via forgottenjournal.comAnother of Langerado's casualties has found a new home. Irish supergroup The Pogues brushed off Langerado's cancellation by announcing they'll be holding their own show on Saturday, March 7th at 8:30 pm. Better yet, Shane MacGowan and crew have announced this will be the first show of their North American tour and the only time they'll appear in Florida. Shake off your Langerado blues and celebrate St. Patrick's day a little
early at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater at 180
Nine years ago (well, and before), nobody expected the original Irish punk rockers, the Pogues, to resurface together. Fans had followed the band's slow dissolution across the late 1980s and early 1990s, parallel with the personal struggles of its mad genius frontman and songwriter, Shane MacGowan.
Born in England to Irish parents, MacGowan's immigrant status left him with a permanent outsider's view that eventually led him into the later throes of original British punk. After his first
The PoguesWith Kiss KissPompano Beach AmphitheaterSunday, March 7, 2009Better Than: Having to hear about it after the factThe Review: Saturday night's concert by the Pogues at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre marked the first-ever South Florida appearance by the band, since its inception in 1982. Judging by the audience's gently boozy, ecstatic reaction and the musician's clear enjoyment and easte onstage, they were about 27 years overdue. The beginning of the evening, though, was deceptively stai
Stiff Little Fingers gave us some of the best Irish punk rockSt. Patrick's Day is today. So before we hit the pub to celebrate, we thought we'd put together a mix for you of some tracks our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands. Enjoy them -- preferably with a pint of Guinness. The streaming playlist comes at the end of this post, after the jump.Thin Lizzy, "The Boys Are Back in Town"Though founded in Dublin in 1969, Thin Lizzy was as diverse in its line-up as it was in its influences. Frontma
