Formed in London’s King’s Cross in 1982, The Pogues were originally named Pogue Mahone – an Anglicisation of the Irish phrase ...

In a new [paywalled] interview with The Telegraph, Finer admits that touring without the band's late, much-missed frontman Shane MacGowan will be “more poignant”, but adds, “This probably wouldn’t be ...

The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English ... They continued with first Joe Strummer and then Spider Stacy on vocals before breaking up in 1996. The band began performing together again ...

Boston, get ready to say “dia duit” to Seisiún, a new Irish festival coming to The Stage at Suffolk Downs later this year.

Predictably though, The Pogues' chainsaw energy divided the folk ... when Shane first collided with ex-Millwall Chainsaw Spider Stacey, and the pair set off together to play a set of Irish rebel ...

It’s 40 years in August since the Pogues put out their second album – Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, a No 13 hit at the time – and ...

The Pogues will include original members like banjoist and songwriter Jem Finer, accordionist James Fearnley and tin whistler and singer Spider Stacy. Seisiún will be the Pogue’s first show in ...

Band history Shane Macgowan (vocals),James Fearnley (accordion) and Spider Stacy (tin whistle) were the original members of the Pogues, in the days when they busked on the streets of London.