They seem ok, but offer no motivation for me to bother leaving the pub early and have to queue for pints inside...

[quote="DownInTheGround"]I think when you pay £30 a ticket (give or take) the support act should be more notable than the Urban Voodoo Machine. For example, next week I am seeing James. Similar sized band/venues/ticket price and the support act is Athlete. I am not a fan but they are more established than UVM.[/quote]

I have to disagree. Some great artists have been discovered only [i]because[/i] they were unknown support acts. I had never heard of UVM but looked them up on Youtube. I'm now hooked, bought their CD at Belfast gig and will get in early to see them on monday in Dublin.

You paid your 30 quid (great value btw, it's 47 sterling in Dublin) to see The Pogues. Any support is a bonus.

[quote="derelict81"]Maybe not the best thread to ask, but can anyone add an identity to the "brass section" of this tour?[/quote]

These guys are the JJ-Horns. They used to be in a ska-punk band "Jesse James" and supported the Pogues on their first reunion tour in 2001. They have a tour diary here: [url]http://www.rememberthisdayforever.com[/url]

Maybe not the best thread to ask, but can anyone add an identity to the "brass section" of this tour?

I think when you pay £30 a ticket (give or take) the support act should be more notable than the Urban Voodoo Machine. For example, next week I am seeing James. Similar sized band/venues/ticket price and the support act is Athlete. I am not a fan but they are more established than UVM.

It wasn´t at a Pogues gig, but the best support I´ve ever seen was a duo named "La Sega del Canto" - one of them was playing guitar, harmonium and recorder, the other one was the Finnish champion of the musical saw. It was an incredible experience, two weird-looking guys playing weird music ... O sole mio, My way, Jailhouse rock ...

Oh, did I mention that about halfway through their show (it was late May) a guy in a Santa dress came out to bring them beer and vodka ? :D

Oh yeah, Finnish people are really something else ...

http://www.lasegadelcanto.net/

[quote="firehazard"]And I still remember how when we saw The Pogues at Birmingham with The Saw Doctors supporting, a large group of people near us watched the support and then left immediately after. Before The Pogues even started. What????![/quote]
The Saw Docs have some pretty hardcore support, and they don't sound much like The Pogues so I can see why someone might like one and not the other. From my experience Saw Docs are pretty big amongst the bogger community. I really like them, but in a sort of novelty funny way.

The best support I've seen were Dropkick Murphys. Larrikin Love I downloaded their album and listened to it for a few weeks, decided they sounded like fannys and didn't see em in Brixton. Holloways much the same.

When I go to see The Pogues what I really want to see is The Pogues. What I'd really really like is no support act and a two-and-a-half to three-hour set from The Pogues (maybe with a short comfort break in the middle :wink: ).

As that, understandably, isn't likely to happen, it doesn't bother me all that much who the support act is, but...

I do quite like the idea of it being something a bit different, someone I haven't seen before, just because it's a way of potentially discovering something new.

...something rocking, to get the atmosphere going.

...and something with a bit of contrast.

On the whole, the support acts down the last few years have worked pretty well. But what I don't particularly want as support is some pale derivative of the mighty Pogues. When I go to see The Pogues, I want to see The Pogues.

And I still remember how when we saw The Pogues at Birmingham with The Saw Doctors supporting, a large group of people near us watched the support and then left immediately after. Before The Pogues even started. What????!

[quote="TOSCS"]I've never understood the "I want to see something different from The Pogues". If you "want to see something different from the Pogues", then go to a different gig? [/quote]

Agree with that, if i want to listen to a different style/genre/type of music then i'll go to a different gig as you say!

I've never understood the "I want to see something different from The Pogues". If you "want to see something different from the Pogues", then go to a different gig? The likes of Flogging Molly, DKM, BibleCodes, Neck might be similar in style (and at the same time, not), but they play different songs and sound different.

Oh well, more time in the pub before hand :lol:

Opening acts have been adjusted:

Thu 18 December 08
Brixton Academy
DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine

Fri 19 December 08
Brixton Academy
DJ Scratchy, Flaming Stars

Sat 20 December 08
Brixton Academy
DJ Scratchy, Mumford & Sons

Much appreciated.

[quote="Steve Rays"]Sorry if I've missed this thread but have they been announced?

Currently loving Mumford & Sons and Broken Records but can't imagine they will be on the tour.[/quote]
I probably should have posted this in here too. My bad.

From the front page:

* Saturday, Dec 6: Belfast King's Hall
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Sunday, Dec 7: Glasgow Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Tuesday, Dec 9: Leeds Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Thursday, Dec 11: Newcastle Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Friday, Dec 12: Sheffield Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Saturday, Dec 13: Manchester MEN
o DJ Scratchy, Stranglers
* Monday, Dec 15: Birmingham Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Tuesday, Dec 16: Bristol Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Thursday, Dec 18: Brixton Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Mumford & Sons
* Friday, Dec 19: Brixton Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine
* Saturday, Dec 20: Brixton Academy
o DJ Scratchy, Flaming Stars
* Monday, Dec 22: Dublin RDS Main Hall
o DJ Scratchy, Urban Voodoo Machine

Sorry if I've missed this thread but have they been announced?

Currently loving Mumford & Sons and Broken Records but can't imagine they will be on the tour.

Can hardly wait until Leeds but cannot believe there are still tickets left. People must indeed be skint.

The Levellers