However, The Pogues’ Jem Finer believes MacGowan’s struggles with addiction are clouding the Fairytale of New York hitmaker’s legacy. ‘I think it’s quite insulting anyway, “the drunken ...

Jem Finer of The Pogues. CREDIT: Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images Other choices include the “40 million-year-old” Gurdy Stone in East Sussex, highlighted by The Pogues’ Jem Finer ...

Climbing the spiral staircase of London’s only lighthouse, built between in 1864 and 1866, I discover that the Longplayer project, dreamt up by Jem Finer, is not apocalyptic at all but an act of faith ...

Now, two years since the death of frontman Shane MacGowan, the Pogues‘ original members Spider Stacy, James Fearnley, and Jem Finer reunite for the 40th Anniversary of the band’s second album ...

All dates are listed below. As for the lineup of the group, it will include original members Jem Finer, Spider Stacy, and James Fearnley, plus Lankum‘s Darragh Lynch (guitar), Iona Zajac (vocals ...

More info here. Legendary and lauded vocalists Daragh Lynch, Iona Zajac, John Francis Flynn, Lisa O’Neill and Nadine Shah join original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy ...

But for Jem Finer, once the banjo player in The Pogues and co-writer of ‘Fairytale of New York’, that was very much the plan when he came up with ‘Longplayer’. It is a piece of music that ...

The Pogues’ Jem Finer: ‘Shane MacGowan could be maddening but inspiring’ The musician talks about MacGowan’s riotous antics, smoking dope in ‘vast quantities’ and composing a piece of ...

pretty much a second home for The Pogues in the US — a city where we have shared many unforgettable performances and experiences,” The Pogues members Jem Finer, James Fearnley, and Spider ...

The Pogues will include original members like banjoist and songwriter Jem Finer, accordionist James Fearnley and tin whistler and singer Spider Stacy. Seisiún will be the Pogue’s first show in ...

The Pogues in 1984: (from left) Shane MacGowan, James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Andrew Ranken ... “He was really very good at his job,” says James. “It sounds brilliant and stands up to time.

jokes banjoist Jem Finer. “He had the lash ... “He was really very good at his job,” says James. “It sounds brilliant and stands up to time. He really did well with Shane’s voice.” “I think we had a ...