL
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Tickets: on sale Friday May 16th at 11 AM

Tuesday July 8th - Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights MI
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Tickets: on sale TBC

Wednesday July 9th - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Tickets: on sale Saturday May 17th at 10 AM

Sunday July 13th - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
http://www.starlandballroom.com/
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Tickets: on sale Saturday May 17th at 12 NOON

Here’s what we got so far all up >>

We are announcing more dates today as part of our summer shows but are very excited to announce these three shows in particular:

Thursday July 10 - LeLacheur Park, Lowell MA
Home of the Boston Red Sox Class A affiliate the Lowell Spinners

Friday July 11 - Hadlock Field, Portland ME
Home of the Boston Red Sox Double A affiliate the Portland Sea Dogs

Saturday July 12 - McCoy Stadium - Pawtucket RI
Home of the Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate the Pawtucket Red Sox

Yes, the Dropkick Murphys are playing the Boston Red Sox minor league baseball parks and will be joined by our friends the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. What better way to spend a summer evening!

As a special offer to our DKM mailing list we have a limited number of “Season Pass” tickets which are good for all three shows. It took 86 years for the Red Sox to break the curse so this 3 ticket package is priced at $86.00. You will get tickets to all three shows at a reduced rate and you will have lower booking fees. We all know the ticketing agents love to jack up those ticketing charges on top of the ticket price. Buying all three tickets together means you only pay them the one time. Gates for all shows open at 5 PM, Rain or shine. All shows are all ages. There is a four ticket limit on this offer.

Tickets for the season pass are available here.

Tickets for each single show go on sale Saturday May 17 at 10 AM.

Thursday July 10 - LeLacheur Park, Lowell MA
tickets P: 617-931-2000
All ages, general admission, standing room & seats

Friday July 11 - Hadlock Field, Portland ME
tickets P: 617-931-2000
All ages, reserved tickets, standing room & seats

Saturday July 12 - McCoy Stadium Pawtucket RI
tickets P: 401-724-7300
All ages, general admission, standing room & seats

Three show season pass, limited numbers, only available online here:
http://dropkickmurphys.tickets.musictoday.com/

More soon!
DKM.

Dear Friends, this is Ken Casey from the Dropkick Murphys and let me start by saying thank you for taking the time to read this!

Over the years you have been great to us and been so helpful whenever we have asked for your help.

We have always tried to be diligent in making sure that our communications with you via this mailing list have been strictly for DKM related topics since thats what you signed up for. But for one instance I hope you don’t mind if we make an exception.

For those of you that do not know, I am involved in a great fund raising effort that is very important to me on the behalf of a dear friend of mine, Brendan Brady. Brendan is a 6 year old boy that needs our help and I am asking for that help now. Brendan’s parents Timmy and Dianne are life long friends of mine and there son Brendan is a vibrant six year old boy who has Cerebral Palsy, along with many other neurological disorders and a visual impairment that were sustained at birth. Although it has been a huge struggle Brendan has made some great progress through a number of different therapies that are very time consuming and expensive. At this time Brendan still does not walk on his own. He cannot communicate verbally and is in constant need for intense sensory input.

We are now in the final stretch for reaching our pre-event goal for the Brendan Brady Fund. Next Sat,May 17th is the event (www.brendanbrady.org) and we wanted to be at $50,000 prior to the actual evening. Our focus was to raise donations through 3 initial donation methods, Corporate Donations, Personal Donations and the Harley Raffle.

We are only $9,000 short of our goal! To everyone that has been help, great job!

I am asking you personally to help make a difference in Brendan’s Life and donate what ever amount you can ! Even a small amount will make an enormous difference to a great kid that needs so much to continue his development during his life.

Please consider making this small gift.

Steps to donate:

log onto www.brendanbrady.org
Click on Donate (if you wish to enter the Harley Davidson Raffle the cost is $50)
Use your credit card to donate through Paypal

Its that simple!

Thank you so much for your generosity and making a difference in Brendan’s life.

Sincerely,
Ken Casey
Dropkick Murphys

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we just released a brand new shirt design!
It is only available from our webstore:
www.dropkickmurphys.com/merch/tees.html

Grab one today!

We are happy to announce some exciting plans for the summer.

We will be hitting the road and doing some cool outdoor shows in July, sort of like our own Warped Tour for big kids. We’re really excited and proud to announce that we will be joined on some of these shows by our old pals the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Yes that’s right Boston is taking over as the Murphys and the Bosstones get ready to throw some of the biggest parties of the summer (and play some serious wiffle ball while we’re at it)!

Stay tuned for more details as we will be announcing the dates over the next couple of weeks.

Here’s the first three of our summer shows all on-sale now, more to come:

Sunday June 29th - Festival Pier, Philadelphia PA
with Less Than Jake & Goldfinger (no Bosstones on this show)
tickets >>

Saturday July 19th - Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, Kelseyville CA
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones & Civet
tickets >>

Sunday July 20th - Pacific Amphitheatre/Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa CA
with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
tickets >>

Here’s our current complete tour date listing >>