The Pogues‘ Spider Stacy and The Mary Wallopers rang within the New Yr by paying tribute to Shane MacGowan with a rendition of ‘Streams Of Whiskey’ on Jools Holland‘s Hootenanny.
The Irish folks band carried out the 1984 monitor alongside Stacy, who featured on the tin whistle, on the annual present. You may view it beneath.
Posting on Twitter, The Pogues re-shared the efficiency and wrote: “For Shane, Streams of Whiskey with @marywallopers & @spiderstacy on Jools’ Hootenanny final night time. Comfortable New Yr.”
Each acts appeared on the New Yr’s Eve present on BBC2 alongside Rod Stewart, Joss Stone, Olivia Dean, Paul Jones, P.P. Arnold, RAYE and Sugababes.
For Shane, Streams of Whiskey with @marywallopers & @spiderstacy on Jools’ Hootenanny final night time.
Comfortable New Yr 🖤 https://t.co/xIcU5rT683— The Pogues (@poguesofficial) January 1, 2024
It comes after The Libertines just lately lined ‘Fairy Story Of New York’ in tribute to MacGowan within the run as much as Christmas.
The band shared a video on their official Instagram web page of Carl Barât, enjoying the well-known Christmas tune on the piano with each him and Pete Doherty, singing alongside.
Doherty was a good friend of The Pogues frontman and beforehand paid tribute to him, calling him a “bulletproof” singer and recalled the years of recollections they’d collectively whereas showing on BBC World Service’s Newshour.
MacGowan was laid to relaxation on December 8 after he died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30. Followers lined the streets of Dublin forward of his funeral, which occurred in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Eire, and was attended by Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Glen Hansard and Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Elsewhere, MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke just lately hailed Wham!’s ‘Final Christmas’ regardless of it beating ‘Fairytale Of New York’ to the UK’s Christmas Quantity One.
Writing on X, she posted a hyperlink to the George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley monitor and mentioned: “I like Wham!!! We beloved George.”
Clarke had beforehand endorsed the marketing campaign to get ‘Fairytale of New York’ to Quantity One, saying she was “very a lot in favour” of the monitor topping the charts. “It could be good, wouldn’t it?” she mentioned. “It ought to be the Christmas primary. It completely ought to.”
Proceeds from ‘Fairytale of New York’ are going to Dublin Simon Group, a charity supported by MacGowan and Clarke.