BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Dropkick Murphys will be performing at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor on Aug. 6 with Bad Religion, featuring openers The Mainliners, as part of the Summer of Discontent tour. Multi-instrumentalist Tim Brennan gave WIVB a preview of the show, discussed the band’s new album, “For the People,” and spoke on the tour, which began last week.
Now a few shows in, Brennan is telling fans who come to the Buffalo show to expect a “raucously good time from both bands.”
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“We’re so psyched to be out with Bad Religion, obviously,” he said. “They’re a friggin’ institution in punk rock.”
Dropkick Murphys will be bringing along a few songs from “For the People,” which released on July 4. Brennan said, as far as subject matter goes, it would have been tough for the band to not write about the current political landscape in America. He also said, having released two acoustic albums recently, the band wanted to make an album that was “louder and harder.”…