I wouldn't believe any band that "sailed through to the latter stages of the nationally syndicated Surface Unsigned competition" would manage to get tenses muddled up, nor lie for a shred of publicity in the Swindon Advertiser.

[b]Local band looks ahead to Fairytale gig supporting the Pogues[/b]

[i]By Scott McPherson, 22nd December 2010, Swindon Advertiser[/i]

[indent]GETTING to perform with the band who sang the most popular Christmas song of all time was a true Fairytale for a group of Swindon musicians. Local band The Costellos [b]supported The Pogues at a sold-out event, The Brixton Jamm last night[/b] after a mystery fan got in touch with Shane McGowan’s legendary band, famed for their yuletide classic ‘Fairytale of New York’...
(The whole article is [url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8750760.Local_band_looks_ahead_to_Fairytale_gig_supporting_the_Pogues/]here[/url])[/indent]

Did any of the Pogues make it to the Brixton Jamm after all, or does the article only express wishful thinking despite using the past tense? :)

[quote="Guest"]Shane was a no show last year & very late & drunk the year before. That time he did a handful of songs with some band but having just seen the real thing at brixton i wished id saved my money and gone straight home. He looked knackered & like he wished he was somewhere else too. No other pogues at "official" aftershow either as far as I know.[/quote]

Every year, it seems, I have to make the same clarification. This "event" has [i]nothing[/i] to do with The Pogues and any suggestion that the band may attend is completely fraudulent.

Shane was a no show last year & very late & drunk the year before. That time he did a handful of songs with some band but having just seen the real thing at brixton i wished id saved my money and gone straight home. He looked knackered & like he wished he was somewhere else too. No other pogues at "official" aftershow either as far as I know.

Tickets can apparently be had for Shane's appearance at JAMM in Brixton after the Pogues gig on Tuesday 21st Dec for £10.00 from Ticketweb by entering the code 'fairytale' when prompted.

Shane DJ set + guests. Shane played with The Popes last year I think. Sounds like an all-nighter. Does anyone know roughly what time things happened last time?