Yes, the legendary band The Pogues will be touring the USA in March for 8 dates. I have tickets for 1 of those (and Finny from the Mahones is supposed to put us on the guest list for the Friday show in NYC). Now I don't know how long since they last toured, but it promises to be a fun filled night with The Slackers and William Elliot Whitmore opening up.We had the pleasure of seeing Terry Woods perform with the Mahones & the Peelers at Club One a while back. Terry being the one who wrote such classics as Streets of Sorrow & Young Ned of the Hill. What a great night and great memories.
Now back to our drunken lazy bastard Shane MacGowan. Given the title as the most Irish person ever, he only lived in Ireland until the age of six (Tied with the worst teeth in rock). If you ever have a chance to see "If I should fall from grace: The Shane MacGowan Story", you can see that this man is the poster boy for Alcoholism. The film document his fall from grace as the young punk who brought us pure Irish tunes, to the slurring, stumbling old man with even less teeth. You will find his bio here.
So come on down and have a few pints. Let's hope he can keep it together for a few good sets of the songs we came to love.
Cheers.
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