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| 20.02.2006 Shane MacGowan Dressed as Che Guevara - 02/17/2006 - The Boogaloo, Highgate by Danny Clifford ST PATRICK'S NIGHT DEATH DISCO NEW YORK 2ND ANNIVERSARY PARTY DJs SHANE MACGOWAN & BP FALLON! "Shane MacGowan and BP Fallon team up for their first-ever Death Disco gig together in the USA when they DJ at Death Disco New York's 2nd Anniversary Party! Shane has been DJing with Death Disco in Ireland for over three years now... Enthuses BP : "Shane MacGowan, St Patrick's Night, Death Disco celebrating two years of amazing parties in New York... what a fantastic mix..." Fri March 17 at Southpaw, 125 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Tel (001) 718 230 0236 TICKETS $35 14.02.2006 THE ROVERS RETURN The Pogues. Brixton Academy, London 20 December 2005. 4 out of 5 stars. Q magazine By ANDY FYFE "IN THEORY, WE shouldn't be here at all. Reports of the deaths of The Pogues, both individually and as a group, have been bandied around for years. Their legendarily dissolute lifestyle had threatened to account for more than one of them over the years, and it seemed likely that their decision to split in 1996 was final. After 14 years stumbling around the world blind drunk, even sacking singer Shane MacGowan in 1991 for being too much of a liability, it was time to hang up their livers to rest. So when MacGowan, ever-present pint of Martini in hand, follows the band onstage, there's a devoted roar of relief." MORE >>> The Pogues at Brixton Academy Wessex Scene Online 13 Feb 2006 Stephen Thompson For those who are sadly unaware of The Pogues, they are without a shadow of a doubt one of the best classic punk bands to ever walk the earth. Their musical style combines traditional Irish folk music with punk rock to produce a unique and highly attractive sound. Lead singer Shane MacGowan is famous for three things: not having any teeth, drinking copious amounts of hard liquor, and lastly but most importantly being one of the most profound songwriters of our time. MORE >>> Award shows Pogues’ glory days are gone As The Pogues prepare to accept a prestigious music award RONAN McGREEVY salutes the genius of the band who celebrated all things Irish. The Irish Post 1 Feb 2006 It seems extraordinary given their impact but the Lifetiem Achievement Award that The Pogues will receive at the Meteor Irish Music Awards in Dublin this week is the first such award of their career. The Pogues do not need the validation of the Irish music establishment to acknowledge the brilliant band they once were.They know what they've done. MORE >>> JP Donleavy is not convinced MacGowan's a heavy drinker The Sunday Independent 12 Feb 2006 JEROME REILLY BALLADEER Shane MacGowan has built a career as the epitome of a hard-drinking, carousing Irishman - a modern-day Brendan Behan. But has it all been a spectacular deception? Certainly the legendary The Ginger Man author JP Donleavy is less than convinced of the legend of MacGowan's drinking. MORE >>> 10.02.2006 Rover Shane As Wild As Ever News Letter By Ian Starrett 10th Feb 2006 Some would say that it's a miracle but Shane McGowan is still going strong. Those who tuned into Sunday's RTE recording of the 2006 Meteor Music Awards will have seen him up on stage belting out The Irish Rover with the Dubliners and The Pogues after he and The Pogues had received a Lifetime Achievement Award. MORE >>> 07.02.2006 The Pogues picked up the lifetime achievement award The Meteor Ireland Music Awards (aka "The Meteors"), which celebrated their sixth year, are the national music awards of Ireland. They are the equivalent to the United Kingdom's Brit Awards or the Grammy Awards in the United States. The ceremony took place on 2nd February at the Point Theater, Dublin. On the night 17 Meteor Ireland Music Awards were presented and the Pogues were among laureates of this year. They played live to accept their Lifetime Achievement award, saluting their 24 year chartmaking career and closing the show with The Dubliners and a rendition of Irish Rover. Earlier on the red carpet Shane MacGowan said: "It's nice to be a legend when you are still alive, a lifetime achievement award is not part of any job really." Some pics: Red Carpet & Press Room BackStage (by Sean Fay) Who's Snogging Shane? Sky Showbiz 03 Feb 2006 "Could the release of Brokeback Mountain be having a funny effect on people? Maybe. After all, who'd have thought Shane McGowan would be caught lip-locking a fella? The mind, as they say, boggles. The spontaneous smooching took place at Ireland's Meteor Awards (think the Brits), where Shane arrived to accept the Lifetime Achievement award with his band The Pogues. It seems the accolade left Shane a bit emotional, so he shared a tender, tongues-and-all, moment with fellow Irish singer Gavin Friday. After taking a peep at the state of Shane's teeth we'd say rather Gavin than us. Have a further look for yourself at this week's strangest showbiz moment..." 26.01.2006 COPS QUIZ SHANE ON CASH BAG' The Sun, 24 Jan 2006 Adventures of lost passport in two parts part 1 part 2 (scans of paper) special thanks: kind contributors - MissWalshy and her Dublin agent 20.01.2006 News: FOLK BRITANNIA Begins Friday February 3 2006 9pm-10pm . BBC Four. Folk Britannia - a three-part documentary series beginning in early February - will trace the evolution of British folk music from the end of the Second World War right up to its latter-day revival. Divided into three one-hour episodes, Folk Britannia's story is told by the musicians who lived and shaped it - a stellar cast from every era including Bert Jansch, Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy, Donovan, Davy Graham, Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Billy Bragg, Shane MacGowan, Beth Orton and Seth Lakeman. MORE >>> Lifetime Achievement Award for The Pogues RTE 20 Jan 2006 It was announced yesterday that The Pogues are to be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Meteor Ireland Music Awards. The star-studded awards show takes place at The Point Theatre in Dublin on Thursday 2 February and it will be broadcast on RT? 2 at 9pm the following Sunday, 5 February. MORE >>> And oldie: The rogue from The Pogues Scotland on Sunday 05 Oct 2003 Richard Purden AT MY first, brief, meeting with Shane MacGowan I found him sitting forlornly in a Dublin bar, his songwriting partner Phil having disappeared, leaving him without a penny. Making our way to a city centre nightclub, the former Pogues frontman ordered the taxi driver to stop at a cash machine and tapped me for my last 100 euros. MORE >>> 17.01.2006 St.Patrick 2004 (1) St.Patrick 2004 (2) St.Patrick 2004 (3) St.Patrick 2004 (4) Wasn't that a party ... Breakfast on Pluto launch from eyewitness' lips (Victoria on movie, party and Shane's part. The Sunday Independent, 15 Jan 2006) 12.01.2006 Dublin premiere for Jordan of Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto "A host of stars including Golden Globe-nominated Murphy, director Jordan, Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Rea strolled down the red carpet at Dublin`s Savoy Theatre. U2 singer Bono and his wife Ali, actor Ralph Fiennes and Pogues singer Shane McGowan made surprise appearances at the event which raised ?70,000 (ˆ100,000) for Unicef. " Photo evidences: Filmmagic WireImages GettyImages RexFeatures 11.01.2006 Photos (29): Shane MacGowan - Huntenpop, Varsselder, NL (06-09-2003) REHAB DUBLIN DEBUT! SHANE MACGOWAN & BP FALLON SOCK IT TO ‘EM! Shane MacGowan dressed in black like some benign Dickensian character apparitions onto the Rehab stage as BP Fallon’s decks are exploding with bits of Bowie. It's BP's DB Goes To Rehab mashup and the fiesty full-voiced audience, they're roaring along with ol' Ziggy, screaming "Oh, don' lean on me man cos y'can' afford the ticket, I'm back from Suffragette City!" as BP gleefully fucks with the faders. Yup, a total blam blam. Now Shane MacGowan has checked himself into Rehab to DJ, having come here directly from singing with The Pogues to 8,500 ecstatic fans at The Point. Shane, all throughout his 1 hour 40 minute DJ set, admirers clamber up onto the Rehab stage to shake his hand or thrust a bit of paper at him to sign. When he can't find a handy pen, he uses a handy ciggie to burn his mark. Rehab's already rockin' and Shane's very presence generates an even higher energy upsurge. The celebrated Ronnie Drew - who sang The Irish Rover with Shane at The Point - Ronnie, he says of BP Fallon, "He gives spirit". Well, Shane gives spirit too, mighty stuff. And not just the stuff you can drink. MORE >>> THE POGUES: London Brixton Academy, 23rd December Playlouder Jeremy Allen It's about time the The Pogues get full recognition. Proper recognition. Yes yes, the Pogues have never exactly been starved of praise and adulation, but they're way down in those lists that people do. The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division, PiL blah de blah get cited as the influences of not very good bands everytime a journalist runs out of questions, and yet the London Irish troupe are about the 89th most imporant band ever, squeezed between Squeeze and the fucking Stranglers - if we're being brutally honest and that. It's always the same. Shane McGowan - what a card! What a shitty toothed bastard! Cronic alcoholism - fucking hilarious! MORE >>> The Pogues, Brixton Academy, 21 December 2005 Friday, December 23, 2005 The Dreaming Armadillo It was a mild, dry night in Brixton, not the "rainy night in Soho" as the song title would suggest. Still London is London, Christmas was just around the corner and the Pogues were back with their so-called "definitive" lineout to play a series of sell-out "home town" gigs. And the busker at the tube station was playing "Fairytale of New York" on the saxophone - a forestaste of what was to come - or at least I hoped so. As I neared the Brixton Academy the ticket touts and t-shirt sellers were out in force. The latter even seemed to be doing a brisk trade despite the time of year. MORE >>> 30.12.2005 30-12-05 news EXCLUSIVE WITH PHOTOS Shane MacGowan Goes to Rehab... A number of well-known people have tried-in-vain to get Irish party animal Shane MacGowan to go to Rehab - this Christmas the legendary BP Fallon finally made some progress... 28.12.2005 Shane in todays Daily Record Pogues' drunken fairytale By GISELLA FARRELL Sun Online WEDNESDAY night saw London's Brixton Carling Academy transformed into a raucous Irish pub – yes, The Pogues were in town. The veteran folk rockers were finishing their Christmas 2005 tour in festive style, with drunken debauchery, classic tracks and an electric atmosphere. MORE >>> A fairytale of old folk-rockers The Pogues, The Dropkick Murphys, Brixton Academy Reviewed by Richard Godwin, Evening Standard 22 Dec 2005 The Pogues and Christmas are made for each other. Both come soaked in booze and steeped in tradition, and both have a heart-nagging appeal that cuts across the generations. Among the rambling boys of pleasure and ladies of easy leisure reliving their Eighties teenage years at Brixton last night was a smattering of hyperactive kids and good-time Irish rou?s from the Shane MacGowan school of dentistry, giving the folk rockers' seasonal get-together the air of a rowdy Tipperary wedding. MORE (with a pic) >>> We love... The Pogues Western Mail 23 Dec 2005 Gareth Morgan IT was Christmas Eve, baaaaabe ... in the drunk tank ... an old man said to me, we won't see another one... Not quite the stuff of merry Christmas hopes and dreams, but the unforgettable opening lines to arguably the greatest seasonal song ever penned. MORE >>> Nostalgia with a fairy-tale ending THE POGUES, Brixton Academy, LONDON **** The Independent 22 Dec 2005 It is usual, and generally accurate, to suggest that bands who continue to tour long past their creative sell-by date have become a cabaret turn. But the Pogues, while apparently having little to offer any more but the opportunity for a massed nostalgic sing-along, are more of a circus act whose star attraction is the Amazing Indestructible Shane MacGowan. MORE >>> Pop: The Pogues The Times 22 Dec 2005 Lisa Verrico at Brixton Academy, SW9 Like a lot of re-formed Eighties acts, the Pogues always hit the road around Christmas, when fans are up for a sozzled singalong, and a set of old songs sounds nostalgic, rather than pass?. It’s a cash-in, of course, but even after four years with no sign of a new album the Pogues can put up a couple of tinsel-draped trees and sprinkle the stage with fake snow and still steer clear of seasonal cheese. MORE >>> Unintelligible, irresistible Telegraph, 22 Dec 2005 Sam Leith reviews the Pogues at Brixton Academy The purpose of the Pogues, as I see it, is to make you feel as if you're in the best pub lock-in in the history of the world, with the role of the Irish drunk shouting unintelligibly at strangers taken by Shane MacGowan. They've been doing this since 1982, on and off, when not chucking their singer out of a moving tour van. They still do it bloody well. MORE >>> 26.12.2005 The Pogues in Concert at The Point in Dublin - Dec. 23, 2005 - The Point, Dublin, Ireland The Pogues December 20th 2005 Brixton Academy, London UK Review by Bryan Kremkau ...I stupidly bought tickets for the balcony section by mistake, so I wanted to arrive at the venue really early to get a good spot. We arrived at the club a hour and half early and there were already a dozen or so people waiting on line. I was worrying the whole day and before the show because Pogues guitarist Philip Chevron but my name on the guest list for a photo pass. I've had in the past, some bad experiences with passes like not being a list at all but thankfully everything turned out okay in the long run... MORE >>> + great photos by Bryan Kremkau 22.12.2005 Shane MacGowan of The Pogues performing live on December 20, 2005 at the Brixton Academy, London. © Tomos Brangwyn / Retna UK Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3 Photo#4 Photo #5 Photo #6 Photo #7 Photo #8 Photo#9 Photo #10 19.12.2005 The Pogues @ M.E.N. Arena Manchester online 17 Dec 2005 Neal Snowdon FOR every one person who thought they would never see the day when The Pogues were playing arenas, there must be a dozen who believed that if the band was still around in 2005, their front man would not be there to witness it. But on Saturday night, Shane MacGowan was there, in what passes for good health, if not good voice. MORE >>> Q & A 18 Dec 2005 The Observer Pop starlet Katie Melua quizzes Pogues singer Shane MacGowan about Johnny Depp, duetting on 'Fairytale of New York' and how to celebrate at Christmas ... MORE >>> Shane invites rabble to come rouse with him Barry Egan Sunday Independent 18 Dec 2005 COME on, dial it. Dial (067) 24421. That's Shane MacGowan's home number in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. He asked me to print it in the paper. The Irish Charles Bukowski is keen to put on regular acidhouse hooleys/ cultural events - without charge - in the field behind his house in Nenagh and wants to hear from anyone with ideas, equipment, records, bands or "balls". If he thinks you're a crackpot or a religious nut or just a gobshite, Shane won't have any problem telling you to 'pog mo thoin' before slamming the receiver down. MORE >>> 16.12.2005 A Fairytale return Kate Mansey Liverpool Echo 16 Dec 16, 2005 THEY are responsible for the nation's favourite Christmas song. And this year The Pogues are re-releasing the classic festive tune Fairytale Of New York. Christmas parties wouldn't be the same without the scumbags and maggots of the hit that reached no. 2 in 1987. MORE >>> The Pogues: When Shane met Katie... With Kirsty MacColl gone, The Pogues needed a new guest vocalist. Step forward Katie Melua. The band's accordionist James Fearnley tells the story Independent 16 December 2005 It's 6 December. There's a Christmas tree leaning against the wall by the front door to the rehearsal studios on Brewery Road, north London, as you go down through the Victorian alley of brown-painted brick, with kerbs and stuff, off the main road. The Christmas tree is wrapped up in that polythene net, and looks a bit bent at the top. MORE >>> Bloguemahone: Dispatches from The Tour >>> The Story of... Fairytale of New York Mon 19 Dec at 21:00 on BBC Three Tue 20 Dec at 01:55 on BBC Three Thu 22 Dec at 23:30 on BBC Three We’ve all been there. You’re down the pub on Christmas Eve, cheesy Yuletide songs are being belted out non-stop and you want to kick the jukebox. And then you hear those magical opening lines: “It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank…” All your troubles melt away, and by the time the chorus has come around, the whole pub is singing along: “The boys of the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day”. If you’ve ever wondered how this very special seasonal song came into existence, The Story of... Fairytale of New York is essential viewing. Even if you haven’t, with Pogues rogue Shane MacGowen involved, it’s a tale that could never be less than fascinating. MORE >>> The Pogues, Carling Academy, Glasgow The Herald LOUISA McEWAN December 15 2005 IN advance of the re-release of Fairytale of New York and the broadcast of a BBC3 documentary of the same name, the original Pogues (minus bassist Cait O'Riordan) line up has reformed again. The hellraisers were one of the greatest bands of the 1980s, but hovered on the brink of collapse at the beginning of the 1990s as front-man Shane MacGowan departed. MORE >>> A very unlikely fairytale Telegraph Neil McCormick 15 Dec 2005 The infamous Pogues tell Neil McCormick how they've become a riotous Christmas institution Amid the schmaltz, kitsch and fake sentiment of Christmas pop songs, The Pogues' 1987 single Fairytale of New York stands out as a thrilling blast of real human spirit and emotion, filled with an apt seasonal mix of romance, drunkenness and vicious insults. It is re-released next week in aid of charity, while the classic seven-piece Pogues line-up embarks on what is becoming an annual Christmas tour. MORE >>> 14.12.2005 Cerys Matthews and Shane MacGowan during the final encore of 'The Fairytale... Cardiff, 12 Dec 2005 Matthews and MacGowan wow Welsh with seasonal classic Dec 14 2005 Western Mail Pop queen Cerys Matthews has made a Cardiff comeback in a duet with the wild man of Irish folk-rock, Shane MacGowan. Review: The Pogues Dec 13 2005 BACK in the old days (the 1980s) The Pogues were one of the top bands to go to see if you were a) Irish, ... Cardiff date a fairytale for Cerys Dec 13 2005 FORMER wild woman of pop Cerys Matthews got into the seasonal spirit by duetting with Pogues frontman ... Dirty old men Dec 9 2005 LISTEN to the Pogues and it won't be long before thoughts turn inevitably to the imbibing of massive amounts of alcohol. Their toxic blend of punk, rock and traditional Irish music has quite rightly been described as "drunk rock" and their dishevelled leader and founder - Shane McGowan - embodies the spirit of a band as legendary for their drinking sessions as their musical prowess. 07.12.2005 Victoria's site The diary of ‘New Romantic Butler’(aka Shane MacGowan and Victoria Clarke’s sporadic Gentleman Secretary and Impersonal Personal Assistant) SHANE MACGOWAN GOES TO REHAB DUBLIN FRIDAY DECEMER 23! "That pair of retrobates Shane MacGowan and BP Fallon are teaming up yet again - to check into Rehab! And who better to DJ with BP at Rehab's Irish debut than Shane MacGowan. Shane - who will play Brendan Behan in the film adaptation of JP Dunleavy's The Ginger Man with his chum Johnny Depp - was spotted after the film's announcement party last month gallivanting in strange clubs all over and under New York with his pal BP, the dutiful duo no doubt limbering up for the craic at Rehab after The Pogues Dublin Christmas Concert. Our celebrated Mr MacGowan has already triumphantly DJed at seven Death Discos in Dublin and Belfast, getting the dance-floor jumping with everything from The Clash and Led Zeppelin to Joy Division and Jerry Lee Lewis, via Sly And The Family Stone, The Stones, Hank Williams and The Siamsa Gaedheel Ceilidh Band. People go bonkers when Shane's spinning. He's bloody good at it, sometimes also singing into the mic over the record. The bandleader in him reads the crowd and as the audience rises and rises he chooses his tracks instinctively - even though sometimes he might let on he doesn't give a fuck. Ah, that vagrant poetic charm. "I like DJing,' says Shane, "because I like, like, Hendrix and Elvis and I can't do that in my bands - but as a DJ I can play that music, know what I mean?" REHAB WITH DJs SHANE MACGOWAN & BP FALLON FRI DEC 23 @ VOODOO LOUNGE 39/40 ARRAN QUAY DUBLIN 7 Doors 11.30pm after THE POGUES concert @ The Point Adm E12 SHANE & BP REHAB TICKETS HERE!!! 06.12.2005 By courtesy of Nicholas we have scans of the recent Daily Record article: text (same as on the Daily Record site, so think if you really want to see this 450K pic) two photos (b&w and colour) PS today is St.Nicholas day, BTW. Coincindence? or something else? Thanks, Nicholas, for this present ;)) 04.01.2005 Fairytale reunion Scotsman 4 Dec 2005 RICHARD PURDEN SITTING back in Shane MacGowan's local pub in north London, Jem Finer looks every inch the family man, an articulate and sprightly English gent who these days plies his trade as a sculptor. To his side, MacGowan looks unusually at ease in an open-neck black shirt, sipping a glass of white wine. The disappearance of the Pogues from public view can be traced back to the original release of their hit record, 'Fairytale of New York', in 1987. Just as they reached their pinnacle, MacGowan's vision for the Pogues began to encounter resistance from his fellow band members. Amid heavy drinking, the band decided a new democratic approach would serve them best. MORE >>> 01.12.2005 Long echo of Musos Awards KOKO Club, London, UK, 23 Nov 2005 Stars miss out on Musos editorial@hamhigh.co.uk 01 December 2005 A DRUNKEN. staggering Shane MacGowan was the rather bizarre highlight of last week's Musos 2005 Awards. The Pogues frontman warmed up for his forthcoming Christmas tour by appearing on stage at Koko, Camden, but his performance was overshadowed by his entrance, when he took just three steps before falling over in a Vic Reeves' style comedy fall. Once he'd been dragged to his feet, MacGowan joined the Lancaster Bombers for a rather odd rendition of She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain before stumbling off again, when he was supposed to be presenting the final award, the coveted Muso's Muso award to Primal Scream. More >>> "...I was stunned by the last band <Lancaster Bombers> whose passionate, almost psychotic, lead singer seemed to strangely negate the lack of energy the rest of the band members exhibited. His jumping around, falling into the group of photographers and general strange behaviour won no credit from me. They also coupled with a visibly drunk Shane McGowan (from The Pogues) to perform an awful rendition of She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain. I was quite happy at that point to ease my way back through the crowd to make my exit. Highlights: Free tickets to see some new rock bands. Artic Monkeys and Dogs were pretty awesome acts as well. Room for improvement: Organisation was terrible, it was extremely cold inside and Shane McGowan, one of the “bigger” acts was completely trashed." Posted by Patrick. Full URL plus pic of Shane |
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