Pogues
My Top 10 Gigs of 2007
Don’t you just hate those end of year countdown shows? Cheap, schedule-padding fodder consisting of cobbled together clips and witless pundits pontificating witlessly. I even wrote about me intense dislike for this pernicious genre here. Oh, how I hate them. Here’s a countdown of my favourite gigs of 2007: 10. Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters, [...]
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It’s a bit late in the day, but I can’t talk about The Pogues without at least mentioning the recent brouhaha over the re-release of their classic seasonal hit Fairytale of New York (AKA The Greatest Goddamn Christmas Song Ever). In case you missed it, BBC Radio 1 hit the headlines exactly a week before [...]
The Pogues, Birmingham Academy, 16th December 2007
I went to see The Pogues the other week. Really, I did. I suppose I should write a review or something, but it all seems a bit redundant. A Pogues gig is everything you’d expect a Pogues gig to be, only moreso. It was boozy, bawdy, boisterous and – by bloody bejaysus – it was [...]
The National, Birmingham Irish Centre, 6th November 2007
“I wish that I believed in fate I wish I didn’t sleep so late I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.” – The National: Mr November “Everything I can remember I remember wrong.” The National: Daughters of the SoHo Riots It’s been a long time since I last visited Birmingham’s Irish Centre. [...]
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