The Pogues - Dublin

I arrived at Heathrow and Shane was already there with Joey Cashman.. Shane and I were chatting for ages and then off we all went through the security.. Shane was being wheeled in a chair.. He has a back problem and thought it would be easier to be pushed all the way to the plane.. When we arrived in Dublin we all made for the hotel.. Nice hotel in the City centre.. I got to my room and as usual checked my emails etc.. I had a shower and went down to the bar. A few mins later in walked gerry O'Boyle.. Boy was I glad to see him.. He is a lovley guy.. Gerry seems to know everyone and soon there was a crowd of people sitting around us.. They all knew Gerry.. We got into a couple of cars and headed off to the Point for the final gig on this tour..

The gig was mad...as one might exect it to be.. Ronnie drew from The Dubliners appeared on stage with the Pogues, I got some nice shots..




I met some nice people in the backstage bar.. Gerry and his crowd were heading off to the hotel, so I left with them.. It seemed to take forever to get there.. We were waiting fro a car for about an hour..Anyway, we got to our hotel and Gerry and I were siiting in the bar trying to decide if we could be bothered to go to meet up with the Legendary BP Fallon who had taken over a club for a DJ set.. We then found out that BP had kidknpped Shane.. We then decided that we would go.. It was now getting late..but you only live once eh? When we got to Whelans, we got our rtiming just right .. It was all over.. Anyway, we headed upstairs in to the back room where Shane was sitting with about 400 hundred bottles of booze, no change there then.. We sat and chatted to BP and all in the small room.. I hadnt seen BP for years.. We reminised a little about the tiem when I was on tour with the Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. BP was also on that tour,I think he was The Boomtwoun Rats PR man as well as managing a band who were supporting them called Protex.. I must did out the photos of BP from that tour.. i think it was about 1980..

We left this club and tried to get a taxi to take us back to the hotel.. Well it took about an hour to get a taxi.. What fun that was standing in the street hailing any moving vehicle.. When I got to the hotel Shane was sitting in the foyer.. We sat and chatted for an hour or two.. i was shagged out and at about 7 am I said I am off to bed.. I got to my room and collapsed in my bed..

Whe I got up at about 12 midday. I had a shower and got y bags packed and made sure I was on the flight out of Dublin to London Heathrow.. As this was Christmas Eve I wanted to make sure I was getting on the flight.. Otherwise I would have been in Dublin for Christmas.. There are worse plces to be marooned at Christmas..

I saw Shane who was sittng in the bar ( there's a suprise) we had a brif chat when the hotel informed me that my coar was here for my ride out to the airport.. I said goodbye to Shane and said have a great Christmas.. His Birthday is Christmas day.. I asked him what he was planning. He told me that he was probably going to go to Thailand.. Off I went to the Airport.. Made it OK onto my flight and ogt into London all OK