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Dropkick Murphys Play David Letterman’s Show on Friday

by Chandra on January 7th, 2008

Non-Bostonians and Bostonians alike will get a chance to sample yet another local band in action this week when Quincy’s Dropkick Murphys pay late-night host David Letterman a visit on Friday in support of their latest full-length album The Meanest of Times.

If you’re not familiar with the group’s hardcore celtic-punk sound and background, there are three websites that can help rectify that: the Dropkick Murphys’ official home on the Web, the corresponding MySpace site, and the band biography on the website of the group’s former independent label Hellcat Records. All feature high-quality audio files and/or videos of the type of music the band’s been playing since the members came together in the mid-1990s. Then don’t forget to mark your calendar for their January 11th TV date with Dave after checking your local listings to verify when the Late Show with David Letterman airs in your area.

Whatever they decide to play, the Murphys’ tube gig will definitely be worth recording or staying up to see. In the meantime, you can also take a look at the live, fan-made video for the Meanest of Times single “The State of Massachusetts” after the jump. The track, the first single from the September 2007 release, quickly became one of the Top 100 songs played on modern rock radio in the States, which attests to the band’s widespread and deserved popularity.

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