DROPKICK MURPHYS SHAMROCK-N-ROLL FESTIVAL TO DEBUT THIS SEPTEMBER

Dropkick Murphys have announced the first annual Shamrock-N-Roll Festival. The touring festival will feature Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs, Chuck Ragan, The Mahones, The Parkington Sisters and local bands, as well as additional yet-to-be-announced national acts performing on two alternating stages. A boxing demonstration and signing with special guest, renowned boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (The Fighter), will also be featured at the family friendly, all-ages festival.

The Dropkick Murphys Shamrock-N-Roll Festival will kick off with the September 8 and 9 sold-out hometown shows at Boston’s Fenway Park and will visit Bangor, ME; Altamont, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus, OH; Portsmouth, VA; Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Dropkick Murphys Shamrock-N-Roll Festival will feature a main stage and acoustic stage, along with kid-friendly activities. The full lineup will be announced soon.

Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday or Saturday. For the previously announced Fenway Park shows, 18,000 tickets sold out in just 45 minutes. Go to www.DropkickMurphys.com to purchase tickets and for full details about Dropkick Murphys Shamrock-N-Roll Festival. $1 from every ticket sold will benefit the band’s charity, The Claddagh Fund (www.claddaghfund.org). In addition, $1 from every ticket sold for the September 11 show in Altamont will be donated to 9/11 charities.

Dropkick Murphys’ founder/bassist/vocalist Ken Casey explains why the band decided to create their own festival: “We wanted to put a different spin on the idea of an Irish music festival–instead of focusing on the Old World folk tradition, we’re showcasing the ways that tradition has woven itself into newer music–while still maintaining a family-friendly environment and Irish cultural perspective. Our fans cross so many generations, and not all of them want to see a Dropkick Murphys show in a punk rock venue. The Shamrock-N-Roll Festival will give more fans an opportunity to experience our live show, and to hear the unique ways that the other bands on the festival bring that Irish influence into their modern music.”

The critically-acclaimed Dropkick Murphys–known for their complex distillation of classic punk rock, Celtic folk and American rock ‘n’ roll–are touring in support of their Going Out In Style CD (Born & Bred Records/ILG), which debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200–the group’s highest chart debut to date.

Catch Dropkick Murphys–Al Barr (lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, accordion, whistle, vocals), Ken Casey (lead vocals, bass guitar), Jeff DaRosa (banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, vocals), James Lynch (guitar, vocals), and Scruffy Wallace (bagpipes)–on the road in the following cities:

Date City Venue

Wednesday, July 27 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

Thursday, July 28 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre

Friday, July 29 Essex Junction, VT Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo Center

Saturday, July 30 Syracuse, NY Krockathon (NYS Fairgrounds)

Monday, August 1 St. John’s, NL George Street Festival

Wednesday, August 3 Halifax, NS Multipurpose Centre

Thursday, August 4 Moncton, NB Oxygen Nightclub

Friday, August 5 Montreal, QC Metropolis

Saturday, August 6 Collingwood, ON Wakestock (Millenium Park, Collingwood Harbour)

Friday, August 12 Püttlingen, Germany Rocco Del Schlacko

Saturday, August 13 Eschwege, Germany Open Flair

Sunday, August 14 Rothenburg, Germany Taubertal

Friday, August 19 St. Pölten, Austria Frequency Festival

Saturday, August 20 Lüdinghausen, Germany Area 4

Sunday, August 21 Großpösna, Germany Highfield

Shamrock-N-Roll Festival:

Thursday, September 8 Boston, MA Fenway Park

Friday, September 9 Boston, MA Fenway Park

Saturday, September 10 Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront

Sunday, September 11 Altamont, NY Altamont Fairgrounds

Monday, September 12 Pittsburgh, PA Trib Total Media Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 13 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion

Thursday, September 15 Portsmouth, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion

Saturday, September 17 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory

Sunday, September 18 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Lot

Tuesday, October 11 San Diego, CA House Of Blues

Wednesday, October 12 San Diego, CA House Of Blues

Friday, October 14 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Casino

Saturday, October 15 Los Angeles, CA The Palladium

Wednesday, February 8 Liverpool, UK O2 Academy

Friday, February 10 London, UK The Roundhouse

Saturday, February 11 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowlands

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