AFAIK there was no official "NO" concerning his participation. Unfortunately there wasn't an official "YES" either.
If he should play the Pogues should open the show tonight with 1000s are sailing instead of the usual way. I'm pretty certain that this would definitely make the crowd go crazy.
Imagine: Dark stage, just shadows sneaking to their instruments and one shadow staggering to the mike stand and then instead of Streams of whiskey, you hear the first chords of 1000s.....
Hell I am keeping fingers crossed that do not even belong to my own hands.

