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The Prodigal Pogues Return to Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Pogues are finally headed back to Atlanta. The London-formed band that first turned tin whistles and accordions into instruments of punk mayhem will start its 2009 U.S. tour here at the Tabernacle.
The March 9 date marks the band’s first Atlanta show with original frontman Shane MacGowan since 1989 (just a few years after that promo shot at the right was taken). The $38.50, general admission tickets are on sale through LiveNation, all Ticketmaster locations, or charge by phone at 404-249-6400.
MacGowan and the rest of the band parted ways in 1991, but regrouped in 2001 for some gigs on the other side of the Atlantic. Then, in 2006 the Pogues played their first U.S. dates with a re-installed MacGowan since the first George Bush was in the White House. Even with more U.S. jaunts in 2006 and 2007, the band never made it back to Atlanta.
Formed in 1982, the Pogues proved the compatibility — heck, it’s practically a kinship — of raucous punk and Irish folk. It’s a marriage that seems common now, but the Pogues did it first, spawning a whole mass of followers such as Black 47, Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys. Even the Eastern European-flavored gypsy-punk of Gogol Bordello owes a huge debt to the Pogues.
The Pogues landed at No. 8 on British magazine Q’s 2002 list of 50 bands to see before you die. Here’s your chance.
Comments
By violet
December 3, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
Rumor has it that Shane has a spanking new grill.
By Ole Man Bourbon
December 3, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
Hot damn!
By christy
December 4, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
i’m soooooo excited about this show!
By christy
December 4, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
i’m soooooo excited about this show!