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The Pogues have been an indelible high watermark on the fickle tide of popular music for the last 30 years. Lead by the charismatic Shane MacGowan, The Pogues command an army of die-hard fans the world over, captivated by the power and conviction of one of the last true punk rock bands. For Australian members of said legion, the 23 year wait to see The Pogues on home shores will soon to be over, with the band - including Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer, Spider Stacy, James Fearnley, Darryl Hunt, Andrew Ranken, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods - announcing their first Australian tour since 1989.
The Pogues, or Pogue Mahone (kiss my arse in Gaelic) as they were then known, came kicking and screaming into the world in 1982 when founding members Shane McGowan, Peter 'Spider' Stacy, Jem Finer and James Fearnley united for a show in Kings Cross, London. From the outset it was clear to see that this band were something different. Whilst hordes of young hopefuls at the time were cranking amplifiers and expounding the politically charged lyrical fixations of punk rock, The Pogues instead did away with thrashing about on electric guitars and mustered their power through an arsenal of traditional Irish instrumentation and folk storytelling- creating a genre so entirely their own it would become legend.
The seminal album Red Roses for Me soon followed, and with the follow-up Rum Sodomy & the Lash, critical accolades began to appear for front man MacGowan as he hit his lyrical straps- and in doing so became known as one of the most poetically adept storytellers of his generation. The next two albums - If I Should Fall from Grace with God and Peace and Love- brought the band commercial success, but cracks soon began to appear resulting in MacGowan being cast adrift immediately after the recording of the band's 1990 studio effort Hell's Ditch.
The band continued on with punk godfather Joe Strummer filling in for McGowan for a time, until Spider Stacy took on the bands vocal duties. Two further albums were recorded, being Waiting For Herb and Pogue Mahone, before he and the band decided to call last drinks in 1996. Just over a decade after MacGowan's departure The Pogues reconvened in 2001 with their front man refreshed, yet as wild as ever, and this April will bring their own brand of fiery, literate, celtic punk rock to Australia.

Setlists

    1. 1.The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
    2. 2.Wild Cats of Kilkenny
    3. 3.A Pair of Brown Eyes
    4. 4.Billy's Bones
    5. 5.Navigator
    6. 6.Planxty Noel Hill
    7. 7.The Gentleman Soldier
    8. 8.Jesse James (Bentley Ball cover)
    9. 9.I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday ([traditional] cover)
    10. 10.The Body of an American
    11. 11.The Old Main Drag
    12. 12.The Parting Glass ([traditional] cover)
    13. 13.Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl cover)
    14. 14.A Rainy Night in Soho
    15. 15.A Pistol for Paddy Garcia
    16. 16.Poor Paddy Works on the Railway ([traditional] cover)
    17. 17.And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle cover)
    18. 18.London Girl

  2. Encore

    1. 19.The Irish Rover (Joseph M. Crofts cover)
    2. 20.Streams of Whiskey
    3. 21.Boys From the County Hell
    4. 22.Greenland Whale Fisheries ([traditional] cover)
    5. 23.Waxie's Dargle ([traditional] cover)
    6. 24.Sally MacLennane
    1. -Intro
    2. 1.Transmetropolitan
    3. 2.The Battle of Brisbane
    4. 3.Greenland Whale Fisheries ([traditional] cover)
    5. 4.Boys From the County Hell
    6. 5.Poor Paddy Works on the Railway ([traditional] cover)
    7. 6.Dingle Regatta
    8. 7.Whiskey You're the Devil
    9. 8.Dark Streets of London
    10. 9.The Auld Triangle (Brendan Behan cover)
    11. 10.Repeal of the Licensing Laws
    12. 11.The Leaving of Liverpool ([traditional] cover)
    13. 12.Sea Shanty
    14. 13.Waxie's Dargle ([traditional] cover) (Also with Séan McKenna, both from The Marry Wallopers)
    15. 14.Kitty
    16. 15.Muirshin Durkin
    17. 16.Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
    18. 17.And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle cover)
    19. 18.Streams of Whiskey
    20. 19.The Irish Rover (Joseph M. Crofts cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 20.Speech by Victoria Mary Clarke
    2. 21.Fairytale of New York (Also with Radie Peat)
    3. 22.Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl cover) (With everyone)
    4. 23.Streams of Whiskey (With everyone)
    1. 1.Transmetropolitan
    2. 2.The Battle of Brisbane
    3. 3.Greenland Whale Fisheries ([traditional] cover)
    4. 4.Boys From the County Hell
    5. 5.Poor Paddy Works on the Railway ([traditional] cover)
    6. 6.Dingle Regatta
    7. 7.Whiskey You're the Devil (With Kami Thompson)
    8. 8.Dark Streets of London (With George Vjestica)
    9. 9.The Auld Triangle (Brendan Behan cover) (With George Vjestica)
    10. 10.Repeal of the Licensing Laws
    11. 11.The Leaving of Liverpool ([traditional] cover)
    12. 12.Sea Shanty
    13. 13.Waxie's Dargle ([traditional] cover)
    14. 14.Kitty (With George Vjestica)
    15. 15.Muirshin Durkin
    16. 16.Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
    17. 17.And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle cover)
    18. 18.Streams of Whiskey
    19. 19.The Irish Rover (Joseph M. Crofts cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 20.Streams of Whiskey (With all guest artists)
    1. 1.Streams of Whiskey
    2. 2.If I Should Fall From Grace With God
    3. 3.Boys From the County Hell
    4. 4.Tuesday Morning
    5. 5.Kitty
    6. 6.A Pair of Brown Eyes
    7. 7.Jesse James (Bentley Ball cover)
    8. 8.White City
    9. 9.The Sunnyside of the Street
    10. 10.Young Ned of the Hill
    11. 11.Greenland Whale Fisheries ([traditional] cover)
    12. 12.Repeal of the Licensing Laws
    13. 13.Thousands Are Sailing
    14. 14.The Body of an American
    15. 15.Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl cover)
    16. 16.The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
    17. 17.Sally MacLennane
    18. 18.A Rainy Night in Soho
    19. 19.Fiesta
    1. 1.The Sunnyside of the Street
    2. 2.If I Should Fall From Grace With God
    3. 3.Streams of Whiskey
    4. 4.Kitty
    5. 5.Repeal of the Licensing Laws
    6. 6.Boys From the County Hell
    7. 7.The Body of an American
    8. 8.Jesse James (Bentley Ball cover)
    9. 9.Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl cover)
    10. 10.Greenland Whale Fisheries ([traditional] cover)
    11. 11.The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
    12. 12.The Irish Rover (Joseph M. Crofts cover)
    13. 13.A Rainy Night in Soho
    14. 14.Sally MacLennane

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