The Pogues announce their first US and Canadian dates in thirteen years, including a festival stop in Boston (Seísun Festival). The tour will include guest vocalists and musicians celebrating forty years of the album Rum Sodomy & The Lash. Full dates below. Tickets on sale now, and available for purchase here.

 

“To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of our second LP, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, a veritable Super Session of musicians, a Last Waltz if you will – including the Pogues themselves, members of bands that have come after, such as Lankum, featuring such incomparable artists as Lisa O’Neill and John Francis Flynn, not to mention from the Bad Seeds  – will gather to rekindle the music on the record with a new fire.   We’re looking forward not just to raising a glass or two, but also to raising the roof with our fans and friends, old and new, to celebrate the music we’ve made and the alliances we’ve formed over the years.” – James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy.

 

Legendary and lauded vocalists Daragh Lynch, Iona Zajac, John Francis Flynn, Lisa O’Neill, and Nadine Shah join original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy along with special guest musicians Holly Mullineaux (bass), Jordan O’Leary (banjo), Fiachra Meek (pipes/whistles – Alfi), Jim Sclavunos (drums – The Bad Seeds) James Walbourne, (guitar – Pretenders) plus brass section Pete Fraser, Daniel Hayes, and Ian Williamson. Daragh Lynch, Iona Zajac, and John Francis Flynn will also take up guitar, harp, and multiple instruments respectively during the show. You never know who else might join the stage along the way…