Dropkick Murphys to play at Mayo Civic Center in October
May 21—ROCHESTER — Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys are coming to the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester on Wednesday, Oct. 23, as part of their 2024 North America Tour.
Special guests Pennywise and The Scratch will open the show.
Tickets start at $34.50 plus fees and go on sale Friday, May 24 at 10 a.m.
Dropkick Murphys 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 The Warrior's Code featuring the double platinum classic "I'm Shipping Up To Boston."
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 returned in 2022 with their first-ever all-acoustic album, This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS]), 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This Machine Still Kills Fascists — and their follow-up album Okemah Rising — breathe musical life into mostly unpublished lyrics by the legendary Woody Guthrie, curated for the band by Woody's daughter Nora Guthrie.
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.
