Monday, March 19, 2012

Dropkick Murphys Release "Going Out In Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition" Today!


Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition
HOMETOWN MASSACHUSETTS SHOWS RUN MARCH 14-18

Dropkick Murphys have released the Going Out In Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition CD today - an expanded version of their critically acclaimed Going Out In Style - on Born & Bred Records. The Fenway Park Bonus Edition includes 18 live tracks recorded during two sold-out shows for 40,000 fans at Boston's legendary Fenway Park in September 2011. The two-disc collection also includes a download of the filmed concert. 500 limited edition vinyl copies of the Going Out In Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition are available for order now at dropkickmurphys.com. A full tracklsting can be found below.

The music video for "Cruel" - featuring live footage from Fenway Park - is set to debut nationally on MTVu March 17, and will air 24 times in a 24 hour period.

Dropkick Murphys are in the midst of performing its annual run of Boston area St. Patrick's Day week shows, including a pair of shows at Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA. See below for details. Hometown fans won't be the only ones with a chance to catch the band on St. Patricks Day. Fans from around the country can catch the premiere of "Dropkick Murphys: Live At Fenway" in HD on Palladia TV March 17 at 9:00 PM ET. Look for repeat airings on Palladia through April 7 (check local listings). 
   
The band - 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, tin whistles) - continue their North American St. Patrick's Day Tour through March 24 and will play various overseas festivals in June, including a coveted slot at the UK's 10th annualDownload Festival on June 10. See below for the current tour itinerary.

Fenway Park Bonus Edition live CD tracklisting: 
1) Hang 'Em High 
2) Sunday Hardcore Matinee  
3) Deeds Not Words 
4) Going Out In Style 
5) The Irish Rover  
6) Peg O' My Heart 
7) Tessie   
8) Cruel   
9) Climbing A Chair To A Bed 
10) Take 'Em Down 
11) Devil's Brigade 
12) Boys On The Docks 
13) The Dirty Glass  
14) The State Of Massachusetts 
15) Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced 
16) Time To Go   
17) I'm Shipping Up To Boston 
18) T.N.T. (cover)

*The Fenway Park Bonus Edition also features the complete story of Cornelius Larkin by the band's friend and  best-selling author Michael Patrick MacDonald (All Souls, Easter Rising). The Cornelius Larkin story is an expansion of MacDonald's Cornelius Larkin obituary that appears in the original Going Out In Style liner notes.  

North American St. Patrick's Day Tour:
3.14 Boston, MA -  House Of Blues (with DYS, The Ramshackle Army)
3.15 Boston, MA - House Of Blues (with Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, The Mighty Regis)
3.16 Boston, MA -  House Of Blues (with Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, The Revilers)
3.17 Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena (matinee show with State Radio, Frank Turner, The Ramshackle Army)
3.17 Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena (evening show with Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls)   
3.18 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
3.24 Washington, DC - ShamrockFest '12

European Festivals:
6.10 Leicestershire, UK - Download Festival, Donington Park
6.26 Stockholm, Sweden -Grona Lund Festival
6.27 Borlange, Sweden - Peace & Love Festival

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