If The Pogues did a tour without shane with Spider on vocals how many people would go to see them? To answer the original question, I can speak to my own decisions. Shane and the Popes came to Dallas, where I live, in about 2000. They played at a club called Trees with a capacity of about 700. I do...

This is the way I remember it, anyway -- 1993 and I was in the US Navy. I'm the right age (41) that I should have been aware of the Pogues as a teenager, but wasn't. A Navy friend and I were in an "Irish Pub" in (I think) Spain, drinking Guinness and the stereo was playing some sort of Cel...

I think the difference experiences described on this thread is a good example of something that makes the Pogues very special. The folks on the floor in GA had a great time jumping around, sloshing beer, etc. I'm sure the energy fed the performance and visa versa. Up in the balcony (where I was) I h...

Shane's purposeful stride across the stage at the start - which did indeed look like an immediate stage exit directly following his entrance - was to consult with Dave Guerin, our onstage soundman. The onstage stool has been with us since Glasgow 2001. It's a fen shui thing. Thanks, Philip, for the...

Fantastic show. My first exposure to the Pogues was about 1993 when a friend and I were in a pub in France. There was Irish band playing, and they were pretty good, but as the night wore on some other guys came to sit in and the energy level just shot up 10x. Started talking to one of them and turne...