by Villajohn Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:09 am
I attended that Pogues gig in Hamburg ,November 1989,at the Sporthalle.It was a great show,the last of a week long German tour,which began in Hannover,i saw all of the shows and there was 2 more that i attended in Amsterdam and Deinze near Ghent.I do remember as soon as the Pogues came on stage,Spider stepped up to the mic and chanted ''Ole,ole.ole,ole,Super Hamburg St Pauli!'' the audience response was.....deafening.Sadly,that was the last time that line up,which was minus Terry Woods,played Hamburg,it seemed that a minority of fans,smashed up the toilets,and there were a few 'skirmishes' which resulted in The Pogues receiving an indefinite ban from playing in Hamburg.The ban was eventually lifted and in September 1993 they performed two nights at the famous Grosse Freiheit in the Reeperbahn,where they last played in 1988.The Poguesdidn't take the stage till after midnight,this gave me the opportunity to watch St.Pauli play,it was an awful game a 0-0 bore....at least The Pogues with Spider on lead vocals did managed to step up to the plate!
I attended that Pogues gig in Hamburg ,November 1989,at the Sporthalle.It was a great show,the last of a week long German tour,which began in Hannover,i saw all of the shows and there was 2 more that i attended in Amsterdam and Deinze near Ghent.I do remember as soon as the Pogues came on stage,Spider stepped up to the mic and chanted ''Ole,ole.ole,ole,Super Hamburg St Pauli!'' the audience response was.....deafening.Sadly,that was the last time that line up,which was minus Terry Woods,played Hamburg,it seemed that a minority of fans,smashed up the toilets,and there were a few 'skirmishes' which resulted in The Pogues receiving an indefinite ban from playing in Hamburg.The ban was eventually lifted and in September 1993 they performed two nights at the famous Grosse Freiheit in the Reeperbahn,where they last played in 1988.The Poguesdidn't take the stage till after midnight,this gave me the opportunity to watch St.Pauli play,it was an awful game a 0-0 bore....at least The Pogues with Spider on lead vocals did managed to step up to the plate!
