And burn this bloody city down
In the summer of the year
The Pogues have confirmed these dates for Summer, 2012!
NOTE: The September 11 show in Paris will be recorded for a forthcoming live album and DVD!
Tickets available from CTS from March 21, and available from Modernewelt from March 24.
Tickets for Paris here or at 0 892 68 33 68
Tickets for the Stockton Weekender here or at 01642 606525
Tickets for Sziget festival are already on sale
Tickets for Strummer of Love are avalable now
 The Pogues are delighted to announce that they will headline Strummer of Love festival in support of The Joe Strummer Foundation For New Music. The festival is a one off that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic clash frontman Joe Strummer and will be held at a beautiful secret location in the middle of the Somerset countryside.
Discussion is happening here.
— DzM
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Barney McKenna
1939 - 2012
The Pogues are deeply saddened by the passing of their friend and sometime colleague Barney McKenna and extend their regrets to Barney's family and shipmates, especially the surviving Dubliners. Barney would never tell you he was the most influential banjo player in Irish music, but he was, and a unique and naturally funny individual too.
Maybe we'll see you one day on Fiddler's Green, Barney.
The Pogues
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The Rockier Road to Poland
Shane MacGowan, The Aftermath & Friends recorded a song which competes to become Ireland's Euro 2012 anthem. Based on ‘The Rocky Road to Dublin’, popularised by the Dubliners, the new topical lyrics were a comedic collaborative effort by Johnny and Mick Cronin in conjunction with lead-singer Shane MacGowan and his Nenagh-based friend Tom Creagh. Mixed by top Irish engineer Ger McDonnell and mastered in Abbey Road in London, ‘The Rockier Road to Poland’ is out on Live Transmission Records and available for download from Amazon.
Discussion is here.
— Zuzana
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Here Comes Everybody
James Fearnley has written a memoir titled Here Comes Everybody - The Story of the Pogues, which is to be published by Faber and Faber on May 3, 2012.
To promote the book, James will have a promotional reading at the Laugharne Weekend, an annual festival of literature, music and the arts, held in in Camarthenshire, Wales, on April 13-15, 2012. James will be appearing on April 15 for an interview, Q&A, and a reading.
James will be promoting the book at:
April 15 - the Laugharne Weekend, an annual festival of literature, music and the arts, held in in Camarthenshire, Wales, on April 13-15, 2012. James will be appearing on April 15 for an interview, Q&A, and a reading.
April 16 - the Faber Social at 7:00pm. James will be appearing with Kevin Cummins (photographer and auther) and Viv Albertine of The Slits.
April 18 - The Idea Store Whitechapel, London from 6:30pm
You can follow latest news regarding James' book at jamesfearnley.com.
Discussion is here.
— Zuzana
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The Radiators from Space - new releases
The Radiators from Space (featuring Philip Chevron) have completed their much anticipated new album Sound City Beat, a tribute album to the Irish rock, blues and beat groups of the 1960s, which contains cover versions of 18 seminal Irish rock classics. The album will be released on April 30, 2012, on Chiswick Records (CWK 3022). Guest musicians include Terry Woods, Henry McCullough, Conor Brady and Eamon Carr.
Discussion and tracklist is here.
The band also saw their first ever North American album release in October 2011 when their 2007 modern classic Trouble Pilgrim was released on Shite 'n' Onions Records (SnOCD001) as a CD and 12" vinyl. On March 14, 2012, the album will be released in Japan on Uncleowen Records (HUCD-10104).
Discussion is happening here.
— Zuzana
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Spider in Tremé
Spider is reprising his role as 'Slim Jim' Lynch in Season 3 of David Simon, Eric Overmyer & HBO's acclaimed
series Tremé. Tim Robbins is in the director's seat for the most recent filming!
— DzM
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Gone to Amerikay
DC Comics has launched a graphic novel which draws inspiration from a song by the Pogues.
Gone to Amerikay, written by Derek McCulloch and illustrated by Colleen Doran, was inspired by Thousands Are Sailing, Philip Chevron's ballad about generations of Irish emigrants travelling "across the western ocean to a land of opportunity".
"What I think Gone To Amerikay does well is set an interconnecting tale, a sort of ghost story, in three separate eras," said Chevron. "It's a fairly audacious undertaking and I'm delighted to have helped inspire or influence it."
Discussion is here.
— Zuzana
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Shane MacGowan's guest appearances
Shane’s voice can be heard on Gerry Diver's Speech Project. For this album, Gerry Diver, an Irish musician and producer, has turned interviews (with Damien Dempsey, Christy Moore, Margaret Barry and others) into musical compositions. The release date is February 6, 2012, on One Fine Day Records. You can watch the video for Shane's contribution, Music for Tape Loop, at Youtube.
Discussion and setlist is here.
In 2011, Shane guested on the following projects:
From Gainsbourg to Lulu: This album by Lulu Gainsbourg is a collection of cover-versions of the greatest hits by Lulu's father, the famous French chansonnier Serge Gainsbourg. Shane sings the song "Sous Le Soleil Exactement".
Discussion is here.
The Celtic Song - 50th Anniversary Edition: This is a four-track EP, celebrating the 50th birthday of
Celtic Football Club's anthem "The Celtic Song". There are four versions of the song on the EP, including one sung by Shane.
Discussion is here.
For Shane's guest appearances in 2009 & 2010 look HERE.
— Zuzana
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New track by James Fearnley
"Wistful. Full of regret. Contains the words 'crepuscule' and 'megrims'." That's how James Fearnley describes his new song, 'Hey Ho'. The song he wrote and recorded with John King of the Dustbrothers is available on iTunes and other digital outlets. The artwork is by Kim Howard.
Discussion is happening here.
— Zuzana
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'Delicate Dancer' featuring Terry Woods
Lou McMahon, a singer/songwriter from Co. Clare, Ireland, has released an EP titled Delicate Dancer, which is produced by and features Terry Woods of The Pogues. The EP is available on iTunes and other sites. Lou and Terry are currently working on a second EP.
Discussion is here.
— Zuzana
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Jem Finer's new projects
Jem Finer's art installation called Still is on display at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire) until May 7. It is a giant screen projection of 18,000 images taken in a forest using a solar-powered camera and recorded through a specially designed computer programme. You can read more about this project as well as Jem's other art and his life with the Pogues in a Yorkshire Post interview.
Mobile Sinfonia, conceived and composed by Jem Finer, is an indeterminate musical composition scored for mobile phones. It is propagated through the free distribution of specially composed ringtones. Each ringtone is a ‘voice’ in the composition, and together they make a global orchestra of electronic instruments.
Discussion is happening here.
— Zuzana
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Graphic adaptation of the Pogues classic
Roel Seidell, an illustrator from the Netherlands and a long-time Pogues fan, made a graphic adaptation of "The Turkish Song of the Damned" and kindly offered it to this website. You can enjoy his work HERE. Thanks, Roel!
Discussion is happening here.
— Zuzana
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The Reunited Pogues Gig List
A list of all live shows the Pogues have played since getting back together in 2001, with links to forum discussions, media reviews, travelogues, photos and setlists.
If you want to refresh your memories of a particular show or wonder which places the reunited Pogues have visited look HERE.
— Zuzana & MacRua
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Just Look Them Straight In The Eye ...
It’s Box Set Time!
Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say... POGUEMAHONE!!
The Pogues have opened the hidden private vaults containing the
archive of their recordings not
previously released. The result? A five-disc box set titled
"Just Look Them Straight in the Eye And Say... POGUEMAHONE!!"
The compilation includes rarities, radio
sessions, demos, movie incidental music and live recordings. Also inside are the
legendary Murder, Donegal Express, Danny Boy, Travelling
People, and Fairytale of New York demos, collaborations with
Joe Strummer, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Earle and much more.
The complete track list with all 109 songs, all five discs is
here.
Amazon:
UK
USA
Japan
Germany
France
Canada
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Discussion is happening here.
— Zuzana & DzM
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 The Pogues have lots of things
on the market to satisfy your Celtic Punk desires. Seven
full-length CDs, remixed with extra tracks. Collections.
A box-set with rarities. Books! Videos! T-Shirts, pint
glasses, posters and much more.
But where to buy these things? There are many places, but
if you buy from the Amazon links on this
page then you help pay for this site. That's gotta be
a good thing, right?
And there's a
new store (in the USA too) with much of the recent show merchandise!
— DzM
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Bloguemahone -
Dispatches from the road
James “The Maestro” Fearnley has been kind enough to
document life on the road during the 2005 and 2006 shows. All
installments starting with London, 2005 are available beginning
with:
Sunday, July 17
Shane came into rehearsal
‘professionally late’, as he wittily put it, with
that gnashing laugh he has, the first day of rehearsal. I think
he’d had to be woken up, in his flat. He wasn’t as
sartorial as I’ ve seen him of late, though he still has
his brothel-creepers that I became familiar with coming across
on the dressing room floor when we were on tour at Christmas, as
he felt the need to air his rather curious-looking feet (and to
air, with Joey, the top half of his body, at least one evening,
where were we? Newcastle I think). He staggered in at four in
the afternoon wearing a tophat that looked as though someone had
attempted to contain a firework inside it. Continued...
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Special thanks to The Pogues for their generous help.
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Ronnie Drew: 1934-2008
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