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NOFX’S FAT MIKE TALKS PUNK IN DRUBLIC FESTIVAL, SET FOR PALLADIUM The Mighty Mighty BossTones, Pennywise and Get Dead will perform at festival Jason Greenough Special to Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
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rom the very inception of Punk In Drublic Festival, Mike Burkett, otherwise aff ectionately known as Fat Mike, has had one constant ingredient for the “secret sauce” that makes every year a rousing success: get Bad Religion on the bill. However, that won’t be possible for the festival’s Worcester stop at the Palladium Outdoors on Sept. 25, so the NOFX frontman is getting what he knows is the next best thing. Joined by Boston ska punk legends The Mighty Mighty BossTones, Pennywise, and Get Dead for the weekend punk rock hoedown, NOFX and Burkett are pumped for what the latest Massachusetts installment of the annually touring festival might have in store. But let’s be honest — he knows what makes a festival of this magnitude successful, and he’s sticking to that formula. “I love it. I love that the BossTones are on it, and I won’t do one of these unless the bands are [expletive] great,” Burkett says. “That was the idea, where people only want to see fi ve bands, so let’s make sure there’s a good half-hour in between bands so people can drink and NOFX will headline the Punk In Drublic Festival at the Palladium. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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