Stockton festival August 4, 2012

[Unic]

Just back from Stockton. They were stunning

[Hennybhoy]

Just back from Stockton. They were stunning

Great to hear. Any kind of merchandise at the gig??

[redadeg]

Setlist?

[Ripper]

It was probably the best i've ever seen them to be honest! In the encore he got a few verses mixed up, but other than that pretty much spot on!

Streams of Whisky
Broad Makestic Shannon
Kitty
Bottle of Smoke
Waltzing Mathilda
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Sickbed of Cuchulainn
Boys from the County Hell
Rainy Night in Soho
Pair of Brown Eyes
Dirty Old Town
Tuesday Morning
Repeal of the Licensing Laws

Not in that order, and i may have missed one or two out,

Encore:

Sally Mac
Irish Rover
Poor Paddy
Fiesta

Superb gig! Still can't really believe i've just seen them in stockton! Crazy!

[Jim]

Hi,

I have to agree last nights show was exceptional and I have seen them about 40 times. The most noticeable omission was Thousands. The others not listed that they played are:-

If I should fall from the Grace of God
The Body of an American
Sunny side of the street
Sick Bed of Cuchulainn

Thanks to everyone and hope you enjoyed your night in Stockton

[fermenter]

great setlist hope its the same for strummer of lovefestival .
not long now

[mctoon]

Great show at Stockton, best £15 i have ever spent. Thank you Mr C and the Pogues, you made it a great night, have a great time in europe

[Cologne Rambler]

Saw some videos on youtube... they sounded very great. Did Shane get a little chubby ?

[redadeg]

Haha, my girl asked the same question

[Toonboy]

Awesome show at Stockton, i loved it ,as did my bairns[ages 20 & 26!]

[mctoon]

Just back from Stockton. They were stunning

Great to hear. Any kind of merchandise at the gig??

No in a word,, there was a stall selling a few T shirts but they didnt have any tour dates on the back

[DownInTheGround]

I can draw a few conclusions from this weekend. Firstly, I don't like camping. Secondly, this was in a nice part of the world. Thirdly, if the live DVD is anything like this show, it might be worth buying, or watching on YouTube or whatever.

Having never set up a tent before, I borrowed a deluxe "colour coded" monster that would take "twenty" minutes to put up. An hour and a half later we had a lop-sided mess of canvas and ropes, cleverly set up next to the loudest generator on Earth. Naturally we put up a sign that read "we will put up your tent for £500" we got no takers and even fewer laughs. Our hideous tent was filled with none of the necessities that everyone else seemed to have thought logical. After a Friday night of so-so tribute acts, Saturday arrived with that honey-glazed excitement that only a Pogues show can deliver.

As the monsoon forced water into our "porch" we passed an hour or so doing Danny Dyer impressions and trying to improve on the best football pun based band name (Jimmy Floyd HasselBaind) our best effort was Les Ferdiband. The Go! Team seemed cool, and pumped the growing crowd in the sun with endless instrument changes and dancing and skipping. We Are Lab Technicians did nothing for me. I then had my traditional pre-show chlamydia test, kindly provided by our lovely NHS. Then on came the band that based themselves on this very website.

The Pogues put on a great show, almost exactly a year since I last saw them. After seeing a few outdoor shows I haven't been convinced that this always suits them, but Stockton convinced me that it does indeed. The setlist was as above, I missed Chevo singing that one about boats. Spider updated us on the Olympics and it was good to see Andrew whacking the drums as I reckon I read that he had missed some shows. A quick look at the photos seems to show Shane with cuts and a messy shirt and jacket. He sang well, the band played well, I missed the horns, it was probably Amsterdam that I last saw them without the horns and I hadn't realised quite how much I enjoy the horns.

The whole weekend felt like daylight robbery on a Bernie Madoff scale. The cost was about £50 each including three nights, two of my favourite bands, camping, parking and booking fees. The whole town seemed to be involved in some part of the Weekender, fireworks, dancers and some fellow with a deck-chair. I was going to take some photos, but that is not really my scene, you all know what they look like.

Oh, and James were fucking brilliant.

[Unic]

Shane did look a bit porgy to be fair!
It's been 25 years since I saw the band and I was struck by how old they look.
It was also noticeable how well preserved Shane looked, he has certainly kept his hair at least!

[Fr. McGreer]

Shane did look a bit porgy to be fair!
It's been 25 years since I saw the band and I was struck by how old they look.
It was also noticeable how well preserved Shane looked, he has certainly kept his hair at least!

That's a coincidence! When Terry and James spotted you in the crowd they remarked to Shane that you looked about 25 years older than you did last time they saw you in the crowd.

[garymarz]

Went to the Stockton gig at the weekend, and it was the best Pogues gig I've been to so far, and the first outdoor one. Shane was looking well, unlike his stained suit, and the tunes were as loud and energetic as ever. They played from around 9:30 til 11:00.