Dropkick Murphys 2007 St. Patrick's Day Boston weekend

We've received word on the Dropkick Murphys' annual St Patrick's Day weekend in Boston, March 2007. The band has provided the following preliminary details for the 7th consecutive bash and festivities:

Right off the bat our first show in Boston will be Friday March 16th at our old stomping ground the Avalon Ballroom.
Like last year there will be a limited amount of pre-sale tickets with reduced ticket handling charges for both these shows available to everyone on our mailing list. Pre-sale starts on Thursday December 7th. The on-sale date for all other tickets will be Saturday December 9th.

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Right off the bat our first show in Boston will be Friday March 16th at our old stomping ground the Avalon Ballroom.

Saturday March 17th we will be playing a special holiday show at the Agganis Arena at Boston University. This show will start at 2.00pm. That's right it's our first headline arena show in Boston, hey we want to say at least we got to do it once, so come down and support the big "rock show.

Like last year there will be a limited amount of pre-sale tickets with reduced ticket handling charges for both these shows available to everyone on our mailing list. Pre-sale starts on Thursday December 7th. The on-sale date for all other tickets will be Saturday December 9th.

We are also discussing doing an additional late night St Patrick's Day, booze fueled 21+ show at an undisclosed location. There will be a very limited number of tickets to this show and it will be announced through our website much closer to the show date so stay tuned. This final details of this show will depend on how all our other plans go for the weekend.

Sunday March 18th we are still working on but either way we will be at the South Boston parade and meeting at Broadway and C Street. We may end up playing on a float again if the City decides to invite us, seeing as how they kicked us off last year or if you guys demand it you may be able to twist our arms and we'll do another show on Sunday.

As we mentioned in our last email we have a bunch of shows in other cities around the US, Australia and Japan in March. We will have more details about those dates out to you very soon.

Here's all the ticket information for the Boston shows:

Friday March 16th - Avalon Ballroom, Boston MA
http://www.avalonboston.com/

Saturday March 17th - Agganis Arena at BU, Boston MA
http://www.agganisarena.com/

Pre-sale tickets for both shows available on-line Thursday December 7th, 10.00am EST, if you are not a member of our mailing list yet please click on this link below and sign up now:

http://www.dropkickmurphys.tickets.musictoday.com

The default password for all DKM ticket pre-sales is "forboston"

All other tickets will be going on sale this Saturday December 9th at 10.00am EST:

Available in person from the Orpheum Theatre box office for Avalon tickets, 1 Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108, phone: +1-617-228-6000 and from Agganis Arena box office for Agganis Arena tickets 925 Commonwealth Avenue, phone: +1-617-353-4628. Box office tickets do not have extra booking fees. Online via or over the phone P: +1-617-228-6000.

Please note there is a four ticket limit per person.

For those of you from out of town planning a trip to Boston below are some tips and helpful websites.

Places to stay:
$$$$ Hotel Commonwealth
$$$ Howard Johnson
$$ Hotel Buckminster

Where to booze:
PJ Kilroy's Pub, 822 Beacon St
Model Café, 7 North Beacon St/Union Square
Silhouette Lounge, 200 Brighton Ave.
The Common Ground, 83-87 Harvard Ave
Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave
Bukowski's Tavern, 50 Dalton St
The Harp, 200 Portland St
The Middle East, 472-480 Mass Ave
O'Brien's, 13 Harvard Ave

Don't drink and drive, use the subway
or get a cab