POGUES - North America, March 2009

[philipchevron]

philip or dzm, im not sure if you have answered this, but do you know (if at all) who your opener is going to be?

No, I'm afraid not. Spider may be able to help you with this one.

[philipchevron]

Now that the Langerado Festival near Miami, Florida has been scrapped, we are happy to report that we have added a new show of our own to the US tour. This is Pompano Beach Amphitheatre on Sat 7th March. It's about 40 miles outside Miami, I am told.

[DzM]

Opening acts are here: viewtopic.php?p=152418#p152418

[My name is]

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[dublinrambler]

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I hear there is an annoying little prick from Montreal that the band want to avoid. Might be just a rumour mind you.

[Irishrose]

I hear there is an annoying little prick from Montreal that the band want to avoid. Might be just a rumour mind you.

dam you heard that rumor too??.............................................

Irishrose

[Irishrose]

What a story! I did actually stay at the Carter Hotel once and I can guarantee that there is not a word of exaggeration in the above.

For budget hotels in the Times Square area that are at least clean and functional, not to mention within shouting distance of most theatres (and Roseland), the Milford Plaza on 8th Avenue remains hard to beat. Plus you can always tell people you stayed in Hell's Kitchen, er Clinton.

About three weeks after the 2007 gig, the dearest and i were sitting enjoying a movie called "Great Expectations" with Ethan Hawke, Robert De Nero, Anne Bancroft, and Gwyneth Paltrow, a little about the movie follows;

Plot Synopsis by Bhob Stewart

Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories -- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida fishing village, eight-year-old orphan Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner), talented at art, is left in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe (Chris Cooper). One day, Finn helps a chained, escaped convict who appears in the surf. On other days, he visits Paradiso Perduto, where he plays with young Estella (Raquel Beaudene), niece of the mansion's colorful, flamboyant, and extremely wealthy owner, Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), who parallels the novel's tragic Miss Havisham, a woman jilted at the altar and left emotionally scarred and mentally imbalanced. As Ms. Dinsmoor watches Finn draw a portrait of Estella, she plots to mold Estella into a hard woman capable of destroying men. In a flash forward to the '90s, Finn (Hawke) and Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), now in their late teens, re-create the water-fountain kiss of their childhood, but Estella vanishes, breaking Finn's heart to such a degree that he doesn't draw or paint for seven years, choosing to eke out a marginal existence with his uncle Joe (after Finn's sister abandons the two). Then Manhattan art representative Jerry Ragno (Josh Mostel) turns up with a startling offer -- if Finn will return to painting and relocate in New York, Ragno will give him a one-man show. With an apparent assist from Ms. Dinsmoor, Finn makes the move and begins his new life with great expectations and a deadline of 10 weeks to complete the necessary paintings. When Finn next encounters Estella, she has a wealthy boyfriend, Walter (Hank Azaria). As Finn once again becomes entranced by Estella, he also begins to question exactly how his life is being manipulated. Francesco Clemente did the paintings and drawings seen in the film. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.


Now the point of this exercise, while watching the wife left the room momentarily, and it was about the time Ethan Hawke had arrived in New York for the first time, and much to my surprise the hotel he went to was "The Carter Hotel", i began laughing my ares off when i saw it called to the wife to et her butt back into the family room to get a glimpse of what this place looked like, as no-one would believe that the place could be that bad??

Well if anyone wants to check out this place first hand, just get a copy of this movie, you will all see it first hand, and of course the movie makes it look much better than it really does??

Great movie by the way??

Irishrose..................................still split a gut over the Carter Hotel expedition??................

[phro37]

Now that the Langerado Festival near Miami, Florida has been scrapped, we are happy to report that we have added a new show of our own to the US tour. This is Pompano Beach Amphitheatre on Sat 7th March. It's about 40 miles outside Miami, I am told.

Mr. C,

Would it be safe to say the audience can expect a full set as opposed to a strict 45 minute/1 hour type festival set?

Also, of the shows on the tour I've noticed that the Pompano Ampitheatre is the only fully seated arena (and since I first saw you live in 2005 I've never seen you in an all seated venue). Was the selection of Pompano an issue of timing because of the relatively last minute Langerado cancelation?

[philipchevron]

Now that the Langerado Festival near Miami, Florida has been scrapped, we are happy to report that we have added a new show of our own to the US tour. This is Pompano Beach Amphitheatre on Sat 7th March. It's about 40 miles outside Miami, I am told.

Mr. C,

Would it be safe to say the audience can expect a full set as opposed to a strict 45 minute/1 hour type festival set?

Also, of the shows on the tour I've noticed that the Pompano Ampitheatre is the only fully seated arena (and since I first saw you live in 2005 I've never seen you in an all seated venue). Was the selection of Pompano an issue of timing because of the relatively last minute Langerado cancelation?

The vacuum created by the late cancellation of Langerado gave us an economic problem in terms of the viability of the whole tour. Fortunately, and at very short notice, our agent found us this show. We played Amphitheatres quite a bit back in the day, mainly in Spain, Italy, and the South of France, and I have always enjoyed the special atmosphere they raise, something which tends to balance out any other inconveniences. It's hard to feel you are in an oppressive, bouncer-rich environment when the venue is open to the moon and the stars.

Expect a full length show, yes.

[EdTheRed]

Now that the Langerado Festival near Miami, Florida has been scrapped, we are happy to report that we have added a new show of our own to the US tour. This is Pompano Beach Amphitheatre on Sat 7th March. It's about 40 miles outside Miami, I am told.

Mr. C,

Would it be safe to say the audience can expect a full set as opposed to a strict 45 minute/1 hour type festival set?

Also, of the shows on the tour I've noticed that the Pompano Ampitheatre is the only fully seated arena (and since I first saw you live in 2005 I've never seen you in an all seated venue). Was the selection of Pompano an issue of timing because of the relatively last minute Langerado cancelation?

The vacuum created by the late cancellation of Langerado gave us an economic problem in terms of the viability of the whole tour. Fortunately, and at very short notice, our agent found us this show. We played Amphitheatres quite a bit back in the day, mainly in Spain, Italy, and the South of France, and I have always enjoyed the special atmosphere they raise, something which tends to balance out any other inconveniences. It's hard to feel you are in an oppressive, bouncer-rich environment when the venue is open to the moon and the stars.

Expect a full length show, yes.

I'll vouch for the potential quality of an amphitheatre show - the one at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park outside of DC in 1989 was pretty darned sweet.

[Nashville123]

I sure wish you guys would come to Nashville. You would sell out a place like the Ryman real quick!!
Please Please Please...

[poguemarse]

LOS ANGELES
Seriously....I mean seriously. Come on. The opportunity to see bands like the Pogues are the only reason why I deal with this godforsaken dirty old town.

[Marc-NS]

The Pogues at the Ryman Auditorium would be amazing!!!

[Guest]

LOS ANGELES
Seriously....I mean seriously. Come on. The opportunity to see bands like the Pogues are the only reason why I deal with this godforsaken dirty old town.

Move east, young man....

[phro37]

I'll vouch for the potential quality of an amphitheatre show - the one at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park outside of DC in 1989 was pretty darned sweet.

i'd love to watch them outdoors. being drunk on the lawn would suddenly become more acceptable.