Japan & Australia tour 2012

Haul away oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia

The Pogues are delighted to announce that they are touring Japan and Australia in March/April 2012.

March 28 - Studio Coast, Tokyo (tickets)
April 1 - West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival, Perth (www.westcoastbluesnroots.com.au)
April 4 - Festival Hall, Melbourne (www.ticketmaster.com.au)
April 8 - Bluefest, Byron Bay (www.bluesfest.com.au)
April 11 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (www.ticketek.com.au)

Tickets went on general sale on Friday November 11, 2011.

A further announcement will be made in due course regarding any more shows.

Discussion is here.

— Zuzana

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.

You can follow latest news regarding James' book at jamesfearnley.com.

Discussion is here.

— Zuzana

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 March 5, 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

'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

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

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

Discussion is happening here.

— Zuzana & DzM

Finding things to buy

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

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...