DROPKICK MURPHYS

DROPKICK MURPHYS – St. Patrick's Day 2027
Support: Home Front + Spiritual Cramp

The Dropkick Murphys proudly remain Boston's rock 'n' roll underdogs who became champions. Since 1996, the boys have been creating the kind of music that gets sung at the top of your lungs at closing time in bars, in packed venues, during the third or ninth inning of a game when the team is coming back from behind. Their prestigious discography includes four albums that debuted in the Billboard top 10 (Turn Up That Dial, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory, Signed and Sealed in Blood, Going Out In Style), as well as the 2005 gold-certified album The Warrior's Code, which features the double-platinum classic "I'm Shipping Up To Boston.".

Whether you attended a legendary show at the Rathskeller (The Rat) under Kenmore Square, discovered the band while taking the tube to Newbury Comics to buy *Do Or Die* in 1998, saw them in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning *The Departed*, or witnessed them set Coachella (or one of hundreds of other festivals) ablaze, you're now part of their extended family. The Dropkick Murphys' music has generated half a billion streams, the band has quietly sold over 8 million physical copies worldwide, and they've sold out shows on multiple continents. The Dropkick Murphys' official charity, The Claddagh Fund, has raised millions to support nonprofits that help children, veterans, and people recovering from addiction. In 2020, the group was one of the first to adopt streaming concerts, starting with their virtual concert "Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick's Day".

This event was followed by their historic "Streaming Outta Fenway" livestream, which attracted over 5.9 million viewers and ranked #3 on Pollstar's "Top 2020 Live Streams" chart. The Dropkick Murphys' 2021 St. Patrick's Day livestream, titled "Still Locked Down," ranked #1 on Pollstar's livestream chart for the week ending March 22, 2021, with over one million views. The Dropkick Murphys returned in 2022 with their first-ever all-acoustic album, *This Machine Still Kills Fascists* (Dummy Luck Music / Play It Again Sam), and a tour of seated venues. *This Machine Still Kills Fascists* — as well as their subsequent album, *Okemah Rising* — breathe new musical life into mostly unpublished lyrics by the legendary Woody Guthrie, selected for the band by Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie. The Dropkick Murphys' new album, *For The People*, is very much of its time: an expression of humanity in an age of relentless dehumanization, a promise of hope in an era fueled by alarmism, a declaration of solidarity in a time of disunity, a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues who seek to divide us for their own power and profit.