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Dropkick Murphys have just released the digital edition of their new album, For The People, via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / Play It Again Sam label. Vinyl and CD formats are to follow on October 10th, and include 5 bonus tracks. Head into the article below for more information.
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Dropkick Murphys are due to drop their brand new album, For The People, this year via their own record label, Dummy Luck Music / Play It Again Sam. It is set to be released digitally on July 4, with extended LP and CD editions, featuring 5 bonus tracks, coming on October 10. They have also just shared the album‘s first single and video, “Who’ll Stand With Us?” Check it out below and read more from the band.
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Punk In The Park, North America’s premier outdoor punk rock and craft beer festival, returns to Southern California Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 for two epic days of punk rock at the edge of the Pacific. Punk In The Park Los Angeles will take over Berth 46 at the Port Of Los Angeles in San Pedro, CA with 40+ bands on 3 stages, along with a Craft Beer Festival, Punk Rock Swap Meet and Vinyl Village. Punk In The Park Los Angeles will feature headlining performances from Bad Religion and Pennywise (Saturday), Descendents and The Interrupters (Sunday), along with Face To Face, Screeching Weasel, The Adicts, Stiff Little Fingers, Street Dogs, Comeback Kid, The Bronx, The Casualties, Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad, T.S.O.L., Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic, Dead To Me, Teenage Bottlerocket, Guttermouth, Authority Zero, The Bombpops, Dwarves, The Queers, The Briggs, Ignite, Death By Stereo, Niis, Slaughterhouse, The Drowns, Left Alone, Chaser, Crazy & The Brains, Love Canal, DFL, Grito, Toxic Energy, Terror Attack and more. Tickets and more information is found at the links below. Continue reading
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Riot Fest has announced their daily lineups for their epic 20th anniversary, headlined by Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White, and a total of over 90 bands performing throughout the festival weekend, at Chicago’s Douglass Park, September 19-21st. “I just wanted to put a show together with all of my favorite bands”, festival founder Michael Petryshyn reminisced before the inaugural Riot Fest back in 2005. Throughout the next 20 years, the festival has grown to become one of the biggest independent festivals in the country, known for eclectic lineups, high-profile band reunions, full album plays, and even a butter sculpture tribute to John Stamos. Along with headliners Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, and Jack White, the festival will also include performances by the and Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock), Idles, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Knocked Loose, Rilo Kiley, The Beach Boys, Jawbreaker, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, The Academy Is…, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Texas is the Reason, Dance Hall Crashers, The Front Bottoms, Knuckle Puck, The Wonder Years, James, and many many more.
What’s my age again? Riot Fest is turning the big 2-0, and to celebrate, it’s throwing the biggest party yet, headlined by Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White, and a total of over 90 bands performing throughout the festival weekend. “I just wanted to put a show together with all of my favorite bands”, festival founder Michael Petryshyn reminisced before the inaugural Riot Fest back in 2005. Throughout the next 20 years, the festival has grown to become one of the biggest independent festivals in the country, known for eclectic lineups, high-profile band reunions, full album plays, and even a butter sculpture tribute to John Stamos. Along with headliners Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, and Jack White, the festival will also include performances by the and Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock), Idles, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Knocked Loose, Rilo Kiley, The Beach Boys, Jawbreaker, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, The Academy Is…, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Texas is the Reason, Dance Hall Crashers, The Front Bottoms, Knuckle Puck, The Wonder Years, James, and many many more.
Brew Ha Ha Productions has announced the music lineup for the biggest Punk In The Park event to date. Punk In The Park Denver is set for Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at National Western Stockyards in Denver, Colorado, marking the first 3-day event for North America’s premier outdoor punk rock and craft beer festival. Punk In The Park Denver will feature performances from punk rock legends including Bad Religion, Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Streetlight Manifesto, Screeching Weasel, Circle Jerks, The Adicts, Propagandhi, The Aquabats, Strung Out, 7 Seconds, The Casualties, Mad Caddies, The Real McKenzies, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, Guttermouth and more. See below for the full list of bands and look for daily band lineups to be announced in the coming weeks.Continue reading
In this Episode Ghost Cult Keefy chatted with author and band manager for tons of Punk legends, Greg Jacobs, to discuss the new edition of his book – “Hell On Wheels!” Originally released in 1994, and now re-imagined with 54 new stories – as “Hell on Wheels—Tour Stories: Remembered, Remixed, Remastered.” This new 373-page book includes recollections from members of bands like Bad Religion, All (Descendents), Dead Kennedys, X, The Specials, Rocket From The Crypt, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ramones, The Get Up Kids, and many more. Greg talked about the book, and his amazing career so far. Continue reading
In this episode #205, Nik, Keefy, and guest host Don De Leuamont of Southeast of Heaven and Talking the Talk with Don review Foreigner’s second album, Double Vision!Continue reading
Fresh off the sold-out, but challenging festival for 2024, When We Were Young 2025 has booked Panic At The Disco, Blink-182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, All Time Low, The Used, Knocked Loose, Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Ice Nine Kills, Beartooth, Motionless in White, Pvris, letlive., We Came As Romans, I Prevail, Loathe, Mayday Parade, The Gaslight Anthem and More! Sign up for the presale that starts Friday 11/1 at 10am PT. All tickets start at $19.99 down.Continue reading
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We might be entering a golden age of music festivals in the USA. Sure, everywhere you turn fans struggle to afford tickets, and some tours are tanking. Even a few festivals have had disastrous results. At the same time, the destination festival is beginning to thrive here, as we are trying to copy the model from Europe that has reigned for nearly four decades. So throngs of people descended on the Los Angeles area `burb Pomona, known best for Citrus and good colleges, for what could be the one Punk Rock festival to rule them all; No Values Fest! Continue reading