Influential Celtic rock band The Pogues have announced a UK tour in 2025 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their second album. Rum sodomy with whip.
The tour is the band’s first since their disbandment in 2014 and the first since the death of singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan in 2023. , London, Glasgow, Manchester, and Newcastle.
According to a post on the band’s website, the tour will feature founding members Spider Stacy, James Fearnley and Jem Finer as well as a number of unnamed “special guests” to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their critically acclaimed second album. .
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Released in August 1985, Rum sodomy with whip is the follow-up to the 1984 debut album produced by Elvis Costello, Give me red roses. Despite containing singles such as “A Pair of Brown Eyes” and “Dirty Old Town” and winning critical acclaim, the record was not a commercial success.
Their next album in 1988 was an elusive success if i lose god’s gracewhich boasts the perennial (and often controversial) holiday favorite “Fairy Tales of New York.” It was also the band’s highest charting record in the United States, reaching number 88 on the US charts. advertising billboard 200 – their only top 100 album.
Although the Pogues were originally active from 1982 to 1996, they reformed in 2001 and remained active until 2014, although no new material arrived during this time.
The death of legendary chaotic, magnetic frontman McGowan in 2023 seemed to mean any chance of a further reunion was gone, although Stacey, Fearnley and Fenner joined bandmates Terry Woods and The Frames Len Hansard attended McGowan’s funeral together and performed “The Parting Glass”. Give me red roses Dublin, consisting of members of Fontaines DC, The Pretenders and The Mary Wallopers.
A statement on the band’s website confirmed that long-time drummer Andrew Ranken will not participate in any reunion shows, citing health issues that prevent him from performing.
