Dropkick Murphys does Storsjöyran in Jämtland
Swedish summer rock festival Storsjöyran has booked Boston’s very own Dropkick Murphys. The announcement has been greeted with jubilant exclamations like “SO FUCKING WONDERFUL!!!” on the festival’s message board.
Considering the separatist bent of Jämtland - the rural, mountainous and sparsely populated province where Storsjöyran takes place - I’m sure the Murphys will be particularly welcomed if they bring their pipebombs. Also, with the rampant anti-Americanism in Sweden, they should also be able to get a rollicking “Yankees Suck” chant fest going. That would be a pretty funny application of Beantown’s version of the Tomahawk Chop.
If you are inclined to rock and or roll for three days in a place where the sun never sets, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty, then Storsjöyran is for you. Except that most of the acts are obscure, Swedish ones you’ve never heard of, like Eldkvarn and Slagsmålsklubben.
