The Dropkick Murphys are hosting a free fundraising concert in Minneapolis on March 6 honoring the memories of Alex Pretti and Renée Good, the two American citizens killed by immigration agents in the city during Donald Trump’s Operation Metro Surge in the city last month.
The acoustic daytime show — which will take place before the Boston band performs a ticketed show at the Palace Theatre in neighboring St. Paul that night — titled “Abolish ICE: A Fundraiser For the People” will kick off at 1 p.m. and feature the Murphys, as well as local bands Wild Colonial Bhoys, Danza Ketzal, Brass Solidarity, DJ Jacques, Kiss the Tiger, Sophie Hiroko, Chutes, Laamar, Obi Original, and the Shackletons.
The show will be livestreamed and be hosted in the Black Forest Inn parking lot, not far from where ICE agents killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Pretti. “We are so proud of how Minnesota stood up and met this moment and we are so sad for the community and for the Pretti and Good families for what they’ve gone through,” Dropkick Murphys singer Ken Casey said in a statement. “[So] it is an honor to come down and be able to play some music for the people and let them know we stand in solidarity with them.”
The show will raise funds for a number of local charities, including Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Show Up for Eat Street, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Rent Support For Bancroft Families and the South Minneapolis Families Fund. “Help us support the warriors who’ve stepped up to protect our neighbors and our democracy!!!,” the band wrote on the event’s poster.
The Murphys have long been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration, frequently calling out the former reality TV star on stage and decrying his sweeping immigration actions during his second term. Last July, during their set at the Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach, Calif., Casey dedicated their song “First Class Loser” to the president, saying, “This next song is dedicated to a guy who wears orange makeup, s–ts in his pants in his diapers,” as the screen behind him ran a “FDT” message and scrolled videos of Trump with his longtime friend late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
On St. Patrick’s Day last year, Casey told an interviewer, “One other thing Dropkick Murphys has always been about is a lot of songs about standing with your friends and family and the things you believe in, whether it’s politics, or just how you were raised. And Donald Trump is the exact opposite of everything we sing about … He’s turned on his friends. He’s turned on America’s friends and our allies. He’s a rat and a coward when you think of it that way.”
Casey has also called out Trump supporters at the band’s shows, pointing to one wearing a MAGA hat during a show last March. “If you’re in a room full of people and you want to know who’s in a cult, how do you know who’s in a cult?” Casey asked the crowd. “They’ve been holding up a f—ing hat the whole night to represent a president … This is America, there’s no kings here.”
In addition, following the killing of mother of three Good, 37, the band reworked their 2005 “Citizen C.I.A.” song into a takedown of Trump immigration troops, dubbing it “Citizen I.C.E.” The hardcore punk song’s new lyrics read, “They’re poorly trained an army for our kids to fear today/ Take your mask and weapon and then be on your way/ They’re knee-deep in Proud Boys, the party never stops/ Too scared to join the military, too dumb to be a cop.”
Check out the memorial concert poster below.
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