Dropkick Murphys are set to bring their 2024 U.S. St. Patrick’s Day Tour to San Jose with punk legends Pennywise as special guests, with hotly-tipped Dublin rock band The Scratch.
Dropkick Murphys recently returned to fully electric performances following a pair of critically-acclaimed acoustic albums – 2022’s This Machine Still Kills Fascists and 2023’s Okemah Rising – interpreting the work of Woody Guthrie for a new generation. The albums, recorded in Tulsa with trusted collaborator and producer Ted Hutt, exposed the band to new audiences through airplay on stations like SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country, coverage in outlets such as Rolling Stone Country, Paste, CNN, Americana Highways and SPIN, and via Dropkick Murphys’ first-ever acoustic, reserved-seating theater tour in 2022.
Dropkick Murphys Okemah Rising band members are: Ken Casey (lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, tin whistle, accordion, piano, vocals), Jeff DaRosa (guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, percussion, vocals), James Lynch (guitars and vocals) and Kevin Rheault (bass).
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Formed in the South Bay of Los Angeles — a neighborhood with a rich punk-rock history — in 1988, Pennywise went on to amass an international following with their relentless touring and a melodic, high-energy sound fusing classic punk, surf punk and blistering hardcore. Resolutely working outside the margins of the mainstream, the band — singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, drummer Byron McMackin and bassist Randy Bradbury — has emerged as an enduringly vibrant staple on SoCal radio airwaves and the worldwide festival circuit.
Tickets are on sale as of November 17.
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