The Pogues announce sixth annual Christmas tour

Shane MacGowan's Irish punk/folk heroes The Pogues have announced their their traditional festive jaunt to take place in December this year.

Sixth Annual Christmas Tour will feature a line-up of MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods, Andrew Ranken, James Fearnley and Darryl Hunt, who were all in the band from 1987-1993.

The Pogues formed in 1982 as 'Pogue Mahone' (which is Gaelic for "kiss my arse") and their biggest success was Christmas single 'Fairytale Of New York' with the late Kirsty McColl, which reached number two in 1987.

The band who have had a string of festival dates this summer will take to the road from Sunday 7th December where they start in Glasgow, visiting Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London, with two dates at the Brixton Academy.

Sun 07 December Academy, Glasgow
Tue 09 December Academy, Leeds
Thu 11 December Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne
Fri 12 December Academy, Sheffield
Sat 13 December Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN Arena), Manchester
Mon 15 December Academy, Birmingham
Tue 16 December Academy, Bristol
Thu 18 December Brixton Academy, London
Fri 19 December Brixton Academy, London

Tickets for the go on sale from 10am this Friday 29th August, and eGigs will have links for you to buy them then.

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