Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey: “I’m only a few bad decisions away from turning back into the savage that I was”
Dropkick Murphys vocalist Ken Casey reflects on the band’s longevity, sobriety, growing up and why getting emotional is punk as fuck…
Words: Mark Sutherland
It’s taken 25 years, but Ken Casey’s life has finally come full circle.
On May 2, it will be precisely two-and-a-half decades since he first stepped onstage with Dropkick Murphys, at the 60
th birthday party of one of his friend’s fathers. As you might expect, the Dropkicks’ bruising brand of Pogues/Clash-inspired Celtic punk rock didn’t go down particularly well with the assembled sexagenarians, but Ken wasn’t too bothered. After all, it was the Dropkick Murphys’
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So you can t head out to hear live Irish music on St. Patrick s day this year, but you can watch a great Irish band, the Dropkick Murphys, perform virtually.
Keeping with their annual tradition, the Irish punksters who got their start in 1996 in the basement of a barbershop in Quincy s Wollaston neighborhood will perform a free livestream show to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland.
Titled “Still Locked Down,” the Blarney blowout gets underway at 7 p.m. March 17 and can be viewed at www.DKMstream.com.
Fans can expect the usual mix of energy and Shamrock shenanigans from the band. The location of the concert is unknown, but a press release indicates the band will be performing on an arena-sized stage with a full LED screen and it will also feature a new video show.
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Dropkick Murphys St. Patrickâs Day Stream 2021.Still Locked Down goes live on Wednesday, March 17 at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
The free streaming online concert - with no in-person audience - will be simulcast worldwide via DKMstream.com. Still Locked Down will feature a variety of fan favorites, as well as select songs from the bandâs new studio album, due out soon.
IrishCentral is delighted to be partnering with Dropkick Murphys again to bring the free live show to our global audience on March 17 right here on IrishCentral and over on the IrishCentral Facebook page.
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Dropkick Murphys St. Patrickâs Day Stream 2021.Still Locked Down is presented by Boston-area tech company Pega (a leading provider of digital transformation software) and sponsored by YOU.