The Pogues

The Pogues are a Celtic punk band from London, formed in 1982 and fronted by
Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and
early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the
band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals
before breaking up in 1996. The band reformed in 2001, and has been ... read more

TV highlights: 21/12/2011

Top Of The Pops 2: Christmas Special | Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas | Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder | Great Movie Mistakes: Not In 3D | The Art Of The Night | The CafeTo...
Posted 19 December 2011 10.57am — Comment on this

The Pogues' Christmas Track Is Century's Most Played

THE POGUES FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK is Britains most played Christmas song of the century The festive track featuring late British singer Kirsty MacColl has dominated radio ...
Posted 15 December 2011 11.06am — Comment on this

Review Revue: The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God

For the first time in a very long time, I’m doing a Review Revue post on an album that I know and love, an album that I owned on tape from a very young age and have...
Posted 4 August 2011 11.30pm — Comment on this

5 GREAT ALBUM TRACKS FOR FRIDAY (Part 22)

This week's Friday posting was inspired by my time on Westport, Co.Mayo last weekend where I was lucky enough to catch quite a few live performances in different pubs - s...
Posted 15 July 2011 6.00am — Comment on this

The Pogues join the Chieftains on stage

15 July 1991: Number 45 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of World and Folk musicWhen Shane MacGowan's rowdy London Irish punks shared the stage of the Br...
Posted 16 June 2011 12.06am — Comment on this

The Airborne Toxic Event: All at Once – review

(Mercury)The Airborne Toxic Event's 2009 debut pitched itself perfectly between Bright Eyes, the Killers and the Strokes. This time, they've muscled up, nodded to the blu...
Posted 21 April 2011 10.30pm — Comment on this

monday evening updates from the blogosphere

a r n e l said...QuanticIncognito - 2 albumsA certain ratio2raumwohnungFleetwood Mac - 4 albumsMassive Attack - 6 albumsArling & Cameron...and:O.S.T. "Blade Runn...
Posted 11 April 2011 9.00pm — Comment on this

The Pogues star Shane MacGowan up for classic album award

Singer nominated for Classic Brit honour after recording track on hit album by The PriestsFormer Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit a...
Posted 7 April 2011 9.39pm — Comment on this

The Pogues wouldn't be your best fwends? Headline acts often aren't ...

Titus Andronicus might be peeved that the Pogues ignored them on tour, but it could have been worse. At least they didn't cover them in black paint or sack them without s...
Posted 7 April 2011 4.26pm — Comment on this

the final wednesday batch of updates

The NJ Underground said...Foster The People - HoudiniCut Copy - Out There On IceThe Hold Steady - Massive NightsMorning Teleportation - Expanding AnywayCloud Nothing...
Posted 6 April 2011 10.06pm — Comment on this

'The Pogues ignored us,' say support act Titus Andronicus

Singer Patrick Stickles 'furious' after the Pogues failed to watch his band during a nine-date tour of North AmericaThe support band for the Pogues' latest tour are "furi...
Posted 6 April 2011 11.06am — Comment on this

The Pogues

photos by Andrew St. Clair NIGHT ONE, NIGHT TWO, and a set of pictures from the final of three nights of Pogues, the St. Patrick's Day show, at Terminal 5 (setlist & Titu...
Posted 21 March 2011 12.26am — Comment on this

The Pogues

photos by Chris La Putt The Pogues completed their short tour and 3-night NYC run at Terminal 5 on St. Patrick's Day. We already posted about the first NYC show. Here are...
Posted 19 March 2011 8.40am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Pogues songs in the past year.

  • The Irish Rover  19 plays
  • Dirty old town  3 plays

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Pogues over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 19 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 3 plays

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