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Dropkick Murphys Will Livestream Their Infamous St. Patrick's Day Performance Tuesday Night

In keeping with public gathering bans, Dropkick Murphys will bring St. Patrick's Day right to your home.

Few concerts have become as much of a yearly tradition as Dropkick Murphys' annual St. Patrick's Day show has. For many fans, the show is the ultimate expression of all things Irish punk, and has been a yearly staple for 24 years now. However, as one might have expected, the band will unfortunately have to cancel this year's St. Patty's Day gig – but instead of canceling it outright, they've announced that they'll be livestreaming the show instead.

The Murphys released the following statement via their website:

"We hope you and your families are doing well during this trying time… For the first time in 24 years, we are not playing on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The current world situation is the ONLY thing that would ever stop us from doing so… So we came up with an idea we’re going to pull off this Tuesday -- the night of St. Patrick’s Day… We’re going to bring a DKM LIVESTREAM CONCERT to EVERYONE – ALL OVER THE WORLD!! You’ll be able to watch it on our YouTube, Instagram and Facebook Live…

"Here’s the details: DROPKICK MURPHYS LIVE FROM BOSTON THIS TUESDAY – MARCH 17

"7pm BOSTON TIME 4pm WEST COAST 11pm LONDON 12am BERLIN

"This will be a FULL CONCERT!!

"We’re excited to entertain you on St. Patrick’s Day -- live from Boston!

"SPREAD THE WORD!! THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!"

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Interestingly enough, though the band have postponed many of their events this month, their tour with Rancid for this May has not yet been called off. So for those of you holding out hope, you might still be able to catch the ultimate punk rock party at one of the dates below:

May

3 Concord, NC @ Epicenter Festival +
4 Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union LIVE! *
5 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
6 Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium *
8 Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville +
10 Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center *
11 Austin, TX @ The Lawn at the Long Center *
12 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheater *
13 Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *
15 Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Concert Cove at Harrah’s *
16 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s *
17 Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Music Festival +
18 Grand Rapids, MI @ The DeltaPlex Arena
20 New York, NY @ Pier 17
21 Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
22 Oval, QC @ Place Bell
23 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Casino
24 Lewiston, NY @ Artpark

* = with Gerry Cinnamon
+ = festival date (no Gerry Cinnamon or Jesse Ahern)

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