On Tuesday night (December 17), the surviving members of the Pogues got together for a special one-off performance in Dublin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Red Roses For Me. The evening featured an appearance by Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten, who led the group in an inspired take on the classic, “Streams of Whiskey.” Fontaines D.C. drummer Tom Coll was also a part of the house band for the night. Other special guests included Nadine Shah, members of Lankum, rapper Kojaque, and John Francis Flynn. Chatten spoke of the impact that the Pogues’ late frontman Shane MacGowan had on him during an interview with Billboard earlier this year. “We were in the middle of recording the album [Romance] when Shane died,” he said. “And I had to f–king take a break. I was really, deeply affected by it. Partly because he enhanced my relationship with my family! You know, he connected me to my Irishness maybe in a way that I wouldn’t have been able to do without him.” (Billboard)
