The Pogues announce 2025 UK and Ireland tour celebrating 40 years of ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’

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The Pogues have announced a 2025 UK and Ireland tour in celebration of the 40th anniversary of ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’.The run of dates will commence at the O2 Academy in Leeds on May 1, 2025 and will see the Irish icons make stops in Birmingham, London, Glasgow and Manchester before wrapping up the tour at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle on May 8.The tour will feature original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer and Spider Stacy along with special guests in their first UK appearance since 2014, when they performed at London’s Hyde Park with The Libertines.

The tour also marks their first UK headline tour in 13 years.A ticket pre-sale will be available on Wednesday (November 20) for fans who sign up here by 5pm tomorrow (November 19).

A general ticket sale will commence on Friday (November 22) at 9:30am local time. Check out a full list of tour dates below and visit here for tickets.MAY 20251 – Leeds, O2 Academy2 – Birmingham, O2 Academy3 – London, O2 Academy Brixton6 – Glasgow, Barrowland7 – Manchester, O2 Apollo8 – Newcastle, O2 City HallThe band are set to play their 1985 LP ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ in its entirety along with B-sides, extended version tracks and a special selection of their most beloved material.