Signed and Sealed in Blood released

Signed and Sealed in Blood , the band’s eighth album, was released on January 8, 2013. ” Rose Tattoo “, the album’s first single, was released on November 7, 2012, and became one of the band’s most popular songs despite it failing to chart. The Christmas inspired “The Season’s Upon Us” was released as the album’s second single on December 18, 2012, and became the band’s third highest-charting single reaching number twenty-four on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. The album made its debut at number nine on the charts giving the band their second straight top ten charting album and second highest-charting album to date. “The Boys Are Back” was released as the album’s third single in January 2013 and was followed by the album’s fourth and final single, “Out of our Heads” in September 2013 and was also used as the opening theme song for the 2013 release show Boston’s Finest . “Prisoner’s Song” was also featured in commercials for Captain Morgan around this time as well. The band performed their annual St. Patrick’s Day tour in 2013, which culminated in the band performing at their largest headlining show to date, held in the U.S. at TD Garden in Boston. On May 14, 2013, the band released a re-recorded version of “Rose Tattoo” with Bruce Springsteen. The song was featured on their Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity EP , which was released in response to the Boston Marathon bombing that happened a month earlier. The single reached number twenty-five on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart making it the band’s fourth highest-charting single and as of 2025 their final charting single in the United States .