Nearly a year after the death of The Pogues’ beloved frontman Shane MacGowan, the band has come back together and announced a string of 2025 tour dates, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their seminal album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash.
The tour will see founding Pogues members Spider Stacy, James Fearnley, and Jem Finer take the stage alongside “special guests” across six dates in the UK next May, marking the band’s first formal outing since their 2014 tour. Among the cities they will perform in are Birmingham, London, Manchester, and others.
Tickets for the shows will first go on sale via venue pre-sales opening on Wednesday, November 20th at 9:30 a.m. local time. The general on-sale will then open on Friday, November 22nd, at 9:30 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
The 2025 tour dates come in commemoration of The Pogues’ 1985 album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, which included masterful songs like “Dirty Old Town,” “Sally MacLennane,” “A Rainy Night in SoHo,” and others. In a statement announcing the dates posted to their website, the band wrote, “The world got you down? What helps is celebrating 40 years of Rum Sodomy & the Lash live with The Pogues!”
In addition to their 2025 dates, The Pogues will also perform a one-off show in Dublin next month, honoring the 40th anniversary of their 1984 debut album, Red Roses for Me. For that show only, Fontaines D.C. drummer Tom Coll will be filling in for original drummer Andrew Ranken, who can no longer perform due to health concerns, according to the band.
MacGowan died on November 30th, 2023, and was laid to rest the following month at a funeral that featured performances by The Pogues, Nick Cave, and others. For more, revisit the story by Consequence’s Jonah Krueger about how “Fairytale of New York” might just be the best Christmas song of all time.
The Pogues 2024 – 2025 Tour Dates:
12/17 – Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
05/01 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
05/02 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
05/03 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
05/06 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
05/07 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester
05/08 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ O2 City Hall Newcastle
