The Pogues' festive tour hits Glasgow again in December and group member Spider Stacy, asked in the current issue of The Word magazine how they "prepare" for the Christmas gigs, replied: "Some of the band start drinking in April."
He also reveals that their teenage fans in Japan, once so quiet, had become extremely wild. "It's like there's been some mix-up with a lorry-load of blood transfusions from Glasgow and they've all wound up in Osaka and Tokyo, running round like drink-crazed football supporters."

