{"id":58743,"date":"2026-02-23T20:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/dropkick-murphys-to-play-free-alex-pretti-renee-good-memorial-concert\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:28","slug":"dropkick-murphys-to-play-free-alex-pretti-renee-good-memorial-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/dropkick-murphys-to-play-free-alex-pretti-renee-good-memorial-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropkick Murphys to Play Free Alex Pretti, Renee Good Memorial Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The acoustic show will also feature performances from local artists and help raise money for Twin Cities organizations and mutual aid efforts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDropkick Murphys will host a memorial concert honoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/alex-pretti-veterans-gun-owners-country-music-1235505557\/\">Alex Pretti<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/renee-nicole-good-killing-inspires-tributes-outrage-1235497111\/\">Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a> before their headlining concert in Minneapolis next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Boston band is slated to play the Palace Theatre in St. Paul on March 6, while the free acoustic concert will take place that afternoon, starting at 1 p.m. Along with Dropkick Murphys, the concert will feature performances from local acts Wild Colonial Bhoys, DJ Jacques, Kiss the Tiger, Sophie Hiroko, Chutes, Laamar, Obi Original, and the Shackletons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWe 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\u2019ve gone through,\u201d Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey said in a statement. \u201c[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.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe concert, which will be livestreamed, is scheduled to take place at the Black Forest Inn parking lot on 26th and Nicollet Avenue (also known as Eat Street), not far from where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-admin-alex-pretti-killing-narrative-1235504943\/\">ICE agents killed Pretti<\/a> earlier this year. The show will also double as a fundraiser for several local groups and mutual aid efforts, including rent support, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Show Up for Eat Street, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, and the South Minneapolis Families Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-dropkick-murphys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-dropkick-murphys\" data-tag=\"the-dropkick-murphys\">The Dropkick Murphys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/ken-casey-dropkick-murphy-bad-bunny-1235451642\/\">have long been<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dropkick-murphys-trump-first-class-loser-warped-tour-1235396369\/\">fierce opponents<\/a> of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dropkick-murphys-slam-fan-maga-hat-boston-concert-1235297775\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his administration. In January, after an ICE agent shot and killed Good (but before Pretti\u2019s killing), the band announced that they\u2019d revamped their 2005 protest song, \u201cCitizen C.I.A.\u201d \u2014 a mock recruitment song for the intelligence agency \u2014 into \u201cCitizen I.C.E.\u201d The track was released in early February.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Citizen I.C.E.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0k_O5w9kpHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dropkick-murphys-free-alex-pretti-renee-good-memorial-show-1235521148\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The acoustic show will also feature performances from local artists and help raise money for Twin Cities organizations and mutual aid efforts Dropkick Murphys&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}