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Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys


Background information
Origin Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s) Punk Rock
Hardcore Punk
Celtic Punk
Years active 1996—present
Label(s) Hellcat Records
Associated acts Street Dogs
The Bruisers
The Ducky Boys
The Exit
Everybody Out!
The Outlets
Website Website
Members
Tim Brennan
James Lynch
Al Barr
Ken Casey
Matt Kelly
Josh "Scruffy" Wallace
Jeff DaRosa
Former members
Marc Orrell
Mike McColgan
Rick Barton
Spicy McHaggis
Ryan Foltz
Jeff Erna
Joe Delaney



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David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'

October 7, 2008
David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'Pink Floyd's David Gilmour has said Glastonbury organisers denied his late band mate Rick Wright one of his final wishes to perform at the festival.

Wright, who died last month following a battle with cancer, and the rest of the band had hoped to perform at the event last June.

But when their agents approached organisers three weeks before the festival they were told the line up had already been finalised.

Gilmour raised the issue when he collected his Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the Q Awards in London yesterday.

After dedicating his award his former band mate, Gilmour said: "One of the last things he wanted to do, in this last year, was to do a big outdoor festival, such as Glastonbury.

"We weren't able to do that due to all sorts of strange reasons, which, again, is a sadness."

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis told the BBC that she was “upset” by Gilmour's comments, but added: “Hopefully he understands, or I think maybe he has been misinformed by someone that it was some sort of thing about them, but it wasn't at all, it was just purely because we couldn't fit them on anywhere."

She said it was not imaginable to downscale one of the event's headliners – Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve – in order to accommodate the band.

(by Jason Gregory)



See also:

 Pink Floyd To Reunite? (21.03.2011)



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