Hi everyone,

We hope you are all getting some time off work to spend with your families & loved ones over the holiday season.

We have an update on the ticket situation for the Boston St Patrick’s Day shows that we think you will be happy to hear. As most of you are aware the tickets for those shows went on sale last Saturday morning & pretty much sold out right away. We are pleased to announce that we are going to have more tickets for those shows available in 2009.

Due to the House Of Blues in Boston still being under construction we have been advised by the owners that they will be able to increase the capacity of the venue & we will be able to release more tickets for ALL the Boston shows in January. They are still waiting for some permits to be put in place & final inspections of the building to be done before this can occur.

In the meantime for all the people that have contacted us about not being able to get tickets in the first round we ask that you to wait until after the holidays when we will be making an announcement about when these extra tickets are going to become available. We are going to try our hardest to accommodate as many of you as best we can & expect the tickets to be available for purchase in early or mid-January. Stay tuned!

Merry Xmas, Happy Holidays & all the best for the New Yew Year!

Love from your pals,

Ken, Matt, Al, James, Tim, Scruffy, Jeff & all the DKM crew.

Here’s a round up all our tour dates (so far) for 2009 >>

Tickets for the Boston St Patrick’s Day shows will go on sale this Saturday December 20th at 10AM EST. Here are the links for buying tickets online.

Hi everyone,

By now many of you are aware that the pre-sale that started this morning for the St Patrick’s Day Boston shows is over & all the tickets have been allocated.

For those of you were unsuccessful, and we know there are many of you, do not worry as the bulk of the tickets will be going on sale next Saturday December 20th at 10.00am EST. These tickets will be available through Ticketmaster, we will send out the direct link as soon as we have it.

Again, please note the following for the Boston dates: There is a four ticket limit per person for these shows. All the shows are all ages. Opening band line-ups will be announced in late January.

Here is a list of ALL our forthcoming shows with ticketing links. If the venue in your city has tickets available from the box office we encourage you to take the time to go in & buy your tickets in person, you will save a bunch in extra charges.

Thanks again for taking the time to buy your tickets early. Apologies to anyone who was unable to get tickets this morning for Boston. We hope you are successful next Saturday when the general on sale starts.

DKM

The pre-sale tickets for the DKM 2009 St Patrick’s Day shows in Boston go on sale at 10am EST tomorrow, Saturday December 13th.

Please note there is only a limited number of tickets for each show so they will probably sell quickly.

But do not fear, the bulk of the tickets will go on sale the following Saturday at 10am EST Saturday December 20th.

There is a four ticket limit per person for these shows. All the shows are all ages. Opening band line-ups will be announced in late January.

Here is the link for purchasing pre-sale tickets tomorrow:

http://dropkickmurphys.tickets.musictoday.com

Friday March 13th - House Of Blues, Boston MA
Opening bands: TBA

Saturday March 14th - House Of Blues, Boston MA
Opening bands: TBA

Saturday March 14th - House Of Blues, Boston MA (early, day show)
Opening bands: TBA

Sunday March 15th - House Of Blues, Boston MA (evening show)
Opening bands: TBA

Tuesday March 17th - House Of Blues, Boston MA
Opening bands: TBA

We will send you an update next week with the ticketing link for the general public sale on December 20th.

Thanks for your support,

DKM

Christmas is fast approaching us, and we are releasing a new limited edition DKM Christmas Shirt! We will be donating proceeds from the sale of this shirt to local Boston Charities!

In addition we are also giving away a brand new LIMITED EDITION Christmas Ornament with minimum purchase of $50 or more (shipping not included), decorate with DKM!  You can also purchase the ornament separately for $9.99 each.  Hurry they are going FAST!

There is still plenty of time to get in your holiday orders and have them shipped by ground delivery service, saving you a few bucks. (deadline for ground shipping is Monday 12/15 5:00am EST)

Not sure what to get?  Any last minute shoppers out there?   We now offer DKM gift certificates right up until noon EST on Christmas Eve!  Any amount you want, in $5 increments!

We have endless gift ideas available 24 hours a day at http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/merch like Pint Glasses, Posters, Stickers, Patches, CD’s, Vinyl, Hats, Patches, Golf Balls, Belt Buckles, Jerseys, Zippo Lighters, Beer Coasters, Pirate Flags, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Many Items available in sizes from 6 months to XXXL !!

We have many NEW items that were just made available this past week, like or new “Plaid Shamrock Hoodie”, “Pirate Zip Up Hoodie” “Grommet Bags” “November Tour Shirts”, not to mention the exclusive “Forrest Griffin/Dropkick Murphys” shirt.  Forrest is the current UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion and a big fan of DKM!!  A must for any M.M.A. fan!

Have a great Christmas Everyone, we’ll see you all on the road in 2009!!

Dropkick Murphys

We are pleased to announce the bill for our 2009 St Patrick’s Day tour. Joining us on this run will be our friends H2O & Civet. Here are the dates.

At the moment only pre-sale tickets are available for these shows. Each venue allocates a small amount of tickets to us that we can sell to people on our mailing list. Once these tickets are gone (like New York) please don’t stress as the general public tickets will go on sale soon. We will update you with the new ticket information once the general public tickets go on sale. For now tickets are only available at this link:

http://dropkickmurphys.tickets.musictoday.com

Pre-sale tickets for the Boston shows will start on SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th.

Hey everyone,

We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving & get to spend some time with your families or loved ones and enjoy a few days away from work.

So, we know you’ve been waiting for this & here it is! The first official announcement for the Dropkick Murphys St Patricks?s Day shows in Boston.

We are happy to announce we will be playing at the brand new House Of Blues in Boston (built on the site of our old stomping ground the Avalon Ballroom on Lansdowne Street).

Here are the dates:

Friday March 13th - House Of Blues, Boston MA

Saturday March 14th - House Of Blues, Boston MA

Saturday March 14th - House Of Blues, Boston MA (early, day show)

Sunday March 15th - House Of Blues, Boston MA (evening show)

Tuesday March 17th House Of Blues, Boston MA

Ok, read this bit carefully please! Pre-sale tickets for these shows will start on SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th. We will send out the link for purchasing tickets & more details about the shows next week. The general on-sale date will be announced soon after that.

So, go ahead & start making plans for another huge St Paddy’s weekend/week in Boston.

Enjoy the holidays!

Love from your pals,

Dropkick Murphys

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all have a great thanksgiving and when you’ve digested and rested up a bit we’ve got a great night for you. On Saturday December 6th our good friend, Boxing legend Irish Micky Ward will be throwing an awesome charity event that will include signed copies of Micky’s new book, buffet dinner, replay of Ward/Gatti 1 and the live simulcast of the De La hoya/Pacquiao fight.

Come down support a great cause hang out with Micky and a few of us Murphys and watch some great fights .

See ya there, DKM

Just clearing up some information about the post below.
Seems that some of you are having problems getting the texts to go through.

The number to text to is: 88500
The message should read: MCGREEVYS

Please don’t include any other words, letters or characters as it will bounce back your message, just MCGREEVYS. Apologies for any confusion.

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If there is one thing we’ve learned from our 13 years in this band it’s that Dropkick Murphys fans love their Guinness.

So who else other than you fine bunch of alcoholics or should we say connoisseurs  of fine stout (yeah, that sounds better) would be better suited to help decide who serves the best pint in America?

Please take your well rounded palates and your stubby little drunken fingers to help McGrrevy’s win “The Best Pint In America” competition.

If you would be so kind as to text the word MCGREEVYS to 88500, every day if you like, you will be automatically entered to win a trip to Dublin.

Thanks, as always, for being the best fans & heaviest drinkers in the world.

Love,

McGreevy’s & DKM.

Here’s the legal info about the competition:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will not increases your chances of winning.  Open to all legal residenses of NY,NJ,MA,RI,PA,CT,TX,NH,ME,VT,DE,IL,IN,IA,MN,OH,WI,FL,GA,MD, and Washington DC who are 21 years of age or older at time of entry.  Void where prohibited or restricted by law. If entry is by text messaging, charges will be incurred by entrant. Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. on November 1, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2008. Standard text messaging rates apply.  For official rules and prize descriptions, visit www.mobilecardcast.com/guinnesspint.  Sponsor: DIAGEO - Guinness USA Inc, 801 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851

Hi boys and girls,

We are happy to announce the dates for next year’s big St Paddy’s Day tour which is, as always, one of the highlights of our year.  We are kicking things off on the west coast starting in LA on February 20th at the new & improved Hollywood Palladium and making our way back across to Boston for our traditional St Patrick’s Day hometown stand.

Here are all the dates, the details for the Boston shows will follow next week, don’t worry the news on Boston will be worth the wait!

See ya in 2009 & Happy Holidays.

Love, DKM

Pre-sale tickets for all shows starts tomorrow, Saturday November 22nd at 10AM

http://dropkickmurphys.tickets.musictoday.com