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The Pogues: The World, New York NY

Jeff Tamarkin, Billboard, 29 March 1986

ST. PATRICK'S DAY came to New York a few weeks early with the debut American appearance of the Pogues. But traditional Irish music never sounded this intense before, which may be why the packed house here Feb. 28 was doing as much slam dancing as jigging.

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