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Lou Reed, Pete Doherty & Others Bring Hal Willner’s Rogues Gallery to Life in Special Shows
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While working on the Pirates of the Carribean films, director Gore Verbinski and his star Johnny Depp became fascinated with the lore and fable of the pirates and sailors who ran the high seas before the days of upright tray-tables and airsick bags. Not too far behind was Hal Willner, who quickly joined into the mix, dragging a very impressive list of musicians to create what we now know as Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys.

What most people don’t know yet is that London, Dublin and Gateshead will be the venues for these songs to be performed live for the first time, as they will take us on a trip like no other, exploring the hardships, the horrors, the lusts and lurid depths, and the crystal beauty that led men to the sea in ships for hundreds of years. Artists such as Lou Reed, Pete Doherty, Robyn Hitchcock and Tim Robbins, among dozens of others, will help bring these tales to life.

The dates:


The band:


Featuring (in no particular order):


Plus the below, still to be determined on which shows:

I was just going to post this. I wish I was going to see this. I liked that album but felt that Shane and Tom Waits were missing from that album bigtime!

SkaPunk: that was weird; I opened the forum list page and saw your name and thought "Hey, isn't that the guy who ..." Small world, innit?

(Hope that doesn't freak you out, recognizing you, I mean.)

This show sounds great. I loves me a good sea shanty. I wish pogues would do theirs live again.

damn, oid loive to be there..
poirate ballads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tois' noit faoir, oi woish oi can be there..

MacRua wrote:Lou Reed, Pete Doherty & Others Bring Hal Willner’s Rogues Gallery to Life in Special Shows
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The dates:

July 18 - Analog Festival, Dublin
July 24 -The Sage, Gateshead
July 28 - Barbican, London

MacRua, Thanks for this. Just got myself a couple of tickets

Arrgh, why does the London show have to be on the same date at the Tom Waits gig in Edinburgh which I have tickets for????? I enjoyed the album.

Mrs Smoz and friends have tickets for the Barbican so I will hear all about it when I get back from Scotland.

I took some pictures at the Dublin show which you can find here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline/s ... 253630777/

Enjoy!

Brilliant pictures, Caroline!! Real joy to browse (as well as your other galleries at Flickr). And the Shane pic you use as highlight is, well, a truly perfect highlight. Thanks for posting!

There was a short report on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning (Weds 23 July) on the "Rogues' Gallery" sea shanties and pirate songs project, featuring Shane MacGowan, Lou Reed, The Lovely Rachel Unthank, and many other stars. Oh, and Bono.

It's currently available on BBC iplayer "listen again". It's about 1 hour 40 mins into the programme, broadcast at about 0740 BST. Shane features briefly at the end of the report.

Edited to update link. Now (24.07.09) at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 520744.stm

(Scroll down to 0740)

Imagine my surprise and delight on coming out of the shower this morning to hear Shane singing 'South Australia' on the freakin Today programme!!!

great photos, looks like a top gig too....WHY did i move to New York again?!

broilloiant poictures Caroline,
many thanks foir sharoin'

Thanks! I may be shooting the London show as well.

What songs did Shane sing? Greenland Whale Fisheries is on the Rogues Gallery album (a version by Van Dyke Parkes).

I was all caught up in taking pictures so I couldn't pay much attention to the music, I'm afraid. I think Shane's last tune with Lou Reed and Tim Robbins (the actor) was 'The Leaving of Liverpool'. I could be wrong.