| Dropkick Murphys Live on Lansdowne |
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| Quickies - Music |
| Written by Jenna Bensoussan |
| Monday, 18 January 2010 04:36 |
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Live on Lansdowne features 20 fan favorites, and was recorded at seven Boston shows in March 2009. It will be available in various formats: CD, double disc digipack with CD and HD DVD, as well as a double gatefold vinyl with bonus CD insert. Live on Lansdowne marks the critically acclaimed group's second live release recorded during their annual string of St. Patrick's Day week gigs, following 2002's Live On St. Patrick's Day From Boston MA, which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. Live on Lansdowne features an entirely different track listing from the previous release, and a guest appearance by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones on DKM's platinum-selling single "I'm Shipping Up To Boston". This March, the Murphys return to Boston 's House Of Blues for six sold-out gigs St. Patrick's Day week (March 12-17). Each year, the band -- who've released 10 full-length CDs and sold over 3 million copies worldwide -- break house records when these shows go on sale. A very limited number of tickets are still available for the March 15 and 16 shows. Leading up to the Boston gigs, Dropkick Murphys -- Ken Casey (vocals, bass guitar), Al Barr (vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, backing vocals), James Lynch (guitar, backing vocals), Tim Brennan (guitar, accordion, piano, backing vocals), Jeff DaRosa (mandolin, accordion, banjo, bouzouki, tin whistle, acoustic guitar) and Scruffy Wallace (bagpipes) -- will tour Europe from January 22 through February 4, and kick off U.S. dates February 23 in Norfolk, VA. The group will return to the U.K. and Ireland for headlining shows from April 12-22. Support acts for the U.S. tour dates will be announced soon. The full track listing for Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA is as follows: Famous For Nothing Catch Dropkick Murphys on tour in the following cities: EUROPE 1/22 Madrid, Spain Sala Heineken 1/23 Barcelona, Spain Sala Razzmatazz 2 1/25 Milan, Italy Alcatraz 1/27 Munich, Germany Zenith 1/28 Paris, France Olympia 1/29 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena 1/30 Offenbach, Germany Stadthalle 1/31 Amsterdam, Netherlands Heineken Music Hall 2/2 Berlin, Germany Arena 2/3 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle 2/4 Dusseldorf, Germany Philipshalle USA 2/23 Norfolk, VA The Norva 2/24 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre 2/25 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues 2/27 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center *DKM performance will begin immediately after the Admirals (AHL) hockey game 2/28 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club 3/1 Dallas, TX House of Blues 3/2 Houston, TX Warehouse Live 3/3 Austin, TX Stubb's 3/5 Tampa, FL The Ritz 3/6 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live 3/7 Orlando, FL House of Blues 3/8 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore 3/9 Washington, DC 9.30 Club 3/10 Wallingford, CT The Dome at Oakdale Theatre 3/12 Boston, MA House of Blues 3/13 Boston, MA House of Blues 3/14 Boston, MA House of Blues 3/15 Boston, MA House of Blues 3/16 Boston, MA House of Blues 3/17 Boston, MA House of Blues U.K. 4/12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland 4/13 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy 4/14 Leeds, UK O2 Academy 4/15 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy 4/16 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy 4/17 Nottingham, UK Rock City 4/18 Brixton, UK O2 Academy 4/20 Belfast, Northern Ireland St. George's Market 4/21 Cork, Ireland Savoy Theatre 4/22 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre |
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The Dropkick Murphys, known for their complex distillation of classic punk rock, Celtic folk and American rock 'n roll, have captured the intensity and camaraderie of their annual Boston hometown St. Patrick's Day shows on Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA -- a CD and DVD set for release March 16, 2010 via the group's own Born & Bred Records (ILG).


























