The Pogues are booked for back-to-back German punk festivals next July. Ruhrpott Rodeo put them at the top of its first 19-band announcement for 2027 on October 16, and Nuremberg’s Save the Core added them the same day in its third wave.
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Germany & Central Europe Scene Report: Third Class Party Rise From the Paddyhats’ Wreckage and Mr. Irish Bastard Hit 20
Our tour of the regional scenes crosses the water for the first time: Germany and Central Europe, from Münster to Munich and Bern to Utrecht. No corner of the planet outside Boston grows Celtic punk bands like this one, and this month’s big story is a comeback.
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Boys from the Black Stuff Mark Shane MacGowan’s Anniversary With Three Irish Shows
Three years on from losing Shane MacGowan, the core band from his Nenagh funeral are marking the anniversary the only way that makes sense: loud. Boys from the Black Stuff, Irish band Cronin plus former Popes accordionist Andy Nolan, play three Irish nights in late November.
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20th Century Paddy: Shane MacGowan Tribute Gets Global Launch Parties
Shane MacGowan tribute album 20th Century Paddy isn’t out until November 13, but the wake starts early. Rubyworks has announced launch events running November 9 to 18 across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia and New York.
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Sick Bed of MacGowan: How The Pogues Remade What Irish Music Could Be
Irish music critic Stephen White has a new Last Mixed Tape episode out, and it’s a sharp 16-minute dig into Shane MacGowan’s long fight with what Irish music was “allowed” to sound like.
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Shane MacGowan Tribute: LYRA Takes On “Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six”
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).
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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
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