Pogue Mahone: Bull And Gate, Kentish Town, London

AT THE delightful Bull And Gate public house in Kentish Town, Pogue Mahone played their usual blisteringly wonderful set. Containing some of the most evil-looking people in the history of popular music, the Pogues gather vaguely on stage with a motley collection of instruments and proceed to hammer through an instrumental called 'Repeal The Licensing Laws'. A rousing piece, you can hear the magistrates nod in agreement as the penny whistle seduces their addled brains.