Live Review : Dropkick Murphys + Pennywise + The Rumjacks @ O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on January 18th 2022

Australian Punk-Folk band The Rumjacks were the first band of the evening I managed to catch. They were the perfect band to open for the Dropkick Murphys, paying homage to their iconic celtic folk sound, whilst adding their own twist to this formula. Vocalist Mike Rivkees offered gnarly punk vocals in between providing backing pennywhistle performances to add that folk element to the pretty basic, yet by no means weak punk that was being played behind him.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Alex Stuart21 January 2023O2 WarehouseDropkick Murphys, Pennywise, The Rumjacks, O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 2023, Live Review, Alex Stuart, Johann WierzbickiComment

Live Review : Dropkick Murphys Live Stream at Fenway Park, Boston U.S.A. on May 29th 2020

How do you do a socially distanced gig when you have eight members? You play on a sports field! Not a stage set up at the end of a stadium but literally on the field of play. Tonight is by far the most ambitious and large scale live stream event that has been attempted. The Dropkick Murphys are never one to do things by halves and here they are playing on diamond at the Red Sox home …

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas30 May 2020Dropkick Murphys, Bruce Springsteen, Red Sox, Fenway Park, Boston, 2020, StreamComment