Pogues’ singer Shane MacGowan died in November 2023 but the band have celebrated his legacy with a cast of guest singers in recent years.
The Pogues are heading back out on the road. Following the success of their anniversary tours across the UK and North America, the band have announced an Irish and European run for winter 2026, including three Irish dates in December.
The Greatest Hits Tour 2026 hits:
- December 9th – 3Arena Dublin
- December 10th – SSE Arena Belfast
- December 12th – Gleneagle Arena Killarney
Tickets go on general sale this Wednesday March 18th at 10am via Ticketmaster.ie. MCD Presales can be accessed via MyMCD. Login or register here.
Tickets Dublin and Killarney €51.70 / €59.35 / €59.50 / €63.00 / €68.20 (inc. booking fee and venue facility fee)
Original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer and Spider Stacy lead the charge, joined as before by a rotating cast of guest musicians and singers – with the promise that they’ll be drawing from the cream of the current generation of Irish artists who’ve been doing such remarkable things with traditional forms in recent years.
Special guest vocalists and musicians are yet to be announced but previous outings focused on Rum Sodomy & the Lash and Red Roses For Me albums have featured members of Fontaines D.C., Kojaque, Iona Zajac, Brigid Mae Power, The Deadlians’ Sean Fitzgerald, Junior Brother, John Francis Flynn, Daragh and Ian Lynch (Lankum)
The setlist will pull from across one of the most extraordinary songbooks to come out of the 1980s – ‘Fairytale of New York’, ‘Dirty Old Town’, ‘A Pair of Brown Eyes’, ‘Rainy Night in Soho’, ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’ and plenty more. The bawdy bangers, the desolate heartbreakers, all of it.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
