News 2005

The Pogues have

re-released their most famous single " Fairytale of New York ". The song, originally released in 1987 had reached number two in the charts. This Christmas "The Pogues", led by charismatic frontman Shane MacGowan will release the original recording.

The Pogues having played their 10 Christmas concerts to delighted fans with dates in Cardiff,Glasgow,Newcastle Manchester and Birmingham.

They followed on these gigs with a flourish and opened the first of 3 nights in Brixton to ecstatic fans. The Pogues cracking first night,followed by a second that cranked it up another notch, they then followed with another rip roaring concert on their third nights residency at the London Landmark that left a delighted audience. Classic Brixton Academy POGUES. They rocked the place as only THE POGUES can do. The final gig, a homecoming to Dublin was on par with previous dates to the delight of all and rounded off a resoundingly successfull Christmas Tour.

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The release of "Fairytale of New York" was on December 19. It entered the UK Charts on Christmas Day at No#3 and The Irish Charts at No#4.

There Will be a new Top 40 chart on Christmas Day.The formats will be as follows:

1.) Fairytale / Battle March Medley (£1.99)

2.)Fairytale / Instrumental Singalong3.) (£1.99)

3.)Fairytale / Fairytale Video / TOTP performance (£2.99)

There are 2 versions exclusively available only via Internet download. The first, featuring Kate Melua, is available exclusively at i-tunes music store

I-Tunes Music Store>>

Also a live performance at Brixton in 2001, is available from all good online retailers including

7 Digital.com>>

The BBC have produced a documentary "The Story of Fairytale of New York" which aired on December 19, 21:00 on BBC3. Repeat showings were on December 22, 23:30 and December 25, 00:40 on BBC3.

This documentary, produced in late 2005, features interviews from all of The Pogues involved in the recording, Matt Dillon (featured in the music video), Jean MacColl (Kirsty's mother), Steve Lillywhite (the song's producer and Kirsty's husband), Nick Cave, Jools Holland, and many more.

March 2006

" THE POGUES " have announced a "NINE" Gig Tour of the Eastern U.S.A.
3 Additional Dates have been added including March 9th,15th & 19th

Venues will include Washington, Atlantic City, Boston and New York. The Tour will take place from March 9th to 18th. More info at the following page...

USA March 2006 Tour >>

After shooting a scene with Johnny Depp as a singing bard in "The Libertine" and with his Christmas tour with "The Pogues" successfully completed Shane has been all go at the moment.

More Libertine Info >>

Shane has recently been inducted to the "Wall of Fame" alongside eleven other Irish music icons, Phil Lynott, Rory Gallagher,Luke Kelly and many more.
Ireland's world renowned musical talent is being acknowledged and celebrated in a permanent outdoor photographic exhibition, situated in Dublin's Temple Bar.
There are 11 smaller windows (approx. 6ft sq.) and one large window (approx. 20ft sq.). Each window acts as a frame for a photo of a musical act. The photos are backlit from dusk every evening.