Live reports
USA Tour 2006

Setlist DC March 9th

The YuYu - Music by Spider Stacy

Spider Stacy, James Walbourne and Andy Nolan recorded a track caled Bitey's Theme for this animation by Adam Phillips. Great animation and a great track!

The animation can be found here

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Some of you who attended the Nokia on the 17th or 18th may have been aware of multiple film cameras shooting the shows. We hope to use this footage, perhaps in conjunction with the film we made of Manchester MEN 2004, for a live DVD souvenir later in the year.

In addition, Nora Meyers is still making her, if you will, Poguementary, and has been present all through the UK/Ireland tour 2005 and this US East Coast tour as well as the Meteor Awards and other events. She and her producer Danielle Von Zerneck have accumulated miles of footage and will be using it in conjunction with some archive material for a projected cinema film which would also, in due course, be a DVD.

There have been several questions on this topic and this is the most complete answer I can give at present. No release dates or even projected release dates yet. Soon come, as they say in Cahirciveen.

Source: Post by Philip Chevron on www,pogues.com/forum

Shane & Ronnie Drew

Shane & Ronnie Drew has recorded a song for RTE TV.
The date for broadcasting is not known.

Photos from the recording can be found at www.shanemacgowan.net 

Glasgow review says it all:

"With Jem Finer’s daughter, Ella, filling the role of Kirsty MacColl, looking down from the balcony as the world’s greatest Christmas song pushed a packed venue to pure emotion, was utterly unforgettable. Strangers were hugging, punks were crying, others spilled lager over their heads as they held their pints aloft to singalong. If you ever go looking for the true meaning of Christmas, this was it."
Written by: Chay Woodman
Full review

Radio Spots

Terry and Spider are doing these radio spots on Thursday December 8th.

Live to Air interview with Robert Elms. (15.00)
Wise Buddah for ISDN interviews (all pre-recorded) (15.30)
Stu Bailey BBC Radio N Ireland (15.45)
Century Network (16.00)
Metro Radio (16.15)
Beat 106 (16.30)
Kerrang (16.45)
Viking. (17.00)
BBC 6 Music interview with Stuart MacConie (18.00)

The Pogues With Katie Melua

The Pogues will perform Faiytale Of New York with Katie Melua doing Kirstys part on Jonathan Ross show. This will be broadcast on Thursday  December 22nd.
Jonathan Ross Show

They will also record this song with katie Melua for the show CDUK.

BBC Documentary.

BBC have made a hour long documentary on Fairytale of New York.
This will be aired on December 19th, 9pm on BBC3.
The repeats will be December 11.30pm & 25th December 12.40am on BBC3.
Interviews with: Matt Dillon, Steve Lillywhite, Jean MacColl,  Nick Cave and others.
BBC Website.

The Pogues in Magazines.

Q Jan 2006 - Two page (one picture/one article & picture )
" The Story Behind The Song " FONY

Mojo Jan 2006 - 1/2 page review of Picture of Kirsty MacColl (R.I.P.)
"From Croydon to Cuba

Thanks to RoddyRuddy for the tip on these articles.

Live reports
UK Tour

So far (after one gig) it sounds great. Rainy Night In Soho and A Pair Of Brown Eyes were left out of the setlist in Cardiff. They did perform Dark Streets of London which was a welcome addition to the usual setlist. 
Some Cardiff photos
Thanks to: Dylan Hughes

Update from Glasgow:
Songs played include A Pair Of Brown Eyes, Sayonara, Navigator, Old Main Drag, Summer In Siam and Jesse James.
Philip Chevron read out a list of the people from the Medusa forum that was there.
Nice thing to do! Photos from Glasgow(Tuesday 13th) cen be seen here.

Glasgow Setlist:
STREAMS
FALL FROM GRACE
BMS
TURKISH
NED
RAIN STREET
WHITE CITY
TUESDAY MORNING
SALLY
OMD
REPEAL
SUNNYSIDE
BODY
LULLABY
1000’S
DIRTY OLD TOWN
BOTTLE
SICKBED
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SAYONARA
RAINY NIGHT
DOG (=Irish Rover)
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STAR
FAIRYTALE
FIESTA

Filming at Cardiff
Filming was done during the Cardiff gig.
Statements from the band:
Philip Chevron "We're making a full length movie, produced by James's wife Danielle Von Zerneck. Nora and Tom have been following us around since last week. Tonight, I think they mainly concentrated on getting shots of the audience, who are, of course, the real stars of the movie."

James Fearnley "see Philip's contribution concerning Cardiff. We have a documentary team (Nora and Tom) filming as much as we can tolerate, to be finished, I suppose, this time next year - and who knows, it might include stuff from Manchester 2004, which hasn't seen light of day, but, hell, should."

More info to come.

Fairytale Of New York

The Fairytale Of New York single will be re-released for this christmas.
The Release date has been moved back to 19 December since there will be a new chart on Christmas day . The royalties for this single will be given away to charities, mainly to charities for the homeless.
The single will be released on the following formats:

7" 
Cat no. WEA400
Fairytale of new York
 Battle March Medley 

CD 
Cat no. WEA400CD
Fairytale of new York
Fairytale of new York Instrumental Singalong 

DVD
 Cat no. WEA400DVD
Fairytale of new York AUDIO TRACK
 Fairytale of new York Video 
TOTP performance

In addition an exclusive download will be availible.
Rumours says this will be a live version with Kate Moss doing Kirstys part.

Pogues to re-release most famous single
The Pogues Re-release 'Fairytale Of New York'

If you want your purchase of this singe to count in the UK charts please buy it in one of the following record stores:
HMV Webshop
Virgin
Woolworths
Tesco
Safeway
WHSMITHS
Sainsbury
Morrisons
ASDA
FOPP

Advance orders made before December 19th at www.amazon.co.uk will qualify for inclusion in the UK Chart.

Also if you buy more than 3 singles in one transaction your purchase  will not be counted in the charts.

The Pogues Not Dead Bootleg.

A silver cd bootleg from Japan called "The Pogues Is Not Dead" has been released on the BTZ label. This is a recording from the July 26th 2005 Tokyo Shibuya Ax gig.
Cat. No: BTZCD-023
This is a 1CD audience recording. The cd can be ordered from AJ Vinyl.  Email
The price is £14.99 + £3 shipping

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Setlist: 01. Streams Of Whiskey 02. If I Should Fall From Grace With God 03. Boys From The Country Hell 04. The Broad Majestic Shannon 05. Young Ned Of The Hill 06. Turkish Song Of the Damned 07. A Rainy Night In Soho 08. Tuesday Morning 09. Rain Street 10. A Pair Of Brown Eyes

11. Repeal Of The Licensing Laws 12. The Old Main Drag 13. Thousands Are Sailing 14. Body Of An American 15. Lullaby Of London 16. Dirty Old Town 17. Bottle Of Smoke 18. The Sickbed Of Cuchulainn 19. The Irish Rover 20. Sally MacLennane 21. Fiesta

The Radiators - Live at the Southend Kursaal 1977 + New E.P

This gig will be available as a yellow vinyl limited edition with a free poster. It will also be availible on CD.
ON SALE NOW

Setlist Live Album:
01. Sunday World
02. Roxy Girl
03. Press Gang
04. Prison Bars
05. Electric Shares
06. Television Screen
07. Party Line
08. Psychotic Reaction
09. Enemies

The  Midnight Demo,
which contains previously unreleased versions of TV Screen, Mistreater(early version of Not Too Late which from the TV Tube Heart album) and The Hucklebuck plus the version of Psychotic Reaction that is available on the website are now available as a limited edition EP. Buy it here.

Also remember to look out for news on the coming studio album.

The Pogues - Dirty Old Town Compilation

Looks Like another compilation. It seems like a good mix of songs written by almost every member of the band. Nice to see some tracks that haven't been on a best of  compilation before.

1. Streams Of Whiskey (MacGowan)
2. A Pair Of Brown Eyes (MacGowan)
3. Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl)
4. Sally Maclennane (MacGowan)
5. Dingle Regatta (Finer)
6. Turkish Song Of The Damned (MacGowan / Finer)
7. Metropolis (Finer)
8. Thousands Are Sailing (Chevron)
9. A Rainy Night In Soho (MacGowan)
10. Misty Morning Albert Bridge (Finer)
11. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (trad.)
12. Gridlock (Ranken / Finer)
13. Young Ned Of The Hill (Woods)
14. Tuesday Morning (Stacy)
15. Paris St. Germain (Stacy / Woods)
16. Drunken Boat (Fearnley)
17. Love You Til The End (Hunt)

Label: WEA
Relase date: September 12th.
Amazon UK    CDON(Really a good price)

Tribute Album.

The Belgian Label Ghetto-Rock is working on a The Pogues Tribute album titled Streams Of Whiskey. So far the following artists has confirmed.
The Agitators "Streams Of Whiskey"
The Borderguards "Bright Lights"
Colt 45 "Sunny Side Of The Street"
Cranked Up "Happy Song" (The Nips)
H-Block 101 "Rain Street"
Lancaster County Prison "Satan Is Waiting" (co-written and sang by Shane MacGowan!)
The McGillicuddys "Thousands Are Sailing"
Mutiny "Navigator"
Neck "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day"
Nervous Chillin' "A Rainy Night In Soho"
The Porters "Fiesta"
The Reducers S.F. "A Pair Of Brown Eyes"
Rum Runner "A Body Of An American"
Saint Bushmill's Choir "Greenland Whale Fisheries"
Street Dogs "Dirty Old Town"
The Tossers "Young Ned Of The Hill"

The Labels website.
Personally I look forward to hearing Mike McColgan (Street Dogs) perform Dirty Old Town.

Dm & Country Jem - Bum Steer CD/LP

Cargo Records will be releasing a album in august on their hazelwood label titled Bum Steer.
The release date as of now is august 22nd. Link to record companys website
There is also a data track on the cd which could probably be the music video

01. Bar-B-Q Bob - 3:00 
02. Too Late for Tequila - 4:47 
03. Girlfriend stole my Alien - 2:45 
04. Lou short for Loser - 4:11 
05. Groovy Situation - 4:05 
06. Rokit Scyntist - 3:41 
07. Space Hog - 2:43 
08. who put the cunt in cuntrey - 4:31 
09. How can Evil look so good - 4:07 
10. I've been your good thing - 3:12 
11. Like it that Way - 3:58 
12. Pachinko - 3:00 
13. Rocket ship - 3:53 
14. Astro Pad - 3:34 
15. Dixie Cannonball - 5:09 
16. Home on the Moon - 5:15 

Thanks to Aleksandar Rakovic for the tracklist and video link.
Thanks to Alex for letting us know.

Japanese Release of the IISFFG - The Shane MacGowan Story.

Info in Japanese here

Live Performance by Radiators Plan 9
(Requires Real Player)

Cait O'Riordan with Dropkick Murphys photos.

The Pogues awarded Classic album award by Mojo

The Pogues was awarded the MOJO Honours List 2005 Classic Album Award on June 16th for their album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash.
Spider Stacy and Shane MacGowan picked up that award on behald of the band.
More info

The Radiators - Summer Season EP.

1. HINTERLAND (Chevron)
2. THE GIRL WITH THE GUN (Holidai)
3. SUNDAY WORLD [new version] (Rapid/Chevron/Holidai)
4. ELECTRIC SHARES [new version] (Chevron/Holidai)

The 625 Label. Cat No: RADCDEP002

In shops June 13, 2005
Keep an eye on their website www.theradiators.tv

The Radiators albums reissued

The Radiators (from Space) albums Ghosttown and Tv Tube Heart are reissued on cd by Ace Records  on their Chiswick label in April.
Read Philip Chevrons comments on these albums here. Ghosttown & Tv Tube Heart

Radiators Website

Irish Times review April 1st.
THE RADIATORS
Ghostown
Chiswick/Gael Linn
*****

On Tuesday, October 31st, 1978, The Radiators took to the stage of London's Electric Ballroom to preview material from their forthcoming Ghostown album. These new Phil Chevron-Pete Holidai songs detailed "a midnight walk through Dublin with the ghosts of the city's past". They were lost on the punk kidz in the audience. We now know that the safety-pinned fools were being treated to the first ever live airing of probably the greatest Irish rock album of all time.

To put this in local context: The Radiators' creative leap from 1977's TV Tube Heart to 1979's Ghostown was similar to The Beatles' from She Loves You to Tomorrow Never Knows. Their subject matter was a Dublin (to be pronounced with three syllables) paralyzed by political and religious hypocrisies. The song cycle, beginning with the jumpy, harmony-laden Millon Dollar Hero and ending with the tense, nervous Dead the Beast, Dead the Poison, details a cowed city - haunted by its past, with little present and yes, No Future. The songs are magnificent: the stomping They're Looting in the Town; the beautiful snarl of Kitty Ricketts and the stark home-truths of Song of the Faithful Departed.

Musically, the album was audacious for its time; lyrically, it's never been bettered. Ghostown represents the first time in Irish cultural life that a rock music 33rpm could sit pretty alongside the country's literary and dramatic output. In a bitter perversion of the truth, the album marked the beginning of the end of The Radiators. Ghostown was their parting shot to posterity. Quite simply: a monumental artistic achievement.

THE POGUES LIVE ALBUM.

This live album was  released as a part of a new 2CD set titled The Pogues - Utimate Collection.The first cd is a best of compilation. The live show are disc 2 in this set. This show was recorded at Brixton Academy in December 2001. Release date: March 7th. Label: Warner Strategic Marketing (WSM) Cat. No: 2564622542 No more info at this time. Order at Play.com for 10.99 including shipping. Thanks for Philip Chevron for posting this at PRS. "Thousands Are Sailing"  from the Live album was played at Mark Radcliffe Show January 26th Medley, White City, Star Of The County Down and Parting Glass has been left out of the live album. Old version of the front cover.

Nick Cave - B-sides & Rarities.

Nick Cave is releasing a 3CD set with his B-sides and Rarities. This compilation includes the complete "What A Wonderful World" single with Shane MacGowan. The release date is April 4th. More info here.
Thanks to Christine for this info.

Dropkick Murphys Singles Collection Vol. 2

The second Singles Collection from the Boston band Dropkick Murphys features "Wild Rover with" Shane MacGowan. This version of the song was previously only released on the Green Vinyl version of the album "Sing Loud, Sing Proud". This new compilation also includes a cover version of The Nips song "Vengeance". Other songs like "Hey Little Rich Boy", "Watch Your Back", "We Got The Power" and "It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll)" makes this cd worth getting. Release date: March 8th Dropkick Murphys Website. Epitaphs website

Kirsty MacColl - From Croydon To Cuba

EMI is releasing a 3CD box set with Kirsty MacColls B-sides, alternate versions and demos. This collection includes Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things, All The Tears That I Cried and Fairytale Of New York with The Pogues. 
A DVD is also released with all the Promo videos, which includes the video to Fairytale of New York.
Release date: 28th March 2005
More info on this great Kirsty MacColl website.

The Pogues Tour also raised £5000 to the justice For Kirsty Campaign
Justice for Kirsty Campaign

Eat The Rich DVD.

The movie Eat The Rich which Shane played in have been released on DVD. I have not been able to find any webshop which sells it yet.
The release date was December 16th 2004.
Extra Material:
-Original trailer.
-Picture Galleries
-The Making of INFERNO

More info in German here.

Bap Kennedy  "The Big Picture"
New Release date!

This album was released on Loose Records February 28th. It features Shane on the song On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol. You can listen to the first single Rock And Roll Heaven at Loose records website Bap Kenndys website Loose Records Bap Kennedy page. Tracklist: Fireworks The Truth is Painful Moriartys Blues Loverman The Beautiful Country On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol ( featuring Shane Macgowan) Rock and Roll Heaven  Too Old for Fairytales The Sweet Smell of Success Streetwise Milky Way (co written with Van Morrison)

Na Comharsana - "The Thrashing Machine"

Na Comharsana have released a album called "The Thrashing Machine" on December 10th. This album includes the songs they recorded with Shane in 2001, Broad Majestic Shannon and Sons Of Knocknagow. On another song, "Shano at Ned o’the Hill", a gig by Shane is the subject of the song. Buy it here: www.litriocht.com

Produced By Trevor Horn

ZTT is releasing a 2CD set with tracks produced by Trevor Horn. CD1 features Shane MacGowan on You're The One. As far as I know this is the regular version and not any new mix.
Cat. No ZTT196CD
Release date November 22nd.

Live At The Town & Country Club DVD

Live At The Town & Country Club will be released on DVD November 15th on the Celticcollections label. Catalog Number  CCDVD760 Sound: Dolby 2.0 Stereo. Order at Play.com for £12.99 including shipping. The Live part is the same as on the original VHS. As a bonus the documentary Completely Pogued is included. This documentary alone is worth the money. Philip Chevrons comment on the Artwork: "Just saw Alex's posting of the artwork for the Town & Country DVD. Looks hideous - and does it REALLY say 1998 or is that just my poor eyesight? Anyway, nothing to do with us, Guv." Seems like the people at Celtic collection have changed the sleeve, it doesn't say 1998 anymore.  Thanks Alex for posting the image on The Pogues forum.

Shane MacGowan Montreux 1995 DVD.

According to Play.com a DVD titled Shane MacGowan - Montreux 1995 will be released 22.11.2004. Catalogue Number: EREDV447 Label: ILC Studio: RED Distribution Eaglevision page for this DVD. I just got this DVD and it's highly recommendable. It contains a insert with a short Biography and some pictures of Shane and the band members. You get some great shots of Shane break-dancing to Hippy Hippy Shake. This DVD would make a great christmas gift to any Shane fan. It's a really awsome show. Shane and The Popes at their peak. TRACKLIST   01. Introduction  02. Streams Of Whiskey  03. Donegal Express  04. If I Should Fall From Grace With God  05. Nancy Whisky  06. Gentleman Soldier  07. Greenland Whale Fisheries  08. Pair Of Brown Eyes  09. Bring Down The Lamp (Popes Instrumental)  10. Cracklin' Rose  11. Body Of An American  12. Broad Majestic Shannon  13. Dark Streets Of London  14. Hippy Hippy Shake  15. Sick Bed OF Cuchcalain  16. Irish Rover  17. Boys From The Country Hell  18. Hippy Hippy Shake  19. Sayonara  20. Bottle Of Smoke  21. Sally McLennane

Streams Of Whiskey 2LP Bootleg.
It seems like this recording of the 1991 gig from Switzerland is being released again. This time it's a 2LP set called Streams Of Whiskey on Earmark records. If you have one of the CD bootlegs, it's no point in buyig this one. Save your money for the official Live album. Or even better, go to the reunion!

Shane MacGowan & The Popes – Shepherds Bush Empire, 17th March, 2003 - 2 CD Set Bootleg
This CD-set just appeared on ebay. It seems to be a factory made bootleg with full colour inserts. I have no info on any record label or where to get it at this time. Any information is appreaciated.

TRACKLIST:

CD1 01- The Beast  02- Are You Looking At Me?  03- Aisling  04- Hills Of Connemara  05- Popes Instrumental (One)  06- If I Should Fall From Grace With God  07- Donegal Express  08- Rock ‘N’ Roll Paddy  09- Back In The Country Hell  10- Dirty Old Town  11- The Auld Triangle

CD2 01- Popes Instrumental (Two)  02- Body Of An American  03- Greenland Whale Fisheries  04- Granuaille  05- If You Ever Go Down To Dublin Town  06- Paddy Public Enemy No. 1  07- More Pricks Than Kicks  08- Streams Of Whiskey  09- Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn  10- The Irish Rover

Shane to appear on Bap Kennedys new album.

Shane MacGowan has recorded a duet with Bap Kennedy called "On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol". It wil be released February 2005 on Kennedys new album "The Big Picture".  The album will be released through Loose Records. A clip of  "On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol" was played on BBC Radio4s Today programme on July 12th.

1984 John Peel Session

BBC 6 sent the 2nd John Peel session from December 12th 1984 on the Jane Gazzo show thursday August 12th.
Listen to a Real Audio recording here.
00:34:45 Sally MacLennane
01:20:50 Whiskey You're The Devil
02:41:30 Danny Boy

The Popes - Release The Beast.

The New Popes live album called "Release The Beast" was released on August 30th.
The album was recorded live in London in 2003. It will be released as a 2CD with their first album Holloway Boulevard as the 2nd cd. 
Order it here.

Dirty Old Town / Road To Paradise single made it onto the Irish charts.
The Dirty Old Town / Road To Paradise single reached 19th in the Irish single charts today (july 24th).
Let's hope it makes it to the 1st place next week. The Very best of The Pogues also made it to 18th this week.
Irish Single Charts

Article with pictures from the launch part of "The Bhoys From Paradise" single.
Click here

Whiskey In The Jar LP Bootleg

A new bootleg has been released called Whiskey In The Jar. It contains Studio B-Sides and singles.
A limited numbered edition (130 copies) green vinyl also exists.
Label: Shamrec.
Cat. No: PW001
Sellers email.

Tracklist:

Straight To Hell O.S.T

The new soundtrack for this movie was released July 5th on Ace Records' Big Beat label. This cd contains 13 tracks with The Pogues. Several of these is previously unreleased. Ace Records infopage on the CD.
Cat. No. CDWIKD239
Order at Play for £.10.99 including shipping.
Order at Amazon UK. £11.99

Track List:

Death Disco Ltd.

A New Compilation called Death Disco Ltd has been released. This cd contains a Live version of Fiesta.
This Live version is the same as on the 2002 bootleg Streams of Whiskey, the track was recorded at Leysin, Switzerland, 12th July 1991. It is released on Sanctuary Records. Several other great tracks on this as well.
Catalog Number: DQFCD008
Order it at Amazon

Jimmy Johnstone - Dirty Old Town Single.

This single has been delayed to June 14th.
Shane has  recorded a song called "On The Road To Paradise" which will be the B-Side on Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstones single Dirty Old Town. This single will be released on May 24th 2004. The A-Side "Dirty Old Town" is duet between Jimmy Johnstone and Jim Kerr from Simple Minds. Sunday Mail article about the single.
Source: FOS maillist.

Catalogue Number: LWSP7
Label: ACTIVE
CDS £3.99
This single can be preordered at HMV

Straight To Hell Soundtrack.

New release date: June 28th. Cat. No. CDWIKD239
Phillip Chevron, Alex Cox, Dan Wool and Nick Robbins have just finished the work on the new edition of the "Straight To Hell" soundtrack. The Pogues tracks on this album will be the following:
"Long Cool Day In Hell" (previously unreleased)
"Ferni's Bolero" (previously unreleased)
"Night On Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky)"(previously unreleased)
"Harmonicas" (previously unreleased)
"Rabinga"
"Big Question Mark" (previously unreleased)
"L'Amoria" (previously unreleased)
"Obsession" (previously unreleased)
"Quiet Day In Blanco Town" (previously unreleased)
"If I Should Fall From Grace With God"
"Danny Boy" (Cait O'Riordan)
"Taranta Del Fuente" (previously unreleased)
"Rake At The Gates Of Hell"

The album will also contain tracks by Zander Schloss, MacManus Gang, Joe Strummer and Pray For Rain.
The CD will be released on Ace Records in June on their Big Beat Label.
Catalog Number:  CDWIKD 239.

Thanks to Phillip Chevron for posting this info on www.shanemacgowan.com 
Songs that were listed in the end credits in the movie but not on the original soundtrack

ATTACK ON POGUES FRONTMAN 

Apr 21 2004
By Tom Parry

SINGER Shane MacGowan has been beaten up in a pub, it was revealed last night.
The Pogues frontman was left with serious injuries to his face.
Shane, 46 - famed for his heavy drinking - was attacked in the toilets at The Joiners Arms in Soho, London.
He was hit with a metal bar, kicked and punched.
One of the pub's regulars said: "It was a totally unprovoked attack.
"He was just having a quiet drink with his mates - and had even been chatting to one of the blokes who jumped on him."
The star was taken to nearby St Thomas's Hospital with cuts and a fractured cheekbone.
Friends of the singer chased the two alleged attackers and held on to them until police arrived.
Police confirmed two men, aged 20 and 21, were questioned and released on bail.
Full Article

New Release featuring Shane MacGowan.
Seanchai and the Unity Squads new album "Rebel Massive" has been released. This album features Shane MacGowan on the song "Mise Eire".

"Rebel with A Cause" Irish Voice 6/4/04
Read The Full Article Here
"Mise Eire" not since Bob Marley cried "Get Up,stand up" has an artist put a political rallying cry atop a reggae beat with such a thrilling effect. For this track, Byrne enlisted friends from both sides of the Atlantic, including Damien Dempsey and head Pogue Shane MacGowan.
The song marks the glorious return of MacGowan into the rebel army fold.
"Shane recorded his bit in Dublin, he was the only one who changed the lyrics for his part. I had written the lyrics to the song and then he went off and did his own thing."

I am your servant, Mother Ireland
Where Dan Breen and Sean Treacy
Shot the coppers in the Glen
Phoblacht na Eireann
Workers and farmers
Not only free but Gaelic
Not just Gaelic but also free.

"He brought the song to differant level when he did it. I then had to re-write to attempt to bring the rest to that level. That's the genius of Shane MacGowan: when all is said and done, his are the songs that will go on. I don't know if people are singing 'With or Without You' in a pub one hundred years from now. You can bet they will be singing Shane's songs."
Thanks to Kieran for posting this on www.shanemacgowan.com

Na Comharsana With Shane MacGowan.
This is a two track single relased in Ireland. It was recorded following Tipperary's All-Ireland win in 2001.
Na Comharsana means "The Neighbours" and is pronounced Naa Coorsanna. The group formed to record a mini album to raise funds to a local anti-landfill project. Shane was a supporter of the band and often appeared with them in impromptu sessions. The track "Sons of Knocknagow" might be relased on a new album by the group. Shane and the band payed for the pressing of this single themselves and released it locally in Tipperary. Knocknagow is a spiritual name for Tipperary which is Shanes home county.

Track 1
The Sons of Knocknagow
Lyrics; Eamonn Butler
Music Composed and Arranged by Denis Carey
Vocals: Eamonn Butler and Shane MacGowan
Chorus: John Kennedy, Dave Searson, Martin Butler, Michael Moloney and John Quirke

Track 2
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Lyrics Shane MacGowan
Music: Composed and arranged by Shane McGowan
Vocals: Shane MacGowan, John Quirke, John Kennedy
Chorus: John Kennedy, Dave Searson, Martin Butler, Michael Moloney and Eamonn Butler

Thanks to Sean Og for posting info on the band at www.shanemacgowan.com. More info is to follow when I receive the single. I will get on extra copy for sale at ebay.
This cd can be ordered at Litriocht.

The cd can be ordered at A&J Vinyl. Contact them by email. Or from Juergen, contact him at this email address.

Tracklist: 1.Turkish Song of the Damned (Unreleased Home Tape) 2.Rainy Night in Soho (Flugel Long Version Re-mix) 3.Murder Ska (Unreleased) 4.Ghost of a Smile (demo) 5.Wake of the Medusa (demo) 6.Summer in Siam (demo with Bongos) 7.Bastard Landlord (demo) 8.NW3 (Unreleased) 9.Victoria (Instrumental) 10.Redemption Song (Unreleased) 11.Lust for Vomit (Instrumental) 12.Five Green Queens and Jean (demo) 13.My Baby's Gone (demo) 14.Wadi Hammammat (demo) 15.Fisherman (Unreleased) 16.Hot Asphalt (Unreleased) 17.Toss-pint (Re-mix) 18.Heart Shaped Sunglasses (Unreleased) 19.London Calling 20.I Fought the Law 21.Turkish Song of the Damned Tracks 3-12 are the Falconer/Hells Ditch demos. Tracks 19-21 are the Town & Country club live mixes with Joe Strummer. (not the same as on the Tuesday Morning Singles).

More info on this album at Jools Hollands website. Preorder at Amazon

Another New release is the Old Grey Whistle Test: Vol. 2 DVD. This DVD contains The Pogues performance of Dirty Old Town from June 17th 1986. Release date was October 13th.
Order at Amazon.

Some news on the Rerelease of The Pogues albums. They will probably be rereleased next year with some bonus tracks. The two unreleased tracks on the Jem Finer publishing sampler will be on the Pogue Mahone rereleaese. The tracks are: "Who Said Romance Is Dead" and "Sound Of The City Night".
Source: Post by Phillip Chevron on www.shanemacgowan.com.

STREET DOGS
Check out this new band from Boston. It's Mike McColgans from Dropkick Murphys new band.
Their debut album Savin Hill will be released on September 23. You can download an sample mp3 on their website.

The Town I Loved So Well Single
There are also plans to release "The Town I Loved So Well" as a single. Shanes lipsync performances of that song on July 12th was also filmed for release as a video.

The new Lancaster County Prison album "Every God Damned Time" has now been released.
Article and Interview here.
The following five tracks is with Shane:
1. The Town I loved so well. (Phil Coulter) Shane Duet.
2. Satan is Waiting For Me. (LCPB / Shane MacGowan) Shane Duet.
3. The Long black veil. (D Dill / M wilkin) Shane Lead.
4. Without you. Shane backing and last verse.


New Pogues song?
Just found some info about a short film named "Night Deposit". Apparently the Director wishes to use Shane MacGowan & The Pogues in the soundtrack. The Director wishes them to cover the Carol King song named "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?". Article about the film here.