Marking a year since the singer passed last November, the remaining members have announced a UK tour.
The dates will be the band’s first in 10 years since 2014, and like the upcoming 40th anniversary gig in Dublin around 1984’s Red Roses For Me, the gigs will focus on their 1985 classic album Rum Sodomy & the Lash.
The album features ‘Sally MacLennane’, ‘Dirty Old Town’, ‘Rainy Night in Soho’, ‘Pair Of Brown Eyes’, ‘Old Main Drag’ and more. The band are set to play the album in full including b sides, extended version tracks plus a special selection of their most beloved material.
The tour dates take place in May in Leeds, Birmingham, London, Glasgow, Manchester, and Newcastle.
The presale begins Wednesday and the general public on-sale begins Friday.
Tickets on sale Friday 22nd November at 09.30am here.
- Thu 01 May 2025 Leeds O2 Academy
- Fri 02 May 2025 Birmingham O2 Academy
- Sat 03 May 2025 London O2 Academy Brixton
- Tue 06 May 2025 Glasgow Barrowland
- Wed 07 May 2025 Manchester O2 Apollo
- Thu 08 May 2025 Newcastle O2 City Hall
Original members Spider Stacy, James Fearnley and Jem Finer will all be involved, alongside currently-unannounced special guests. Longtime drummer Andrew Ranken will be sitting out the tour due to health issues.
In December, The Pogues present their special Red Roses For Me 40th Anniversary show at 3Arena on December 17th, which also has special guests.
The gig is the brainchild of the Pogues member Spider Stacy, and Pogues members Jem Finer, James Fearnley, James Walbourne along with appearances from Tom Coll of Fontaines DC, Goat Girl’s Holly Mullineaux, Alfie’s Fiachra Meek, Bad Seeds Jim Sclavunos and George Vjestica, Jordan O’Leary from The Scratch, Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C, Junior Brother, Kojaque, John Francis Flynn, Daragh and Ian Lynch (Lankum), Nadine Shah , Stick In The Wheel and Iona Zajac.
