Dropkick Murphys were due to play Oklahoma City yesterday as part of their ongoing tour in support of their latest album, “Signed And Sealed In Blood.” Due to Friday’s severe weather that ripped through Oklahoma for the second time in a week, the band got stuck in Boston where they’d been playing the Boston Strong fundraiser concert, and were forced to cancel the OKC date.

Some of the band’s crew, however, had already gone ahead to OKC and “they spent the night in the hotel’s basement tornado shelter.”

In an effort to help raise funds for the people impacted by the back-to-back tornadoes, Dropkick Murphys have unveiled a “Stand With Oklahoma” t-shirt. As usual when the Dropkicks announce a fundraiser, 100% proceeds from the shirt will be funneled to the band’s Claddagh Fund and will be sent directly to victims. Click here to get one, but do it fast; their Boston Marathon bombing t-shirts sold out in a few days.

For more on the Dropkicks’ statement, click here. Good on ya, boys. Now if only we didn’t need so many fundraisers…

Amazing how time flies, but we’re already one month removed from the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than two hundred runners and spectators. Boston born-and-bred punks Dropkick Murphys were on the West Coast at the time, but quickly announced a three-pronged fundraising effort. First came the now-sold-out “For Boston” t-shirts. Next up was a benefit concert in their hometown, featuring the likes of Big D & The Kids Table and more.

Today, the Dropkicks finally revealed details of the third prong, and it’s a cool one. The band announced a special digital release that finds them teaming up with the one-and-only Bruce Springsteen for a reworked version of the band’s track “Rose Tattoo.” Also featured on the release will be two live tracks captured from a performance in California days after the bombings. The release is available for $1.29 at iTunes by clicking here. All proceeds benefit the Claddagh Fund.

“Rose Tattoo” appears on the Dropkick Murphy’s latest album, “Signed And Sealed In Blood.” Click here to read our interview with Ken Casey from the week after the bombing.

If you weren’t privileged enough to be in attendance at the Dropkick Murphys‘ sold-out Boston Marathon benefit show at the House of Blues in the band’s hometown last weekend, you’re in luck.

Click here to check out the Dropkicks (and the entire audience) cover the classic Standells track “Dirty Water,” sandwiched in between old school Dropkicks tracks “Skinhead on the MBTA” and “Boys On The Docks.”

In case you missed it, click here to check out our recent interview with founding Dropkick Ken Casey, in which he discussed being away in California during the blast and subsequent fallout, and the band’s three-tiered approach toward helping those impacted by the bombings.

Dropkick Murphys released “Signed and Sealed In Blood” earlier this year via their own Born & Bred Records.