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About to go to pop battle…..!!
Clockwise from top left – Keith, Tosh, Thomas, Johnny, Gregsy, Paul, Nelson and Neil
Well…..what can we say? Whelans – Thursday the 27th of March 2008 could well be a pivotal day in our little band’s history!! What a special night for all concerned. Full house, special guests, crowd singing along…..all the perfect ingredients for a musical feast and everyone gorged themselves!!
The night began with a wonderful support set from an excellent new songwriter Rob Cunningham and then with an introduction from comedian and ‘Little Britain’ star Paul Putner the band took to the stage. Not alone was the core of ‘Pugwash’ intact (Thomas, Keith & Johnny) but it was augmented on this special night by the hugely talented Tony ‘Tosh’ Flood also, having flown in from L.A specifically to play the gig we had the Grammy Award winning percussive genius of Mr. Nelson Bragg and last but not least the one and very only Neil Hannon
You’d think that all this would be spoiling you but oh no…..!!
For the entire three song encore the Pugs were joined by Dave Gregory who played the solo, along with ‘Tosh’, of ‘Here’ then stayed on stage to play on ‘It’s nice to be nice’ and the barnstorming Brontasaurus-esque ‘Landsdowne Valley’!!
By this time the stage had 2 more ‘band’ members. Mr. Putner had jumped up to shake some marraca’s and former/current/future life-time honourary member of ‘Pugwash’ Mr. Aidan O’Grady had joined Nelson behind cymbals, woodblocks and all kinds of percussive nik-nakery to enhance the occasion even more!!
You can turn this oral account into a visual one by just clicking the link to the ‘Gallery’ at the top of this page.
Love to one and all who came to support The Pugs at Whelans
WHAT A NIGHT…..!!!!!
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oh man…here i am..once again..wrong continent..wrong time zone..
i love you guys!
wish i was there in more than spirit Only.
pugwash…like an old kinks record, getting better and better with time. but everyone loves each other.
too much.
me and Dr. Unk Celebrate you from afar in NY.
i got my copy of the new cd Exactly 1 day after your show.
like a long distance encore, for me only!
thank youz for being so supreme, you give me license to continue my claim of pop being the source of happy.
pugwash forever!
fuzzy marc
Looks like you had a top night! I wish I could have been there :D
unbelievable. congratulations on one for the pantheon of greatest nights. love from the states and the south, xo, h
Sounds like a wonderful evening! I was there only in spirit.
Sounds like magic.
Could you just pack up the entire entourage and bring them over here for an encore performance?
Please?
Linda
Thomas, guys,
I wish I could have been there with you guys! I’m so glad you all had such a good time.
All the best from Germany!
~Matthias
I agree with Linda’s comment wholeheartedly! :D
I’m glad to hear it went so well.
Hiya,
Glad your night went well. I wish I could have been there too!
Best of luck to ya! :)
Siobhan
hey thomas, lads,
absolutely cracking gig, loved that you played it’s nice to be nice and mates loved the whole night too
i’m sure i’ll see ya around and when is the next gig?
Chris
Hiya Chris…..
So sorry I missed you on the night!! I saw you for a second but it wasn’t anywhere near enough. I’ll see you soon mate.
T.xx
And that setlist is a killer: 10,11,12,and 13, please , with rice and a big plate of poppadums! I swear if I heard those four songs in a row live, I’d die and come back as a Rickenbacker!!
Brilliant, brilliant stuff. And I’m a planet away. :(
Please bring the same lineup to the uk. with yourself, mr hannon and mr gregory you have members from 3 of my all time facvourite bands.
great set list.
stunning new album. have you though of doing a limited run of old fashion vynal
c
Guys,
Really, I bet you could find a promoter (perhaps Don King)
to fly that crew over to LA. I think you could fill some primo spot for 3 nights running. Jason would sit in and Todd Rundgren would show up one of the nights.
think about it.
yours,
eric matthews
Well Thomas, me ‘oul segocia. What a truly amazing night. So glad I was able to get there. I actually paid cash money for copies of the album too!! And a keyring.
Anyroad, back to the gig. There’s only so many times you can say wow, but I didn’t stop. And prime slaggin’ too.
Left the gig, dropped off a copy of the album to a good mate, hopped on a LUAS then drove to Kilkenny, so I got the hear the album all the way through twice. Niiiice.
It’s been too long a-coming buddy, get your collective arses over to America and show the world how gear the album is.
One final thing, speaking as a Drimnagh person, I think Landsdowne Valley is your/our Strawberry Field. And sounds as good. Honestly.
Stay in touch. Why not drop in some night to the show in Kilkenny and we can kick back and chat? It’ll be a hoot.
M