the pogues

Updated: 9th December 2023 Shane MacGowan’s family and friends held a “monster hooley” at his funeral in County Tipperary on Friday, 8th December – dancing to Fairytale of New York. Hundreds of people gathered inside and outside the church in Nenagh to say their farewells to the songwriter, who died last week aged 65. Nick […]

Many years ago I traveled with my best friend to Dublin to see the Pogues play their Christmas show at The Point. We dossed at The Morrison Hotel on the River Liffey, and the night we had there began and ended with a long session with the man Himself. We found ourselves at the lobby […]

Tin whistle, Cajun French and fiddle filled the Popdust board room as very special guests Spider Stacy and Lost Bayou Ramblers paid us a visit while doing a run of sold out shows in NYC. Stacy is probably best known best for co-founding legendary Celtic punk band, The Pogues in London, as well as his […]