The Pogues - Montreux Festival July 1996

[Cornish Andy]

I'm fascinated by this show that took place shortly before The Pogues split in '96. Not to be confused with Shane & The Popes at Montreux which is available on DVD.

From what I've read Spider had left so the vocals were shared around the others. There's a set-list on the official Montreux site here:

http://www.montreuxsounds.com/detail2006.php?fiche=1896

Does a video/audio recording of this exist? Anyone seen or own it? I'd love to know who sang what.

I think most Montreux shows are recorded and many have recently been released on DVD. I can understand the band not particularly wanting this to come out as it's not exactly The Pogues at their peak, but it sounds like a fascinating piece of Pogues history. It would be great to see it.

[Alex]

I think most Montreux shows are recorded and many have recently been released on DVD. I can understand the band not particularly wanting this to come out as it's not exactly The Pogues at their peak, but it sounds like a fascinating piece of Pogues history. It would be great to see it.

19-Jul-96
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
97 min. Televised concert
without Spider Stacy

The Sunnyside Of The Street (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Sayonara (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Living In A World Without Her (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Boys From The County Hell (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Once Upon A Time (Jem Finer vocals) / Big City (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Tuesday Morning (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Tosspint (Jem Finer vocals) / Amadie (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Oretown (Jem Finer vocals) / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Thousands Are Sailing (James McNally vocals) / Pont Mirabeau (Jem Finer vocals) / When The Ship Comes In (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Tuesday Morning (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Turkish Song Of The Damned (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Dirty Old Town (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Streams Of Whiskey (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Bright Lights (Jem Finer vocals) / Love You 'Till The End (Darryl Hunt vocals) / Fiesta (Jem Finer vocals)

[mats]

Which set list is correct? The one from the Montreaux page is completely different to the one from pogueslive.com

[Michaelo]

Which set list is correct? The one from the Montreaux page is completely different to the one from pogueslive.com

I've no idea which is correct, but the set list on the Montreaux site has some unusual songs listed; "It's Hard" was a single Darryl wrote in one of his previous groups, Plummet Airlines. I've never heard of "Reptile"- anyone else heard of it?

[Garteh]

The setlist from pogueslive is the correct one.

My opinions on the show:

Darryl does a good job with most of the singing. Although, it is a very different sound to the original Pogues lineup

[orrok61]

Was Daryl really in Plummet Airlines!!!No shit,I remember them from like 77-78 on Stiff!!Now I have to scour the collection to see if it still belongs to me or has been lost or sold over the years!!I NEVER KNEW THAT!!

[orrok61]

HA!!!Talk about learning something new every day!!Catalogue BUY8....This Is The World....there he is with top billing!!I've owned this since it came out & I also picked up on the Pogues from the wee beginings,and never until now did I put this together!!It only took me 28 years to find the link!!Pretty fecking funny!!