Alex Massie Alex Massie

Sunny Side of the Street

Megan finally gets to see The Pogues live and, happily, it’s worth the wait:

Did I mention that for the actual last song, at the end of the second encore, Spider Stacy did his signature “bashing a beer tray against my head” percussion act?  I mean, it really doesn’t get much better than that.

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