Pogues at Lokerse Feesten, Belgium, 12th Aug

[Heather]

It looks unlikely that I'll make any of these shows , but the rest of you have fun, look forward to hearing the reports.

[Maldoror]

And I'm still in Sweden!!!
This was the festival I expected you to play when you planned a European tour. Excellent choice!
De Lokerse Feesten (Lokeren is between Gent and Antwerp) is a 10 day festival. Every night 3 bands are playing for about 15000 people. The best part of the festival is: tickets cost 10 or 20 EUR at most, depending on which band is playing. I saw Madness there last year for only 10 EUR!
Have fun!

[Maldoror]

Some more info on this I read a couple of months ago. This is a music festival that is on in all of the city. You can buy tix and go anywhere. HOWEVER: if the place is full, you're nto allowed to go on until someone leaves. So for us Pogues fans it'll be there a few hours before or so

The first part isn't true. It takes place at only 1 location. The second part however is true, but don't worry, most of the time (especially since they enlargened the location a couple of years ago), you can enter at any time.

[Mick Molloy]

So you;re free the 11th? There's a classic festival (practically in my backyard) and the criterium to play there is: you had to play the main festival. You did in 88! Wouldn't Pinkpop Classic be another great one? I always heard the organiser was a big fan. What the hell: I'll send him an email

[philipchevron]

So you;re free the 11th? There's a classic festival (practically in my backyard) and the criterium to play there is: you had to play the main festival. You did in 88! Wouldn't Pinkpop Classic be another great one? I always heard the organiser was a big fan. What the hell: I'll send him an email

We are very much NOT free on the 11th. The 11th is what we call in the trade a TRAVEL DAY. Managers and agents consider that a day off. Musicians, roadies and tour managers, I can assure you, do NOT. I'd rather do ten gigs than have a Travel Day. It's one of the reasons that whenever possible we "sit down" (to use an old Vaudeville expression) in one major city and let the Billies (Billy Bunters, Punters) come to us. Travel Days become slightly more humane when you get stately and venerable like The Pogues - good cars, First Class train tickets, Business Class on the plane, an airy, bright hotel room to look forward to - but cannot yet be avoided entirely.

[Mick Molloy]

So you;re free the 11th? There's a classic festival (practically in my backyard) and the criterium to play there is: you had to play the main festival. You did in 88! Wouldn't Pinkpop Classic be another great one? I always heard the organiser was a big fan. What the hell: I'll send him an email

We are very much NOT free on the 11th. The 11th is what we call in the trade a TRAVEL DAY. Managers and agents consider that a day off. Musicians, roadies and tour managers, I can assure you, do NOT. I'd rather do ten gigs than have a Travel Day. It's one of the reasons that whenever possible we "sit down" (to use an old Vaudeville expression) in one major city and let the Billies (Billy Bunters, Punters) come to us. Travel Days become slightly more humane when you get stately and venerable like The Pogues - good cars, First Class train tickets, Business Class on the plane, an airy, bright hotel room to look forward to - but cannot yet be avoided entirely.

haha yeah i know, but I just heard the news of that festuval and was thinking you'd be a great headliner there as well.

By the way: on Belgian teletext it said you finally were together again hahaha. And of course Shane was called McGowan

[James]

So you;re free the 11th? There's a classic festival (practically in my backyard) and the criterium to play there is: you had to play the main festival. You did in 88! Wouldn't Pinkpop Classic be another great one? I always heard the organiser was a big fan. What the hell: I'll send him an email

We are very much NOT free on the 11th. The 11th is what we call in the trade a TRAVEL DAY. Managers and agents consider that a day off. Musicians, roadies and tour managers, I can assure you, do NOT. I'd rather do ten gigs than have a Travel Day. It's one of the reasons that whenever possible we "sit down" (to use an old Vaudeville expression) in one major city and let the Billies (Billy Bunters, Punters) come to us. Travel Days become slightly more humane when you get stately and venerable like The Pogues - good cars, First Class train tickets, Business Class on the plane, an airy, bright hotel room to look forward to - but cannot yet be avoided entirely.

haha yeah i know, but I just heard the news of that festuval and was thinking you'd be a great headliner there as well.

By the way: on Belgian teletext it said you finally were together again hahaha. And of course Shane was called McGowan

Do you know if you take a look at the overall illegal download tracks from all over the internet, Shane McGowan's had a far more prolific and successful career than Shane MacGowan?

MacGowan only ever managed to be in two bands, one of which rarely got above just okay, but McGowan's had tracks credited to him that I had previously thought were made by Flogging Molly, the Dubliners, The Tossers and the Wolfe Tones. McGowan's also got the ability to change his vocal style COMPLETELY one song to the next.

We live and learn. I like his 'Christmas in the Drunk Tank' song with that Maire Brennan too.

[firehazard]

The POGUES are: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Darryl Hunt, Shane MacGowan, Andrew Ranken, Spider Stacy and Terry Woods. There is no reason whatever, at this stage, to suppose that any one of them will be replaced on these shows by a cardboard cut out, an inflatable doll, a statue of St Martin de Porres or any other non-Pogues manifestation, animate or inanimate.

But I still think that rare bootleg with St Martin de Porres in the line-up is one of the finest ever...

[MJ]

Only festival I've where the website encourages you to come by bike! And has waiters that will come and serve you drinks if you've found a good spot! Awesome. Come on Glastonbury, get with the program!!

[DownInTheGround]

So you;re free the 11th? There's a classic festival (practically in my backyard) and the criterium to play there is: you had to play the main festival. You did in 88! Wouldn't Pinkpop Classic be another great one? I always heard the organiser was a big fan. What the hell: I'll send him an email

We are very much NOT free on the 11th. The 11th is what we call in the trade a TRAVEL DAY. Managers and agents consider that a day off. Musicians, roadies and tour managers, I can assure you, do NOT. I'd rather do ten gigs than have a Travel Day. It's one of the reasons that whenever possible we "sit down" (to use an old Vaudeville expression) in one major city and let the Billies (Billy Bunters, Punters) come to us. Travel Days become slightly more humane when you get stately and venerable like The Pogues - good cars, First Class train tickets, Business Class on the plane, an airy, bright hotel room to look forward to - but cannot yet be avoided entirely.

If you guys travel out of Humberside Airport, I will get you a free upgrade, and will not loose your luggage

[Eric V]

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!

So what will it be then, eh? We've had fog and sleet/snow. Maybe a flood?

[firehazard]

Only festival I've where the website encourages you to come by bike! And has waiters that will come and serve you drinks if you've found a good spot! Awesome. Come on Glastonbury, get with the program!!

Actually, it's a really good website, with very useful info by the look of it. (Much better than the Lichfield one, which tells you very little at all, so far at least.) This sounds like a great festival. I'm being sorely tempted. Hmmm.

[Eric V]

I love Belgian beer and chocolate.

ME TOO! mmmmmmmmmm

[Johan From Sweden]

I love Belgian beer and chocolate.

I´m sure you ment Belgians, beer and chocolate :wink:

Everyone from Belgium, Be awear.

[Maldoror]

I love Belgian beer and chocolate.

I´m sure you ment Belgians, beer and chocolate :wink:

Everyone from Belgium, Be awear.

That's why I stay in Sweden.