Dropkick Murphys, the American Celtic punk band broadly identified for his or her 2005 hit “I’m Delivery As much as Boston,” introduced Wednesday they may not carry out at any extra Punk within the Park reveals after they realized the competition’s organizer donated to the Trump marketing campaign.
“Punk Rock and Donald Trump simply do not belong collectively. So Upon discovering out that Brew Ha Ha promotions donated to the Trump marketing campaign we won’t be enjoying any extra Punk within the Park reveals,” the band mentioned within the caption of an Instagram video.
Within the video, frontman Ken Casey advised an viewers: “The far proper ain’t the brand new punk.”
The band had only in the near past carried out in Denver however mentioned it won’t proceed for some other Punk within the Park reveals.
Cameron Collins, proprietor of Brew Ha Ha, the group that organized the competition, posted his personal assertion in response.
“We stay in a two-party system, and sadly, it’s essential to select based mostly on a number of essential points that resonate with you. For me, these points had been the promise to finish wars and chorus from getting into new worldwide conflicts, decrease taxes, and stopping authorities overreach,” Collins mentioned.
He added that he hasn’t favored a lot of Trump’s current “viewpoints, opinions, and insurance policies to date” and mentioned the competition has not donated any of its proceeds to any political occasion and won’t.
Federal Election Fee data present Collins made a number of small-dollar donations final yr to the Trump Nationwide Committee, By no means Give up and WinRed. The Trump Nationwide Committee and By no means Give up use funds raised to assist Trump. WinRed payments itself as “the one fundraising platform constructed solely for conservatives.”
Like most punk bands, Dropkick Murphys establish with the broader left-wing motion, and so they have not been shy about their opposition to Trump.
In March, Casey referred to as out a fan carrying a “Make America Nice Once more” shirt at a live performance. Upon making a wager and verifying that the “MAGA” shirt was made in Nicaragua, Casey had the fan change right into a “proudly made in America Dropkick Murphys shirt.”
“We do not care if we lose followers, as a result of when historical past’s mentioned and finished, we would like it identified that Dropkick Murphys stood with the folks, we stood with the employees,” Casey mentioned on the time.
Punk within the Park is scheduled to make quite a few stops by way of the tip of the yr, together with dates in California, Oregon and Arizona.
