Dropkick Murphys Announce For The People…In The Pit St. Patrick’s Day Tour
With Support From The Aggrolites And Haywire
Kicking Off February 9 In Portland, Maine And Wrapping With The Band’s Annual Hometown Shows In Boston During St. Patrick’s Day Week
Tickets On Sale NOW!
Physical LP & CD Editions Out Now
With 5 Bonus Tracks
Dropkick Murphys have announced the full routing for their 2026 For The People…In The Pit St. Patrick’s Day Tour with The Aggrolites and Haywire supporting on most dates. The trek kicks off February 9 in Portland, Maine and culminates March 13, 14, 15 and 17 in Boston with the band’s annual run of hometown dates during St. Patrick’s Day week. Tickets for the For The People…In The Pit St. Patrick’s Day Tour are on sale now at www.DropkickMurphys.com. Tickets for the previously announced Boston dates are on sale now, and lineups vary for the Boston shows.
The 2026 St. Patrick’s Day weekend shows in Boston are also a celebration of the band’s 30th birthday and include a special family-friendly afternoon mini-concert and meet & greet at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on March 14 at 2:00 PM. This special afternoon event benefits the band’s charitable foundation, The Claddagh Fund, and each adult ticket buyer can bring two kids under 13 for free.
During the For the People…In the Pit St. Patrick’s Day 2026 Tour, Dropkick Murphys will also perform two special hockey post-game solo shows: March 7 with the Milwaukee Admirals and March 11 with the Springfield Thunderbirds.
The Milwaukee Admirals concert is free to attend with a ticket to the game. More info can be found here: https://www.milwaukeeadmirals.com/news/dkm-returns-on-march-7th/.
The only way to gain access to this first-of-its-kind event with the Springfield Thunderbirds is with a combination ticket package, which includes admission to both the T-Birds game at the MassMutual Center and Dropkick Murphys concert at the adjacent MassMutual Convention Center Exhibition Hall that night. For more info and to purchase ticket packages, visit www.SpringfieldThunderbirds.com.
Dropkick Murphys recently released the physical CD and vinyl versions of their latest album, For The People, which follows the album’s July 4 digital release (via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / Play It Again Sam). The CD and vinyl releases include 5 bonus songs: “Dropped On My Head,” “Take Your Bow,” “Straight Edge (I Liked You Better),” “A Hero Among Many” and the previously released “Sirens.”
Order For The People CD andvinyl (available in different color variants) here: https://dropkickmurphys.store. Stream For The People via all platforms here: http://bit.ly/47aekxJ
For The People shows courage and confidence, speaking up against the injustices happening in the United States, and does so with the strength and power that harkens back to Dropkick Murphys’ earliest punk rock roots. For The People is more than a title. It’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is–and who they’ve always been.
While on tour supporting For The People, Dropkick Murphys have continued to advocate for workers’ rights and human rights–as they have done for their entire 29+ year career–with surprise appearances at many picket lines across the U.S. to support unions fighting for fair wages and better contracts.
The band and the album have received support from media outlets across the spectrum, including The Atlantic (Ken Casey interview with editor Jeffrey Goldberg), MSNBC’s The Beat With Ari Melber, MeidasTouch Network, CNN, Rolling Stone, SPIN.com, NPR (WBUR & WGBH), Kerrang!, Consequence, Stereogum, Guitar World, BrooklynVegan, Billboard, Boston Globe, Boston Herald and many more.
The For The People…In The Pit St. Patrick’s Day Tour shows are as follows. All shows are with The Aggrolites and Haywire unless otherwise noted:
| Date | City | Venue |
| Mon., Feb. 9 | Portland, ME | State Theatre |
| Tue., Feb. 10 | Montclair, NJ | The Wellmont Theater |
| Thu., Feb. 12 | Pittsburgh, PA | Stage AE |
| Fri., Feb. 13 | Port Chester, NY | The Capitol Theatre |
| Sat., Feb. 14 | Raleigh, NC | The Ritz |
| Sun., Feb. 15 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | House of Blues |
| Tue., Feb. 17 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues |
| Wed., Feb. 18 | Houston, TX | House of Blues |
| Thu., Feb. 19 | Austin, TX | ACL Live at The Moody Theater |
| Sat., Feb. 21 | Chattanooga, TN | The Signal |
| Sun., Feb. 22 | Charlotte, NC | The Fillmore |
| Tue., Feb. 24 | Chesterfield, MO | The Factory |
| Wed., Feb. 25 | Tulsa, OK | Cain’s Ballroom |
| Thu., Feb. 26 | Omaha, NE | The Admiral |
| Fri., Feb. 27 | West Des Moines, IA | Val Air Ballroom |
| Sun., Mar. 1 | Denver, CO | Mission Ballroom |
| Tue., Mar. 3 | Chicago, IL | The Salt Shed |
| Thu., Mar. 5 | East Moline, IL | The Rust Belt |
| Fri., Mar. 6 | St. Paul, MN | Palace Theatre |
| Sat., Mar. 7 | Milwaukee, WI | Panther Arena * |
| Sun., Mar. 8 | Louisville, KY | Old Forester’s Paristown Hall |
| Tue., Mar. 10 | Norfolk, VA | The NorVa |
| Wed., Mar. 11 | Springfield, MA | MassMutual Center * |
| Fri., Mar. 13 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway ◊ |
| Sat., Mar. 14 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway (matinee) ∆ |
| Sat., Mar. 14 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway ◊ |
| Sun., Mar. 15 | Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway ◊ |
| Tue., Mar. 17 | Boston, MA | Citizens House of Blues † |
| * Hockey game performance – no opening acts | ||
| ◊ with Haywire and additional support TBA | ||
| ∆ Claddagh Fund matinee mini-show – no opening acts | ||
| † Support TBA | ||
Find all tour dates and more info at: https://dropkickmurphys.com/tour/.
Dropkick Murphys are:
Ken Casey (vocals)
Tim Brennan (guitars, tin whistle, accordion, piano, vocals)
Jeff DaRosa (guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals)
Matt Kelly (drums, percussion, vocals)
James Lynch (guitars, vocals)
Kevin Rheault (bass)
Campbell Webster (bagpipes and Uilleann pipes)
For more on Dropkick Murphys, visit:
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/DropkickMurphys
“For the People…is a powerful and invigorating call to action designed to incite awareness and reclaim the power of the people.”
– SPIN
“…the Celtic punk legends are in reeling, anthem-filled form, bolstered by their trademark gang vocal hooks. It’s classic Murphys – a band with nothing left to prove, but much still to offer.”
– Kerrang!
“Boston’s Dropkick Murphys have been making extremely fun and fired-up Celtic punk for nearly 30 years, and they aren’t slowing down anytime soon.”
– Stereogum
(Dropkick Murphys by @Chezphoto / Riley Vecchione)
About Dropkick Murphys: Dropkick Murphys proudly remain Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions. Since 1996, the boys have created the kind of music that’s meant to be chanted at last call, in packed arenas, and during the fourth quarter, third period, or ninth inning of a comeback rally. Their celebrated discography includes four consecutive Billboard top 10 album debuts (Turn Up That Dial, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory, Signed and Sealed in Blood, Going Out In Style), along with 2005’s Certified-Gold album The Warrior’s Code featuring the double platinum classic “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.” Whether you caught a legendary gig at The Rathskeller (The Rat) under Kenmore Square, found the band by taking the T to Newbury Comics to cop Do Or Die in ’98, discovered them in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award winning The Departed, or saw ‘em throw down at Coachella (or one of hundreds of other festivals), you’ve become a part of their extended family. Dropkick Murphys’ music has generated half-a-billion streams, they’ve quietly moved 8 million-plus units worldwide and the band has sold out gigs on multiple continents. Dropkick Murphys’ official charity, The Claddagh Fund, has raised millions of dollars to support non-profit organizations that are focused on children, veterans and addiction recovery. In 2020, the band was one of the first to embrace streaming performances, starting with their Streaming Up From Boston St. Patrick’s Day virtual performance. It was followed by their landmark Streaming Outta Fenway livestream, which drew more than 5.9 million viewers and held the #3 spot on Pollstar’s “Top 2020 Live Streams” chart. Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Stream 2021…Still Locked Down, was #1 on Pollstar’s Livestream chart for the week ending March 22, 2021, logging over 1 million views. 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 seated theater tour. This Machine Still Kills Fascists–and their follow-up album Okemah Rising–breathe musical life into mostly unpublished lyrics by the legendary Woody Guthrie, curated for the band by Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie. Dropkick Murphys’ new album For The People rises to its moment: an expression of humanity at a time of relentless dehumanization, a promise of hope in an era fueled by fear-mongering, a declaration of solidarity in an age of disunion, a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues who seek to divide us for their own power and profit.
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