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Offspring, Alkaline Trio, Dropkick Murphys, Sum 41 Tour

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The Offspring have announced a full North American tour with special guests Alkaline Trio (5/19-6/9), Street Dogs (5/19-6/17), Shiny Toy Guns (6/10-6/17), Dropkick Murphys (6/19-6/30),  Sum 41 (7/7-7/18) and Pennywise (7/2). Check out the tour dates below.

05/15/09 Nashville, TN Riverfront Park (Merrell Crawfish Boil Festival)
05/16/09 Washington, DC RFK Stadium Lot (DC101 Chilli Cook-Off)
05/17/09 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center (The 2009 MMR*B*Q festival)
05/19/09 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
05/20/09 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
05/22/09 Kansas City, MO City Market (Buzz Under The Stars festival)
05/25/09 Sioux City, IA Gateway Arena
05/26/09 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
05/28/09 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Punk Rocks festival)
05/29/09 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre (X96 Big Ass Show)
05/30/09 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater
06/01/09 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
06/03/09 San Diego, CA Open Air Theatre
06/05/09 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
06/09/09 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
06/10/09 Vancouver, BC UBC Thunderbird Arena
06/12/09 Calgary, AB The Stampede Corral
06/13/09 Edmonton, AB Northlands – Hall D
06/15/09 Saskatoon, SK Prairieland Park
06/17/09 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
06/19/09 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
06/20/09 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
06/21/09 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Amphitheater at Tower City
06/23/09 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
06/24/09 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
06/26/09 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
06/27/09 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn
06/28/09 Detroit, MI Freedom Hill
06/30/09 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
07/02/09 Toronto, ON The Molson Amphitheater
07/03/09 St-Ephrem de Tring, QC Woodstock en Beauce Festival
07/07/09 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
07/08/09 New York, NY Roseland
07/10/09 Boston, MA Tsongas Arena
07/11/09 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
07/14/09 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Boutique Amphitheatre at The Music Factory
07/16/09 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
07/17/09 St. Augustine, FL The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
07/18/09 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amp

Via [AltPress.com]

Dropkick Murphys Pre-Order

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Dropkick Murphys will release a Limited Edition version of The Meanest of Times on March 11th, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day! Go here to pre-order the CD, which includes bonus tracks, a limited edition DVD, and cover autographed by the band! You can also enter to win a Meanest Of Times Limited Edition Custom Epiphone LP Junior guitar or a Dropkick Murphys / Red Sox World Champions Custom Epiphone LP Junior guitar!

Dropkick Murphys On Letterman; CD Re-Release; Tour Dates

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Dropkick Murphys will perform their single “The State Of Massachusetts” tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:30pm)! This marks the DKM’s first ever performance on Letterman. You can check out a web exclusive performance of “Shipping Off To Boston,” a personal favorite of Dave’s on their website here.

On March 11th, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day and their March tour dates (below) the Dropkick Murphys have repackaged The Meanest Of Times to include extra tracks and a bonus DVD and will release a limited edition deluxe CD/DVD package. The CD will contain all 15 tracks from the original release plus five bonus cuts. The DVD contains a mini-movie on the band’s St. Patrick’s Day charity breakfast in Boston, the music video for “The State Of Massachusetts,” behind the scenes making the music video of “The State Of Massachusetts” and a celebration of the band’s trip to victory with the Boston Red Sox.

CD Tracklisting:

1. Famous For Nothing
2. God Willing
3. The State Of Massachusetts
4. Tomorrow’s Industry
5. Echoes On “A.” Street
6. Vices and Virtues
7. Surrender
8. (F)lannigan’s Ball
9. I’ll Begin Ahead
10. Fairmount Hill
11. Loyal To No One
12. Shattered
13. Rude Awakenings
14. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
15. Never Forget
*16. Jailbreak (BONUS CUT)
*17. The Thick Skin Of Defiance (BONUS CUT)
*18. Forever (2007 Version) (BONUS CUT)
*19. Breakdown (BONUS CUT)
*20. (F)lannigan’s Ball (Original Version) (BONUS CUT)

New DKM Headlining Dates:

2/28/08 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
2/29/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
3/1/08 Reno, NV New Oasis
3/2/08 Anaheim, CA The Grove
3/3/08 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theater
3/4/08 Alburquerque, NM Fantasia
3/5/08 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
3/6/08 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
3/7/08 Austin, TX Stubb’s
3/8/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
3/10/08 St. Lous, MO Pageant Theater
3/11/08 Indianapolis, IN Murat Egyptian Room
3/12/08 Chicago, IL Congress Theater
3/14/08 Dorchester, MA IBEW Local 103 Hall
3/15/08 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena
3/16/08 Boston, MA The Paradise
3/17/08 Boston, MA The Paradise

Albums In Stores Today 9-18-07

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Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones your picking up!

Motion City Soundtrack – Even If It Kills Me
New Found Glory – From The Screen To Your Stereo Part II
Four Year Strong – Rise Or Die Trying
Thousand Foot Krutch – The Flame In All of Us
Dropkick Murphys – Meanest Of Times
Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Southern California Street Music
Donnas – Bitchin’
Schoolyard Heroes – Abominations
Between The Buried And Me – Colors
A Life Once Lost – Iron Gag
Broken Social Scene – Kevin Drew Spirit If…
H.I.M. – Venus Doom