Dropkick Murphys
Streaming Outta Fenway
Presented By Pega
Free Live Stream Performance With Special 2 Song “Double Play” With
Longtime Friend Bruce Springsteen
Set For Friday, May 29 In Boston
First-Ever Music Event Without In-Person Audience At Major U.S. Venue
Follows Success of Band’s St. Patrick’s Day
Streaming Up From Boston
Live Stream Performance Viewed By Over 13 Million People
Dropkick Murphys return Friday, May 29 for their Streaming Outta Fenway free live stream performance. The band will be joined (remotely) by longtime friend Bruce Springsteen for a special “double play” of one DKM song and one Springsteen song. The full electric performance–with no live audience–will be simulcast worldwide from Fenway Park in Boston on Friday, May 29 at 6:00 PM Eastern Time / 3:00 PM Pacific Time on the band’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch pages. The event will raise money for multiple charities and is presented by Boston-area tech company Pega (www.pega.com), a leading provider of digital transformation software.
The Streaming Outta Fenway performance from Dropkick Murphys is one in a long history of shows the band has played at the park, but it will be the first–and possibly the only–time that a band plays on the baseball diamond at Fenway Park. The infield dirt is considered “sacred ground” to baseball fans, but with the baseball season on hold because of COVID-19, an exception has been made for the beloved Boston band.
The first-ever live streamed music performance from the venerated ballpark adds a new chapter to Fenway’s music history, with two of its foremost history-makers. Dropkick Murphys have rallied the fans for the Red Sox’ four World Series championships this century, as well as headlining Fenway in 2011. Bruce Springsteen performed the first-ever ballpark-wide concert at Fenway back in 2003. The event also marks the first music performance without an in-person audience at a major U.S. arena, stadium or ballpark.
During the live stream, a text-to-donate campaign will support three non-profits: Boston Resiliency Fund, Feeding America®, and Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston.
The Dropkick Murphys live stream will be directed by the band’s longtime friend Josh Adams from MindPool Live, who has also directed two DKM concert films. Leading online video hosting platform Brightcove will distribute the live stream across the web.
Dropkick Murphys’ first live stream concert during the COVID-19 pandemic, Streaming Up From Boston on St. Patrick’s Day (exclusively sponsored by Pega), has been watched more than 13 million times across multiple platforms, and was featured on CBS This Morning Saturday, CNN, NBC Nightly News, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and in the Wall Street Journal.
During that live streaming event, Dropkick Murphys’ charity, The Claddagh Fund, raised over $60,000 for the city of Boston’s Boston Resiliency Fund, a nonprofit that provides essential services to Boston residents—including first responders and critical care providers—whose health and well-being are most immediately impacted by COVID-19. The free streaming concert was a #1 YouTube Trending Page, #2 Twitter Trending Topic across the United States, and a homepage feature on Twitch, as well as streaming concurrently via Facebook Live.
In other news, following the fan favorite “Smash Sh*t Up” single, Dropkick Murphys recently released a new single, “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding.” These songs will be included on the band’s forthcoming album on their own Born & Bred Records. “Smash Sh*t Up” is available digitally and on limited edition colored vinyl paired with B-side “The Bonny,” a cover of Gerry Cinnamon’s 2019 song.
For more information on Dropkick Murphys — Al Barr (co-lead vocals), Tim Brennan (guitars, accordion, mellotron, whistles, vocals), Ken Casey (co-lead vocals), Jeff DaRosa (banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, acoustic guitars, vocals), Matt Kelly (drums, percussion, vocals), James Lynch (guitar, vocals), Kevin Rheault (touring bassist), Lee Forshner (touring bagpipe player) — visit:
Website: www.dropkickmurphys.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DropkickMurphys
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dropkickmurphys
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/dropkickmurphys
Twitter: www.twitter.com/DropkickMurphys
YouTube: www.youtube.com/DropkickMurphys
Streaming Up From Boston (archived video):
For more information on the charities supported by Streaming Outta Fenway, please visit their websites:
Boston Resiliency Fund: www.boston.gov/departments/treasury/boston-resiliency-fund
Feeding America®: www.feedingamerica.org
Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston: www.habitatboston.org
For more information on Pega, please visit:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/pega
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About Dropkick Murphys: Since forming in 1996, Boston’s Dropkick Murphys have independently sold a staggering 8 million albums worldwide, with 2005’s The Warrior’s Code album achieving an RIAA Gold certification and its smash single “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” single nearing double platinum and appearing during a key moment of Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-winning The Departed. Dropkick Murphys have become ambassadors for their Boston hometown and have built a legacy that does Beantown proud. The band recently released the singles “Smash Sh*t Up” and “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding,” which will be included on their new album. Dropkick Murphys‘ song “Rose Tattoo”–from their Signed and Sealed in Blood album–was chosen by Loudwire as one of the “Top 66 Best Of The Decade Rock Songs,” appearing at #21 on the list. Dropkick Murphys’ most recent album, 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (released through the band’s own Born & Bred Records in 2017), debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 and was the #1 independently released album.
About Pegasystems: Pega (NASDAQ: PEGA) has deep roots in the Boston area, where it was founded in 1983 and remains today as one of the largest independent Boston-area tech companies. With over 1,000 employees in the greater Boston area, and more than 5,400 globally, Pega provides digital transformation software and solutions to enterprises and governments around the world, enabling them to better engage and service their customers and streamline operational processes. Every day, Pega powers millions of automated processes, billions of customer interactions, and trillions of dollars of business.
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