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Live Gallery: The Pogues celebrate Rum Sodomy & The Lash with fire and feeling in Sydney 05.04.2026

The room hums before a note is played. Inside Sydney Opera House, there’s a sense this isn’t just a heritage run-through — it’s something looser, louder, more alive than that. Fourteen…

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News: The Pogues confirm Australian tour with new Brisbane show added

Some records don’t just endure, they linger in the margins, shaping everything that comes after. For The Pogues, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash remains that kind of presence. Now, four decades on,…

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News: The Pogues and Buddy Guy Announce Sydney Opera House Concerts for April 2026

The Pogues return to Australia for the first time in 14 years to celebrate Rum Sodomy & the Lash’s 40th anniversary, while blues legend Buddy Guy brings Ain’t Done With the Blues to the Sydney Opera House for an extraordinary week of live music.

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News: Bluesfest Byron Bay release first artist announcement for 2026 festival – and it is a cracker

After what has seemed an eternity, Bluesfest Byron Bay has finally quelled fans anxieties by publicizing their first artist announcement for next years event. Leading the announcement are the pioneering…

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News: Shane MacGowan dies aged 65

November 30, 2023

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) Born on a Christmas Day in Kent to Irish parents, MacGowan is synonymous with Irish nationalism, hard drinking and Celtic punk,…

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