Pogues at Lokerse Feesten, Belgium, 12th Aug

[andries]

hey guys,
despite the beers, I seem to remember them play SallyMacLennane as last song, before the encores that is

It was absolute a brilliant night. Rainy Night In Soho has also been played yesterday and it was definetely the best live version I ever heard. You can hear every worth Shane was singing, absolutely stunning!

Also the compliments to the interim guitar player. He did really a good job. But the beautiful Thousands Are Sailing was really somehting missing in the setlist. Hope we can hear that at the end of the year. As we speak about it. Is there some information about the christmas gigs or when can we expect more information about it?

[wadenwilli]

hello Munsterpaddy ,hello Wally.
You both forgot"Sally MacLennane".How could that happen?
Mr.Fearnley,what went wrong with the accordion?
Thank you all for a superb concert.I drove about 680 km to Belgium and backand it was really worth the long way.
Hope to see you again on the Christmas Tour 2007,
but then I´ll take the plaine.

[Guest]

The Poques were great..still after 20 years

grtz from Belgium
Jo

[Jo- Belgium]

The Poques were great..it was a big fiesta. I'm glad i was there after 20 years waiting. last time I saw them in the 80's in Ghent (Vooruit) but Shane was so drunk that the band had to play without him. This time Shane made the show, thank you man!

greetings from Belgium

Jo

[pogue Mahone]

What a great show in Lokeren. I saw them last time in 1991 at Pukkelpop and now this one. I got tears in my eyes, seriously. So much has happenend in that 17 years on a personal level and the Pogues brought back all those sometimes beautiful, sometimes painful memories. Thanks guys! Hope I see you soon again in Belgium (or Holland).

[Funkfuzzi]

...mooooOOOOOOOORE !!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhMJNY4T1c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hDgabBrmk



besides the sound quality...that sounds really really good...such a shame i couldn't be there !!!


where's more ??!!


tooraloo,
robin

[Funkfuzzi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSjoFoOdMU0

..."pogues-related" from 4.45 on...



anyone in belgium with more tv footage or so ??

[Maldoror]

I found this review in a Belgian newspaper. I'll try to translate it later, it's a bit too late now... It just says that it was the perfect headliner of a successful festival.

The Pogues sluiten feestelijk af in Lokeren


LOKEREN - Heel wat fans - zelfs van ver buiten de landsgrenzen - zakten gisteravond af voor het allerlaatste concert op de Lokerse Feesten. Voor het eerst in meer dan tien jaar speelden The Pogues nog eens met hun legendarische frontman Shane MacGowan in ons land.

The Pogues bleken zoals verwacht de ideale afsluiter te zijn voor deze 33ste editie van het succesvolle Lokerse stadsfestival. Voor een laatste keer konden alle drank- en dansregisters nog eens opengetrokken worden.

Voor een laatste keer ook, hadden de veiligheidsmensen hun handen vol met de crowdsurfers die zich op de tonen van Boys From County Hell of Dirty Old Town op de mensenzee lieten drijven. De aanstekelijke punk-folk die de Iers/Engelse band afleverde, leende zich dan ook uitstekend voor deze uitbundige taferelen.

Het massale welkomstapplaus aan het adres van Shane MacGowan dat het publiek bij aanvang over de Grote Kaai liet galmen, vond met een explosieve versie van Streams Of Whiskey de gepaste weerklank. Een schijnbaar aangeschoten MacGowan groette dankbaar zijn aanhang met drank en sigaret in de hand, en verdween van tijd tot tijd achter de coulissen om een van zijn muzikanten een song te laten zingen. Waarschijnlijk om zijn glas bij te vullen, gokken we dan.

Heel even ook scheen om half een ’s nachts de zon op de Grote Kaai tijdens Sunny Side Of The Streets en vielen de meest fervente muziekliefhebbers elkaar in de armen als Body Of An American door de luidsprekers knalde.

’Let’s go Pogues’, scandeerde iedereen het collectief goede moed toe. Het hielp klaarblijkelijk, de band bracht tijdens de bisronde nog eens vier nummers en eindigde het tiendaagse festival met de wereldhit Fiesta. Cheers mate!
(mdw)
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=DMA13082007_005

Hope you had a good time!

Filip

[Funkfuzzi]

the lads coming on stage...mobile "quality"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAV6PL74x8o

kitty...same "quality"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sC1E0EtkEo

[MAX]

I saw the Pogues 3 times in Belgium.
Long time ago and last week at The Lokerse Feesten.

WOW ! The Pogues are back !
Thats why I want to thank Shane and alle others for coming back after all those years. And the show was GREAT. My voice is gone by all that singing. Everybody around me (also myself) know every word from every song. That means something ! The Pogues are a very very great band with great members and many fans. Thanx again for the great show and hopely we can do it over in the future.

Cheers,
MAX

[UnregisteredPoguesNut]

Awesome setlist. Nice to see Kitty working its way in there.

I'm bummed out that Mr. MacGowan isn't taking over vocals on Thousands Are Sailing though. I know that's Mr. Chevron's song, as well it should be, and he should sing it, but in the absence of Mr. Chevron, I do not understand why it has to be outright removed from the setlist. It is an absolutely beautiful number, to an extent regardless of who sings it. And it's not like Mr. MacGowan didn't do a pretty smash-up job singing it on the album.

I'll be at the Wiltern shows regardless and am greatly looking forward to it.

Best wishes to Mr. Chevron, as well.

[Maldoror]

I found another review (in Dutch again, sorry...) Their opinion: "The band was great, Shane sucked."

[...] Dan liever The Pogues met de onvermijdelijk stronzatte Shane MacGowan. Toegegeven, diens zangkwaliteiten waren tot een absoluut minimum herleid, de bindteksten waren onverstaanbaar gewauwel en het ontbrak zijn stem aan kracht. Toch kon dat niet verbergen dat de groep áchter hem het wél nog kon. Van pure feestfolk naar Ierse country via dronken zeemansliederen en gevoelige songs waar stoere binken heimwee van krijgen: ze kunnen het allemaal. MacGowan verhinderde een wild volksfeest door het tempo én het niveau zwaar naar beneden te halen met zijn ‘zang'. Jammer maar helaas [...]

http://www.cuttingedge.be/music/gigs/21105-lokerse-feesten-2007-dag-10

There are some pictures on the site too:
http://www.cuttingedge.be/photo_reports/898-the-pogues-lokerse-feesten-2007-dag10-?index=0

[Mick Molloy]

Absolute bollocks! Shane was great and all the rest too!

[Tsane]

Absolute bollocks! Shane was great and all the rest too!

I completely agree!

[philipchevron]

Awesome setlist. Nice to see Kitty working its way in there.

I'm bummed out that Mr. MacGowan isn't taking over vocals on Thousands Are Sailing though. I know that's Mr. Chevron's song, as well it should be, and he should sing it, but in the absence of Mr. Chevron, I do not understand why it has to be outright removed from the setlist. It is an absolutely beautiful number, to an extent regardless of who sings it. And it's not like Mr. MacGowan didn't do a pretty smash-up job singing it on the album.

I'll be at the Wiltern shows regardless and am greatly looking forward to it.

Best wishes to Mr. Chevron, as well.

Thank you for your good wishes.

I think Spider has mentioned elsewhere that "1000s r sailors" has not been "outright removed". My understanding is that it was rehearsed but not so solidly that it could withstand the chaos that led up to the Sweden show and it was not therefore risked for the gig. It's always been a tricky one to re-routine because I sing it in C and Shane does it 4 semitones below, all of which must be transposed for an already quite complex orchestration. I believe the intention is to return the song to active service in October, with Shaneo singing. He'll do it well, he's yearned to since 2001. Getting it back from him will be the hard part.