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December 4, 1947
Terry Woods born




November 13, 1953
Andrew Ranken born


July 20, 1954
Jeremy "Jem" Finer born
Staffordshire, UK

October 10, 1954

James Fearnley born
Manchester


June 17, 1957
Phillip Chevron born

December 25, 1957
Shane MacGowan born
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK


December 14, 1958
Peter "Spider" Stacy born

May 4, 1960
Daryll Hunt born
Nottingham

January 4, 1965

Cait "Rocky" O'Riordan born
Nigeria

June 15, 1976
Shane sees the Sex Pistols
for the first time

July 4, 1976
Ramones play Camden Town's Roundhouse

Shane MacGowan
meets Spider Stacy
London

October 23, 1976
Famous "bleeding ear incident"
at an early CLASH gig
London

July, 1977
The Nipple Erectors
play their first gig
Roxy, London


June, 1978
The Nips first single
King of the Bop released
UK

October 1982
Shane and Spider
play their first gig

Late 1982/Early 1983
The New Republicans
(Shane, Spider & Jem)
form and gig around the UK
Kingston, UK

May 31, 1984
Pogue Mahone's first gig
Kingston, UK


June, 1984
Pogue Mahone's first single
Dark Streets of London released
UK

September, 1984
The Pogues first album

Red Roses For Me released

Summer, 1985
Phil Cheveron joins The Pogues


August, 1985

The Pogues second album
Rum Sodomy & THe Lash released


March 31, 1986

Shane gets hit by a taxi
Notting Hill, London


October, 1987

Cait O'Riordan
leaves The Pogues


Summer, 1987

Terry Woods
Joins The Pogues

January, 1988
The Pogues third album

If I Should Fall From Grace With God released

March 17, 1988
The Pogues with Joe Strummer,
Kirsty MacColl & The Specials
play their legendary St. Patrick's Day set at London's
Town & Country club.

July, 1989
The Pogues fourth album

Peace & Love released

September, 1990
The Pogues fifth album

Hell's Ditch released

August 30, 1991
The Pogues last show with Shane
Yokohama, Japan

September, 1993
The Pogues sixth album

Waiting For Herb released

October, 1994
Shane MacGowan & The Popes
first album

The Snake released

October, 1995
The Pogues seventh album

Pogue Mahone released

July 19, 1996
The Pogues announce they are
"calling it a day."
Montreux, Switzerland

November, 1997
Shane MacGowan & The Popes
second album

Crock Of Gold released

November, 1999
Sinead O'Connor calls the police after visiting Shane

London

December 20, 2000
Kirsty MacColl
dies in tragic boating accident
Mexico

November, 2001
Shane MacGowan & The Popes
third album

Across The Broad Atlantic released

December 15, 2001
The Pogues reunite with Shane
for the first date of a short reunion tour
Manchester, UK

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   I hope to keep the timeline growing with old events I may have forgotten or overlooked as well as new events as The Pogues continue to make music! Please let me know if there are any events you think should be included.

   I compiled this information from a variety of sources, but mostly from Ann Scanlon's The Lost Decade and Joe Merrick's London Irish Punk, Life & Music... Shane MacGowan.

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