The Pogues and Dropkick Murphys to headline a new Irish music fest at Suffolk Downs By Matt Juul Globe Staff,Updated March 17, 2025, 10:00 a.m. 12 ...

The Sept. 6-7 event will be produced in partnership with The Bowery Presents, Lynch and Killian, featuring The Pogues and Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys as headlining artists.

The Pogues' album Rum Sodomy & The Lash is both a dark and joyful work. On songs such as The Old Main Drag and A Pair of Brown Eyes, it addresses themes of violence, poverty, and depravity in an ...

The Pogues on their 2025 tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of 'Rum Sodomy & The Lash’, playing without Shane MacGowan and the power of Kneecap and Fontaines D.C.

Right now, Bruce Springsteen is back on tour with his E Street Band; they blew the mind of Stereogum’s own Chris DeVille a few weeks ago. Last night, Springsteen came to Nowlan Park in Kilkenny ...

Since November 1987, when the Pogues released “Fairytale of New York,” it’s been a recurring, if improbable, contender for the crown, but has never finished higher than second.

Born in Kent on Christmas Day in 1957, Shane MacGowan will forever be associated with the festive period thanks to The Pogues' 1987 hit, Fairytale Of New York, featuring the late Kirsty MacColl.

They would change their name to The Pogues and their fierce live reputation and drinking in London would become the stuff of legend. Often overshadowing their gifts for nuance and MacGowan's lyrical ...

Whisky.com says: "The West Cork Distillers present The Pogues Single Malt Whiskey as their second tribute to the cult band that has been thrilling not only Ireland for over 30 years.

I should probably mention that Irish whiskey is hardly my most-consumed area of brown spirits, as I often find them too watery or one-note to hold my attention, so I was curious how this Pogues ...

Spider Stacy, co-founder of The Pogues, talks about the band's whiskey brand, why he himself gave up alcohol, Shane MacGowan’s excesses, and the uncertain future of the band.

MacGowan’s gifts weren’t lost on his band, either. ”I wasn’t able to see the joints between Shane’s songs and the old songs that had been around for 150 years,” raves Fearnley.