Through isolated location, Bruce Springsteen virtually sat in with the Dropkick Murphys at their gig at an empty stadium in Fenway Park in Boston.
Near the end of the set, after Dropkick Murphys performed a rendition of Standells’ garage-rock classic “Dirty Water,” Springsteen appeared on the centerfield scoreboard along with singer Ken Casey introducing as the “reigning, defending heavyweight champion of rock n’ roll.” The two then traded verses on the Dropkick Murphys’ “Rose Tattoo,” which Springsteen performed with the band during a 2013 charity EP. Then performed next on Springsteen’s own Irish-inflected “American Land.”
The live stream was hosted to benefit local charities in the Boston area; the Boston Resiliency Fund, Feeding America, and Greater Boston’s Habitat for Humanity. And at the time, it has raised more than $100,000.
The Boss with the Murphys also covered Gerry Cinnamon‘s classic song, ‘The Bonny’ during the set.
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Dropkick Murphys’ setlist:
The Boys Are Back
The State of Massachusetts
Captain Kelly’s Kitchen
Smash Shit Up
Sunshine Highway
The Bonny (Gerry Cinnamon cover)
Sandlot
Tessie
Jimmy Collins’ Wake
The Fighting 69th
The Walking Dead
4-15-13
Rebels with a Cause
Prisoner’s Song
The Warrior’s Code
The Auld Triangle
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory (Johnny Thunders cover)
Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding
Queen of Suffolk County
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
Amazing Grace
(F)lannigan’s Ball
Out of Our Heads
Dirty Water (The Standells cover)
Rose Tattoo (with Bruce Springsteen)
American Land (Bruce Springsteen cover) (with Bruce Springsteen)
I’m Shipping Up to Boston
Until the Next Time