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| REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS press on Shane (The Pogues, The Popes, etc.) |
| ROCKIN BOPPIN LUNATIC |
A spirited MacGowan wakes the dead The Sunday Independant 28/05/2006 The Pogues at Brixton Academy 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. Wessex Scene Online 13/02/2006 JP Donleavy is not convinced MacGowan's a heavy drinker BALLADEER Shane MacGowan has built a career as the epitome of a hard-drinking, carousing Irishman - a modern-day Brendan Behan. The Sunday Independent 12/02/2006 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 01/02/2006 COPS QUIZ SHANE ON CASH BAG' : part 1 part 2 Adventures of lost passport in two parts The Sun 24/01/2006 Breakfast on Pluto launch from eyewitness' lips Victoria on movie, party and Shane's part. The Sunday Independent 15/01/2006 THE ROVERS RETURN The Pogues. Brixton Academy, London 20 December 2005. 4 out of 5 stars. Q magazine THE POGUES: London Brixton Academy, 23rd December It's about time the The Pogues get full recognition. Proper recognition. Playlouder Pogues' drunken fairytale WEDNESDAY night saw London's Brixton Carling Academy transformed into a raucous Irish pub – yes, The Pogues were in town. Sun Online A fairytale of old folk-rockers The Pogues, The Dropkick Murphys, Brixton Academy 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. Evening Standard 22/12/2005 We love... The Pogues IT was Christmas Eve, baaaaabe ... in the drunk tank ... an old man said to me, we won't see another one... Western Mail 23/12/2005 Nostalgia with a fairy-tale ending THE POGUES, Brixton Academy, LONDON **** The Independent 22/12/2005 Pop: The Pogues Lisa Verrico at Brixton Academy, SW9 The Times 22/12/2005 Unintelligible, irresistible Sam Leith reviews the Pogues at Brixton Academy Telegraph 22/12/2005 The Pogues @ M.E.N. Arena 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. Manchester Online 17/12/2005 Q & A Pop starlet Katie Melua quizzes Pogues singer Shane MacGowan about Johnny Depp, duetting on 'Fairytale of New York' and how to celebrate at Christmas ... The Observer 18/12/2005 Shane invites rabble to come rouse with him COME on, dial it. Dial (067) 24421. That's Shane MacGowan's home number in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Sunday Independent 18/12/2005 A Fairytale return 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. Liverpool Echo 16/12/2005 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 16/12/2005 The Pogues, Carling Academy, Glasgow 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 Herald 15/12/2005 A very unlikely fairytale The infamous Pogues tell Neil McCormick how they've become a riotous Christmas institution Telegraph 15/12/2005 Matthews and MacGowan wow Welsh with seasonal classic Pop queen Cerys Matthews has made a Cardiff comeback in a duet with the wild man of Irish folk-rock, Shane MacGowan. Western Mail 14/12/2005 Review: The Pogues BACK in the old days (the 1980s) The Pogues were one of the top bands to go to see if you were a) Irish, ... South wales Echo 13/12/2005 Cardiff date a fairytale for Cerys FORMER wild woman of pop Cerys Matthews got into the seasonal spirit by duetting with Pogues frontman ... South Wales Echo 13/12/2005 Dirty old men LISTEN to the Pogues and it won't be long before thoughts turn inevitably to the imbibing of massive amounts of alcohol South Wales Echo 09/12/2005 Fairytale reunion 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. Scotsman 04/12/2005 Glamour is great, unless you're sitting next to Bryan Ferry Sunday Independent 27/11/2005 IF YOU DO FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK, YOU HAVE TO DANCE WITH ME AND KIRSTY As The Pogues re-release the only Christmas hit everyone loves year after year, Shane MacGowan remembers the late and unforgettable Kirsty MacColl The Daily Record 25/11/2005 The Pogues: Live at Vitoria-Gasteiz "...I deliberately missed all other bands to make sure to be in the first row, right in front of Shane MacGowan (there were two stages). SatanicSurferz 25/10/2005 Hellraiser Pete cleans up his act Sunday Independent 23/10/2005 Fairytale of Osaka: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 Sunday Independent 11/09/2005 The rogue from The Pogues 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. Scotland on Sunday 05/10/2003 'Shane needs compassion, not criticism' Victoria Mary Clarke finds it hard to describe the torture of seeing her friend of 20 years appearing to destroy himself with drink Sunday Times 15/09/2002 Shane MacGowan says Carney is home Hell raiser and folk legend, Shane MacGowan, will spend the rest of his life living in his home near Nenagh. The Guardian 30/06/2001 Shane and his anthem of excess Between the drugs, the booze and the fighting, it's a wonder that the ex-Pogue is still alive. John Masterson hails a heroic drunk Sunday Independent 18/03/2001 Memoirs are made of this for the odd couple A GUINNESS-SCENTED Dublin hotel lounge within spitting distance of the Liffey river. The perfect location for an intimate, incisive interview with Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking, gap-toothed legend of Anglo-Irish punk Sunday Herald 11/03/2001 |
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