England, Scotland, Ireland 2009

[Christine]

My flight got cancelled

That is truly bad luck, Eckhard. Hope the rest of your Christmas holiday turns out better, and that you can make it to Brixton next year.
It seems cruel to add that yesterday was a perfect show.

[MissWalshy]

really really sorry eck !!

[celticjunk]

Feel sorry for you who can't go to the shows at Brixton.
The Pogues are better than ever.
How much snow do you have in UK?
Up here in Sweden we have about 4 inches snow (10 centimeter) and minus 24 Celsius
But we're used to it

No way.
Here in Gothenburg we have no snow at all. just a fuckin cold weather. wish i could be with you in Brixton as we speak. have a blast
Johan

Typical for people who lives in the BIG cities like Fuckin' Gothenburg or Stockholm, they think they are at the center of everything
Sweden is a loooooong country from Ystad in the south and Kiruna up north, I heard that they had -35 Celsius in Vasterbotten yesterday.

[philipchevron]

Typical for people who lives in the BIG cities like Fuckin' Gothenburg or Stockholm, they think they are at the center of everything
Sweden is a loooooong country from Ystad in the south and Kiruna up north, I heard that they had -35 Celsius in Vasterbotten yesterday.

Yikes! That's quite cold, isn't it? Let me see no posts asking when The Pogues will be playing in Vasterbotten.

[Alex]

oh man, that truely sucks... speaking of snow and freezing temerpatures, my car showed me -18 °C (0 °F) last night...

Eckhard, what rotten luck, so sorry.

Thanks. I could not even book us on the 1500 flight, since that was already full with people who wanted to fly yesterday. Shit.

[Hometownhero]

Goddamn snow has thwarted my plans to be at the Brixton show tonight.

First xmas show in 5 years that i haven't been able to make
Temperatures of -5 at 6am, coupled with a good 6 inches of the white stuff outside made the 240 mile drive from the north east too much of a hazard. My gig buddy failed miserably to get a train from manchester yesterday, being told to go home and forget about trying to get south by the station staff at Picadilly.

So to the band and everyone else who manages to get there tonight, please raise an extra glass or two for those of us stuck in the provinces.

[Eckhard]

Enjoy the gigs, guys. You're gold. Raise a pint for me and my mate Irek.

[firehazard]

Bah. Damn weather. It's not going to happen for us. Longish story, but we've been beaten this time by a combination of stuff.

Have a great gig, everyone. I'm sure you will. We'll be thinking of you tonight. Raise a glass to those who are absent.

[Eckhard]

The show seems to be cursed

[DzM]

The show seems to be cursed

No doubt. I am also not able to make it. I hear that Zuzana and IrishRover will not be there either.

Rotten luck gang. Like you said, though: nobody died. Let's keep it that way. Stay safe on those roads!

[firehazard]

Rotten luck gang. Like you said, though: nobody died. Let's keep it that way. Stay safe on those roads!

Thanks, DzM. And quite right. No wrecks and nobody drownded. Just a gig missed, though dammit it is a Pogues gig.

Anyway, have a great time everybody. It will be great. Let's be careful out there.

[Eckhard]

Tonight I actually wished that the Pogues did not have a Xmas hit but a summer hit instead. The "Annual Summer Tour" would make travelling way easier

[Mark_Wafc]

Its times like this i thank myself lucky im in a position to be at 3 different shows in 3 different cities each of them just an hour away.

[firehazard]

Tonight I actually wished that the Pogues did not have a Xmas hit but a summer hit instead. The "Annual Summer Tour" would make travelling way easier

Fairytale of Rio de Janeiro?

[MissWalshy]

I'm typing this as philip is singing thousands.. I just left my dad walked about 27 miles to enjoy it with firehazard but he wasn't there. This message is for you firehazard and eckhard - hounds wre dedicated to all those who couldn't make it... Anyway I'm drunk. I hope my dad is having fun. Thanks for a love birthday !