The 20th Century Paddy drip-feed rolls on. Cork’s LYRA releases her take on The Pogues’ “Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six” this Friday, the next single off the 36-track Shane MacGowan tribute out November 13 on Rubyworks.
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The Pogues: Extra London Date For Winter Greatest Hits Tour
The Pogues have added another London night — O2 Forum Kentish Town on Tuesday, December 15th — after tickets for their winter Greatest Hits run went flying out the door.
Continue reading The Pogues: Extra London Date For Winter Greatest Hits TourThe Walker Roaders: Maggie May Went to Heaven 7″ Vinyl
Folk punk supergroup, The Walker Roaders, release a new 7″ single, Maggie May Went to Heaven. The Walker Roaders are James Fearnley (The Pogues), Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly), and Marc Orrell (Dropkick Murphys).
Pre-order here: https://walkerroaders.rosecityworks.com/collections/music
The Pogues: Andrew Ranken RIP
The beat’s gone quiet. Andrew Ranken, the Pogues’ founding drummer and the man who kept the whole mad circus thundering along—passed away on February 10, 2026, at 72. Andrew was responsible for the relentless, pounding rhythms on Rum Sodomy & the Lash, If I Should Fall from Grace, and every sweaty, glorious live brawl.
Too many empty chairs at the table now. Philip Chevron (2013), Darryl Hunt (2022), the great Shane MacGowan himself (2023), and of course the tragic death of Kirsty MacColl (2000).
The stage is darker, the pints taste flatter, but the tunes? They don’t die. They stagger on, pissed and proud, forever kicking against the pricks.
Rest easy, Andrew. Thanks for the bruises, the brotherhood, and the beat that shook the world. Sláinte to the fallen Pogue Mahones—you lot are still the kings of this racket.
THE MAHONES new Tribute Album “The Songs of Shane MacGowan”
THE MAHONES new Tribute Album “The Songs of Shane MacGowan” will be released just in time for their 35th Anniversary Tour.
- A Fairytale Intro
- If I Should Fall From Grace With God
- The Old Main Drag
- A Rainy Night In Soho
- Dirty Old Town
- Streams Of Whiskey
- I’m The Man You Don’t Meet Everyday
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Down All The Days
- The Wild Rover
- St. John Of Gods
- A Fairytale Of New York
Finny McConnell – Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin & Bodhran
Jonathan Moorman – Fiddle, Mandolin, Accordion & Tin Whistle
Basil Donovan – Bass & Guitar
Kevin Hearn – Piano
Clayton Yates – Mandolin
Paige Turner – Vocals
Pat Downie – Vocals
Recorded at Turtle Recording Studio in Minden, Germany, John’s Studio in Montreal and Telejet Music Studio in Toronto, Canada
Mixed and Mastered by Gene Hughes
Produced by Finny McConnell for Whiskey Devil Records 2026
The Walker Roaders Release New Single ‘Singing School’
Celtic-punk supergroup, The Walker Roaders, have a new single out ,Singing School.
The Walker Roaders are James Fearnley (The Pogues), Ted Hutt (ex-Flogging Molly), and Marc Orrell (ex-Dropkick Murphys). The line-up is completed by producer Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins) and Bryan Head.
According to the band, a new album is being recorded between Pogues gigs and various production gigs.
The Radiators from Space: Dollar for Your Dreams
At long last, Dollar for Your Dreams gets the full-length CD release we’ve been waiting for. Initially released in 1987 on cassette only, the cassette version has become hard and expensive to obtain in recent years. If you did manage to get your hands on one, what do you play it on?
The Radiators were the pioneers of Irish punk, full stop. Before U2 were playing church halls, these northside misfits were spitting out snarling anthems and giving the finger to showbands and bloated 70s rock. TV Tube Heart and Ghostown have rightly earned near-legendary cult status, but Dollar for Your Dreams, their reunion live offering, often got lost in the analogue shuffle—no more.
This one’s older, wiser, and soaked in the heartbreak and dispare of 1980s post-punk Ireland. There’s still bite—”Television Screen” punches like a knuckleduster to the jaw—but also reflection, melody, and maturity. Philip Chevron (RIP), the band’s beating heart, had by then joined The Pogues, and that influence seeps through. It’s punk with soul, politics with poetry.
For fans of Irish punk, this isn’t just a reissue—it’s a resurrection. If Dollar for Your Dreams slipped past you the first time, no excuses now. This is essential listening from one of Ireland’s most important and criminally underrated bands. A proper dose of Dublin defiance.
https://theradiatorsfromspace.bandcamp.com/album/dollar-for-your-dreams-expanded-version
Philip Chevron new music
The late legendary Philip Chevron of The Radiators from Space and The Pogues wrote a collection of songs for a musical, The Tuner.
The Tuner is the tale of Irish-American boxer Jack Rooney. Contributors to the album included Kirsty MacColl, Dubliners legend Ronnie Drew, and fellow Pogues Andrew Rankin and Spider Stacy.
The CD version of The Tuner is limited to 250 copies and is available now on pre-order from Bandcamp.
The Walker Roaders: There Must Be Less to Life
The Walker Roaders, a musical collaboration between former members of The Pogues (James Fearnley), Dropkick Murphys (Marc Orrell) and Flogging Molly (Ted Hutt) release a new song, There Must Be More To Life Than This, today. The single is available from all the usual places.
The Mahones: Jameson Street
Just got to hear an advance copy of the new Mahones album, Jameson Street, and it’s really impressive. In some regards it’s a throwback to the early Mahones releases and features multiple guests including Dave from the Peelers and Nick from the Dreadnoughts as well as members of the original legendary Mahones line-up. There is also a special treat on the album for Pogues fans.
Tour dates announces:
2022
OCT 20 Fox Theatre- Vancouver, BC
OCT 21 Fox Theatre – Vancouver, BC
OCT 22 TBA – Victoria, BC
NOV 03 Stone Church – Newcastle,USA
NOV 04 State House – New Haven, USA
NOV 05 Askew – Providence, USA
NOV 06 Sovereign – NYC, USA
NOV 10 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY USA
NOV 11 TBA – Hershey, PA USA
2023
MAR 18 TBA – Switzerland
FEB / MAR – EUROPE / UK
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