Here are the guest singers who will accompany the Pogues on tour

In May the Pogues will leave for a short tour in the United Kingdom. In anticipation of those dates, the Irish band has announced the formation and guests vocalists who will join them, in place of Shane MacGowanfor the Tour 2025 “Rum Sodomy & The Lash“, Which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1985 album of the same name.

The tour will see the participation of the original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer and Spider Stacy together with the guest musicians Holly Mullineaux (bass), Jordan O’Leary (Banjo), Fiachra Meek (Pipes/Whistles), John Dermody (drums) plus the section Winds Pete Fraser, Daniel Hayes and Ian Williamson.

The vocalist rose instead includes Nadine Shah, Iona Zajac, John Francis Flynn, Lisa O’Neill and Daragh Lynch of the Lankum.

The band will play their 1985 LP “Rum Sodomy & the Lash” in its entirety, together with B-Sides, extensive versions and a special selection of their most loved material.

“Rum Sodomy & the Lash” contains the favorite songs from fans “Rainy Night in Soho”, “A Pair of Brown Eyes” and “Dirty Old Town”.

These are the dates on the calendar in May 2025

May 1 Leeds, O2 Academy
2 May Birmingham, O2 Academy
3 May London, O2 Academy Brixton
6 May Glasgow, Barrowland
7 May Manchester, O2 Apollo
8 May Newcastle, O2 City Hall

The surviving members of the Pogues have already been on tour and have brought special guests who joined them during the shows to replace the deceased Shane MacGowan with them. The Irish musician and iconic Pogues frontman died “serenely” in hospital for a pneumonia on November 30, 2023. He was 65 years old. His funeral took place in Nenagh, in the county of Tipperative, on December 8th.

In November 2024, the Pogues spoke with their 2025, the fact of playing without Shane Macgowan and how i DC Fontaines they helped to pave the way to the date series.

“The next concerts of ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ were born from those for the anniversary of ‘Red Roses for me‘, who were organized outside the band, “Stacy said to the English newspaper.” Tom (coll, drummer) of the DC Fontaines was organizing a weekend of Irish music in Hackney in May and wanted to do something to celebrate 40 years Of ‘Red Roses …’, he involved me and we left “.

“The tour has grown organically thanks to the people who want to see and listen to us, rather than being us to impose on anyone else what we think is worthy of being celebrated,” added Feernley.