Does anyone have a good picture /photo from the stage picture of the recent sumer shows, the one with the houses...????

Would like to have one!!!!

mats wrote:

Aidan wrote: Really pissed off that I couldnt make Drammen this year... Still theres always next year I have been reliably informed .

You missed a really great show Aidan, see you next year

you mean this year right ?????

Ireland, London etc

was it as good as last year ? Did your other mates manage to get there this time ?

Aidan wrote: Really pissed off that I couldnt make Drammen this year... Still theres always next year I have been reliably informed .

You missed a really great show Aidan, see you next year

It was a long slog but well worth it - I got to the first 3 gigs of the summer tour and it was a great. I wasnt sure how Luxembourg was going to be as nothing had been mentioned on here of anyone even going....but when I went to get my ticket in the afternoon and the security guy looked at me strangely and said it was sold out I knew I was on to a winner. The venue was a perfect standing only size and the band played a brilliant gig - what people have said is true - it did take a little bit to get going and the first few rows of people seemed to be stood with their arms folded observing politely....they didnt take it with good humour being bashed into non stop. Even right in the middle at the front was a guy in a wheel chair. Still if I was in a wheel chair thats where I would want to be I guess. Speedy nearby bar service meant you could nip out and recharge your (plastic) glasses between encores. Loved this gig....

Next day went to Dortmund where I met with some german guys who until last year have been coming to Brixton each year and we took the train to munster. A great day out. I was getting the drinks in at the beer stand and had too many to carry when I was talking to a german lad who was there with his dad - the boy was telling me that his dad still relates the story of when he saw the pogues with Joe Strummer in munster in 1991 (I was there that night too) as being the best concert he has ever been to to this day !!!! Good gig - but I prefer indoor given the choice.

Just got to Amsterdam in time and found somewhere to stay. By my reckoning the promoter must have made this gig pay by selling twice the amount of tickets the melkweg actually holds !! To say it was cosy wasnt even close. The best gig for sound and I have never been further from the front in my life - and the crowd seemed to be going mental. Still never mind should have got in earlier.

I really enjoyed the european feel to the gigs and would definately travel to more. Really pissed off that I couldnt make Drammen this year... Still theres always next year I have been reliably informed .

December is just around the corner

Come back to Belfast, best concert ive been to, the music crowd and atmosphere was incredible

I really enjoyed seeing the POGUES in Berlin,the first time i had seen this line up since 1990.I live in Cottbus in what was once part of the GDR.My teenage kids loved them,esp, the guy on the accordian,the Maestro!Come back to Berlin,soon,please..

dsweeney wrote:I wonder have any of the shows been recorded off the sound board for a possible release ?

That would be great, but I don't think so..... or anybody with other informations?????

Looking through the photos from all you good souls I have to say how well Shane looks. Trimmer and with a decent hair cut he looks like an older version of himself from his heyday. Which, amazingly, is exactly what he is. Ha !

Seemingly some of the earlier German gigs weren't quite up to some people's expectations. That's probably to be expected. You can't turn genius on and off like a tap. But it 's worth waiting for. The fact the guys are up there doing it is something in itself. Playing a Pogues set must be like running a marathon, especially for guys around the 50 mark. I wonder have any of the shows been recorded off the sound board for a possible release ? Maybe not.

Thanks for that Henny.

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Any reports from any of the gigs so far ? Anybody ? Would love to hear how they're going, set-lists, that kind of thing. To get Cait on stage for " I'm a man..." and " Fairytale..." would be just that, a fairytale. Fuckin' brilliant. Who would have thought it ? Nearly twenty years ( jaysus!!) on from when they were last all together the boys from the county hell would all still be here, present and correct ? By their own admission life on the road as a Pogue was, eh, colourful, shall we say. They have seen many a mere mortal down, here's to 'em. You can't kill a Pogue !

Jefoo wrote:Does Terry not get to sing a song anymore? No more Ned?

I think I once read that his voice doesn't manage anymore, am I right? But sure do I miss that song

Does Terry not get to sing a song anymore? No more Ned?

Does anyone know if there's still a way to get tickets to Drammen?