Tufts OTR: Dropkick Murphies Also Playing Spring Fling

Dropkick Murphies Also Playing Spring Fling

Posted by The Merry Widow 03/31/2008 3:34 PM
Category: Tags: kilts, Spring Fling, Dropkick Murphies, bagpipes

Via a tipster's helpful comments, we were alerted that monsters of Celt-rock the Dropkick Murphies are also playing Spring Fling, bringing back the time-honored tradition of having a healthy mix of rock and rap on the President's Lawn. (Not to be confused with rap-rock... that's never healthy, kids.)

If you don't know who the Dropkick Murphies are (aka, you're not from Massachusetts, not Irish, you've never seen a Sox game, never watched "The Departed" and generally don't listen to music) then I would heartily recommend some heavy downloading take place alongside your Spring Fling pre-gaming.

Edit: Sorry if I was unclear, but the only source for this is the tipster's comment. Unlike the news about Common, which showed up in the Bentley school paper, this is completely unconfirmed gossip (hey, that's what we're all about).

+ 27 comments

Anonymous says,

not excited. Posted 03/31/2008 3:57 PMReply

The Peasant says,

@ Anonymous: Seriously, **** the Dropkick Murphys Posted 03/31/2008 4:19 PMReply

The Agent says,

@ Anonymous: Agreed. Anyone going to MIT/Harvard that day? Posted 03/31/2008 4:43 PMReply

The Peasant says,

@ The Agent: Yardfest is the 18th, not the 26th. Posted 03/31/2008 4:54 PMReply

Street13 says,

i heard that tufts had rejected dropkick on the grounds that the concert would be too dangerous.

sounds ridiculous, i know, but i really wouldn't be surprised if it was true. Posted 03/31/2008 5:12 PMReply

Anonymous says,

After the girl talk concert, I wouldn't be suprised if it's Third Eye Blind. Posted 03/31/2008 5:20 PMReply

The Agent says,

@ The Peasant: Not going to Yardfest... going to a convention. Posted 03/31/2008 5:22 PMReply

XCBatman says,

Where did they get the money for a show this big? Dropkick in Boston? That's a better show than Harvard...

Somehow I doubt this. Posted 03/31/2008 5:54 PMReply

The Merry Widow says,

@ XCBatman: I should have made it more clear that this is totally unconfirmed. Edited and remedied! Posted 03/31/2008 6:09 PMReply

Anonymous says,

are you people idiots? having the dropkick murphys play at tufts almost make the 180 grand missing from my parents' bank account worth it. Posted 03/31/2008 6:30 PMReply

The Merry Widow says,

@ Anonymous: THANK YOU Posted 03/31/2008 6:58 PMReply

Anonymous says,

i still think it's going to be ace of base. what can i say, i pride loyalty to unfounded, silly rumors. Posted 03/31/2008 7:15 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I would love to see the murphys play, but I seriously doubt we got them. Posted 03/31/2008 9:09 PMReply

Anonymous says,

The Dropkick Murphy's would be so rowdy, that would be sick. Posted 03/31/2008 10:22 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous: how the hell are girl talk and third eye blind related?? Posted 04/01/2008 1:33 PMReply

The Merry Widow says,

@ Anonymous: One played at Tufts before, and one is apparently (possibly?) playing at Tufts soon? Posted 04/01/2008 5:31 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ The Merry Widow: "After the girl talk concert, I wouldn't be surprised if it's Third Eye Blind." was the asinine comment I was referring to

asinine is my new favorite word Posted 04/02/2008 11:10 AMReply

Anonymous says,

Isn't it a little pathetic that you guys claim to be a source of "campus news," and yet you have to make posts with words like "apparently (possibly?)" to qualify your bullshit gossip?

Even if this Dropkick Murphys (good spelling, by the way) rumor is true, that's not the point. The point is that the fact that you people are actually paid to post unsubstantiated, unsourced anonymous ramblings is a complete joke. Posted 04/02/2008 5:43 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous: well someone here obviously has a very large stick shoved up his/her ass! is it really worth going on a rant about such stupid shit in the first place? Posted 04/02/2008 6:15 PMReply

The Merry Widow says,

@ Anonymous: We do post some news, but this definitely goes under the subject of "gossip." Which we definitely cater to. Posted 04/02/2008 7:22 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Haha... I love how Anonymous #1 wrote three sentences, and Anonymous #2 considered that a "rant." Really makes you think about the depth of reporting that people have come to expect from this site, hmm? Posted 04/02/2008 8:31 PMReply

The Merry Widow says,

@ Anonymous: "Reporting?" "Depth?" Methinks you're confusing what we're about. Dude, we analyze people's facebook pictures. C'mon now. Posted 04/02/2008 8:32 PMReply

Anonymous says,

"Dropkick Murphys at UNH

Posted by roboblogger on Sunday Mar 23 | via Seacoast Online This link will take you off Topix

The Dropkick Murphys, the Boston-based band fronted by Portsmouth's Al Barr, will perform at the UNH Field House in Durham on Friday, April 25"

Would work out nicely for the Murphy's to be at Tufts the next day.

Any word from the person who actually broke the story? What's their source Posted 04/02/2008 10:10 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Third Eye Blind is playing at Amhurst on the 26th, so they're also a possibility as well.

@ Anonymous: I second that... who broke the story!? Posted 04/03/2008 06:37 AMReply

Anonymous says,

Source? This is OTR. What are you smoking? Posted 04/03/2008 2:05 PMReply

Anonymous says,

weed, jackass.

But i'm asking the person who posted it if they have any reason to think this or was all this speculation pure bullshit? Posted 04/06/2008 4:09 PMReply

Anonymous says,

it's confirmed...dropkick murphy's are coming to tufts for spring fling..

amazing Posted 04/14/2008 10:15 AMReply