The Pogues at NIA - 13 Dec, 2006

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:38 am**

Who was longing for pics here?

The Pogues in Concert at NIA - December 13, 2006

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:23 am**

Oh, woohoo! Thanks MacRua, you are so quick!

Good pics too.

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:27 am**

Cheers MacRua.

Great pics

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:29 am**

firehazard wrote:Oh, woohoo! Thanks MacRua, you are so quick!

Good pics too.

but I am better?

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:01 am**

MacRua wrote:
firehazard wrote:Oh, woohoo! Thanks MacRua, you are so quick!

Good pics too.

but I am better?

Better to be quick than dead. :wink:

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:05 am**

excellent pics, cheers macrua

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:15 am**

Great Pictures MacRua. Thanks for that. I see the infamous string vest made an appearence!

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:39 pm**

These are some of the best show pic I have seen yet. Who took them? You Mac?

If so, then very well done!

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:57 pm**

If I were Jason Sheldon I would be definitely pleased with your kind words (except the moment where you make brave but groundless supposition that someone Mac could take them, who is that bloody Mac, huh?!)

**Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:29 am**

A fan's review of the Birmingham gig (full url):

John Pynchon wrote:I suspect that Shane McGowan likes a drink. (No shit, Sherlock.) He took to the stage with a bottle in one hand, a pint in the other and a cigarette in his mouth. Other than "Fecking shambles" and "It's really great to be here" I can honestly say that I didn't understand a single word he spoke or sang all evening. It hardly mattered. It was a great gig.

The band were as tight as a drum. They had to be, to cope with the digressions of the lead singer. Shane would do a couple of songs and then he would wander off, leaving the microphone to one of the others. Then he'd return, clutching a bottle, and the crowd would roar for the returning hero.

Songs. Lots that I didn't know, but others that I know very well. "Dirty Old Town", "A Pair Of Brown Eyes", "The Irish Rover", "Fiesta" and, of course, "A Fairytale Of New York" (there was a girl who sang that song with the Pogues, and she was good, but she wasn't Kirsty MacColl - nobody could be.)

Some random thoughts.

I have never seen a crowd as large as the one that they managed to squeeze into the standing section at the NIA last night, and they were all pogoing to the fast songs.

I have never seen so many drunk people in one place. (...)

I have never seen so many Republic Of Ireland football shirts in one place. (...)

I have never seen so much crowd surfing in one place. Actually, nor such rough bouncers. Fucking hell! There were some hard bastards pulling people out of the crowd!

I have never sat in a seat at a concert venue as uncomfortable as the one I sat in at the NIA. (...)

A guy at work, who has seen the Pogues on their last few tours, decided not to see them this time. His reason was the NIA was a cold and un-atmospheric venue and that it wouldn't suit the Pogues at all. He was wrong. It was really warm and it was a really up concert and the crowd were (excuse the phrase) mad for it.

I watched a blonde, middle aged lady at the edge of the crowd, clutching a pint and dancing. She was lost in the music.

On the way out a drunken teenage girl asked if she could borrow my coat, because it was cold. (I was wearing my big, black goth coat.) I sadly declined. She said that I was a "mean man", but said it a twinkle in her eye. It was an Irish twinkle kind of night.

A mention for the DJ who played a fine selection of 60's garage pop, ska and reggae. The Saw Doctors, who were supporting, also played a storming set. I know very little about the Saw Doctors, but a fair selection of the crowd knew their songs very well and sang along to everything.

**Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:20 am**

Thanks for the kind words of the photos..
Here are some better quality versions - WireImage tends to compress them for the previews.. I must admit to not being happy with the quality of the photos from that night - it looked like a fantastic show, but the lighting was pretty poor, from a photographers point of view.. hardly any lighting on the faces..

Enjoy - please don't steal:

http://www.junction10.net/concerts/?show=__The%20Pogues

Jason Sheldon

**Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:29 am**

Oh! Here's our hero!
Thank you, Jason

**Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:37 am**

Jason, Jason, Jason! (chanting)

Thanks.

and I will not steal.. I'll just borrow

kidding.

**Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:26 pm**

I may be wrong but dont all the pogues shows start off in the dark? Im sure theres a good reason for it.

**Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:15 pm**

Anonymous wrote:I may be wrong but dont all the pogues shows start off in the dark? Im sure theres a good reason for it.

So do everyone else's, usually...

The Pogues at NIA - 13 Dec, 2006

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