Scorsese, Red Sox put Dropkick Murphys on center stage

Nora Guthrie was looking for artists to provide the music for some of her father Woody's unpublished lyrics that had been sitting ...

Published: 2007-11-03 Provider: USA Today

Tour Tracker: Joe Jackson, Dropkick Murphys and Black Mountain Start Fueling The Tour Bus

Joe Jackson will cross North America to find out “Is she really going out with him?,” the Dropkick Murphys come moshing into town and this week’s Breaking artist Black Mountain hit the road in support of In The Future. Check out the complete list of dates after the jump. Joe Jackson April 1 -Toronto, ONT @ Danforth Music Hall April 2 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis April 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre April 5 - Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theater April 7 - Boston, MA @ Somerville Theatre April 9 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre April 10 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club April 12 - Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center April 15 - New York, NY @ Apollo Theatre April 16 - New York, NY @ Town Hall April 19 - Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead April 20 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater April 21 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theater April 23-24 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre April 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse April 28 - Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre April 29 - Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom May 4 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre May 5 - Vancouver, BC @ Chan Centre for the Performing Arts May 6 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre May 10 - Redwood City, CA @ The Fox Theatre May 11 - San Diego, CA @ Humphrey’s May 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre Dropkick Murphys February 28 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo February 29 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater March 1 - Reno, NV @ New Oasis March 2 - Anaheim, CA @ The Grove March 3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater March 4 - Alburquerque, NM @ Fantasia March 5 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium March 6 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom March 7 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s March 8 - Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues March 10 - St. Lous, MO @ Pageant Theater March 11 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Egyptian Room March 12 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater March 14 - Dorchester, MA @ IBEW Local 103 Hall March 15 - Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Arena March 16 - Boston, MA @ The Paradise March 17 - Boston,

Published: 2008-01-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

The Meanest Of Times by Dropkick Murphys

The sixth album for the Celtic punk band finds them on a new label. [Rock, Punk]

Published: 2007-09-19 Provider: Metacritic

Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times

Artist: Dropkick Murphys Review: These seven Massachusetts guys know how to make even dire moments sound like a hot party. On their sixth album, fiddle, mandolin and other Gaelic accouterments adorn rave-ups like ?The State of Massachusetts,? reminding you they're a punk band with a Celtic twist. They're also songwriters -- and good ones, too, preserving their party-boy reputation while turning out giant, soulful choruses on songs both manicured and memorable: Dig tunefully sotted jams like ?Tomorrow's Industry,? which sounds ... Rating: 3.5 Stars

Published: 2007-09-13 Provider: Rolling Stone

Bruce Brings The Rock For New Album

The fact that Bruce Springsteen has been recording a new album at Southern Tracks Studios with members of The E Street Band is one of the worst kept secrets in rock. The man has been sighted all over town and, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, recently stopped by local record shop and a bookstore to pick up some music related items — including a CD by the Dropkick Murphys, a Jimi Hendrix DVD and a Joe Strummer biography. The article says he was buying them for his kids, but we think that after The Seeger Sessions and Devils and Dust he’s trying to brush up on his rock & roll for his new album. There’s nothing resembling an official word at this point, but all signs point to the album coming out around September with a worldwide E Street Band tour to follow. With Max Weinberg heading to 11:30 with Conan O’Brian in 2009 and Clarence Clemons five years away from the big seven-oh this could very well be the final tour with the full band.

Published: 2007-06-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: General

On the Charts: Kanye and 50 Fall to Reba McEntire, Plus Eddie Vedder, James Blunt Open Strong

The Big News: As predicted, Reba McEntire nabbed her first-ever Billboard number-one debut with her thirty-first album, Reba Duets, which features pairings with the likes of Justin Timberlake and Kelly Clarkson. Kanye West and 50 Cent both experienced massive second week drop-offs, but still turned out pretty impressive figures: Graduation fell 76 percent to nearly 226,000 copies sold, and Curtis dropped 79 percent to 143,000. View-eschewing Barry Manilow snuck in between Fifty and last week’s third runner up Kenny Chesney, as Manilow’s Greatest Songs of the Seventies moved 113,000 copies, which was good enough for a fourth place finish. The Debuts: More than half of the top ten consisted of new releases. James Blunt’s All the Lost Souls came in at number seven (92,000 copies sold), followed by KT Tunstall’s life-saving Drastic Fantastic, Chamillionaire’s not-accurately titled Ultimate Victory and Twista’s Adrenaline Rush 2007. Eddie Vedder’s solo album (the soundtrack to the film Into the Wild) arrived at number eleven with nearly 40,000 copies, followed closely by Finnish goths H.I.M., Motion City Soundtrack, Diana Krall and Dropkick Murphys all debuted in the top twenty, The Used arrived at forty-two, the Donnas came in at eighty-nine and Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew hit the chart at 113. Last Week’s Chart Heroes: Everyone knew Kanye and 50 would fall off a bit after their incredible debut sales week, so it’s no surprise the pair slid out of first and second place (by comparison, though, Chesney’s sales slipped a few percentage points less than theirs did). The soundtrack to High School Musical 2 is still stubbornly hanging around the top of the chart, but big recent sellers like T.I.’s T.I. Vs. Tip and Common’s Finding Forever aren’t having as much luck as their sales dipped to 19,000 and 16,000, respectively.

Published: 2007-09-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Chart Roundup

Dropkick Murphys Get Mean

Band to kick out new album on their own label in September.

Published: 2007-07-09 Provider: IGN

Dropkick Murphys Get Mean

Band to kick out new album on their own label in September.

Published: 2007-07-09 Provider: IGN

Dropkick Murphys Get Mean

Band to kick out new album on their own label in September.

Published: 2007-07-09 Provider: IGN

WARPED TOUR 99

The Dropkick Murphys perform during the Warped Tour at Randalls Island on July 16, 1999. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect

Published: 2003-07-29 Provider: ViewImages Keywords: Performance, USA, Distorted Image, Tattoo, Microphone, Punk, Arts Culture and Entertainment,

High School Musical Cast: All We Want for Christmas…

In a recent interview with USA Today, multiple stars from High School Musical talked about their holiday wish list. Let’s see what these young stars had to say….Lucas Grabeel (pictured)On his wish list: “A package of guitar picks. I’m always losing them.” A favorite holiday tradition: “I’m always in a different country for Christmas, so I’m always adapting to traditions abroad.” His hope for Ryan in High School Musical 3: “That he takes a break from dance steps. Maybe join the basketball team and shoot the winning goal. That would be fabulous.”Corbin BleuOn his wish list: “New CDs. Dropkick Murphys and White Snake would be cool.” A favorite holiday tradition: “I’m half Italian, so we’ve got to make ricotta balls. They’re ricotta, wrapped in a dough that’s fried and covered in cinnamon sugar.” His hope for Chad in High School Musical 3: “He was saving up for his dream car last time, so I hope he gets a Mustang.”Monique ColemanOn her wish list: “I’m having a regifting party because of all the gifting suites we go to. You get cameras, iPods, hair products, so I’m going to invite everyone over to my house.” A favorite holiday tradition: “Grandmama’s pumpkin pie.” Her hope for Taylor in High School Musical 3: “To travel the world with Chad.”Zac EfronOn his wish list: “I’m constantly breaking things, and I go through skateboards pretty fast. So a new Sector 9 Longboard would be nice.” A favorite holiday tradition: “I always help pick out a natural, chopped-down-in-the-woods tree, so our whole house starts to smell like Christmas.” His hope for Troy in High School Musical 3: “To win another basketball game — maybe even nationals.”(more…)

Published: 2007-11-29 Provider: Celebrity News Spot

Dropkick Murphys at Fenway

Published: 2007-11-07 Provider: Webshots