Dropkick Murphys, the American punk Celtic punk group widely known for their 2005 tube “I Shipping Up to Boston”, announced on Wednesday that they would no longer perform in punk in the park’s programs after learning the organizer of the festival given in the Trump campaign.
“Punk Rock and Donald Trump simply do not belong together. So, by discovering that Brew Ha Ha promotions were given in the Trump campaign, we will no longer play punk in the programs of the park,” said the group in the legend of An Instagram video.
In the video, singer Ken Casey told an audience: “The extreme right is not the new punk.”
The group had just happened in Denver, but said that it would not continue for any other punk in the park’s emissions.
Cameron Collins, owner of Brew Ha Ha, the group that organized the festival, posted His own declaration In response.
“We live in a bipartite system, and unfortunately, you have to choose according to a few important questions that resonate with you. For me, these problems were the promise of ending wars and refrain from seizing new international conflicts, reducing taxes and preventing the government from overtaking the government,” said Collins.
He added that he had not liked many “points of view, recent opinions and policies of Trump so far” and said that the festival had not given any of his products to any political party and will not.
Federal electoral commission files Show Collins made several donations in small dollar last year to the Trump National Committee, never goes and won. The Trump National Committee and will never give up the use funds collected to support Trump. Winred Bill himself as “the only fund collection platform built exclusively for the Conservatives”.
Like most punk groups, Dropkick Murphys identify with the wider movement on the left, and they were not shy about their opposition to Trump.
In March, Casey called fan Wear a “Make America Great Again” shirt during a concert. By making a bet and checking that the “Maga” shirt was made in Nicaragua, Casey changed the fan into a shirt “proudly made in America Dropkick Murphys”.
“We do not care if we lose fans, because when the story said and done, we want him to know that Dropkick Murphys was standing with people, we were standing with workers,” said Casey at the time.
Punk in the park should make many stops until the end of the year, including dates in California, Oregon and Arizona.
