James Fearnley chats about The Walker Roaders, which features members from The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, and Flogging Molly Editor's note: The debut album from The Walker Roaders—feat. members of the ...

When the Pogues met in a hotel room in 1991, they knew they had to fire unreliable frontman Shane MacGowan, but how would he take it? James Fearnley tells us. The way James Fearnley tells it, he and ...

For a time, Mendes was probably the most famous Brazilian musician in the world. Mendes will talk to Jesse about why bossa nova has such a universal appeal. Jesse will also talk to James Fearnley. He ...

The first time James Fearnley saw Shane MacGowan, the singer was going by Shane O'Hooligan and playing in a band called the Nips (the full name can't be used in this paper). MacGowan, Fearnley writes, ...

In the 1980s and ’90s the Pogues inspired an entire music genre—Celtic punk—with their combination of original punk-rock song mixed with traditional Celtic music played by British musicians ...

The rocker will introduce his new memoir "Here Comes Everybody," which has received strong early reviews in England, to the U.S. with a book signing and reading May 26 in Hollywood. By Andy Lewis Here ...

In 1980, when the young Mancunian guitarist James Fearnley auditioned to be in a band with a notorious London Irish punk called Shane O’Hooligan, he describes the chain-smoking frontman with the ...

For fans of The Pogues and those interested in the evolution of their music, this episode of "The Ireland Podcast" offers a comprehensive look into the formative years of the band and James Fearnley's ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In the course of a widely celebrated thirty-year career, the sound of seminal ...

The post The Pogues Announce First North American Tour in 13 Years appeared first on Consequence. The Pogues have extended their 2025 tour with their first North American dates in 13 years.

Spider Stacy, Jem Finer and James Fearnley on the making of their greatest albums - and their fallen leader Shane MacGowan The Pogues often gave the impression that they somehow managed to pull ...

Famously, Spike Milligan wrote I, his comic novel of small-town Ireland, before visiting the island. Likewise, the Pogues (first formed in 1982 as Pogue Mahone, Gaelic for "kiss my arse"), came to ...