Editing The Pogues (section)

=== Reunion: 2001–2014 ===
[[File:PoguesLiveBrixton-12-21-2004.jpg|thumb|The Pogues in Brixton, 2004]]
The band, including MacGowan, re-formed for a Christmas tour in 2001 and performed nine shows in the UK and Ireland in December 2004. In 2002 [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] named the Pogues one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". In July 2005, the band – again including MacGowan – played at the annual Guilfest festival in Guildford before flying out to Japan where they played three dates. Japan is the last place they all played together before MacGowan was originally sacked in 1991, and they have a strong following there.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The band played a date in Spain in September 2005. The reunited Pogues played dates in the UK with support from the [[Dropkick Murphys]] in late 2005, and re-released their 1987 Christmas classic "Fairytale of New York" on 19 December, which went straight in at No.&nbsp;3 in the UK Singles charts on Christmas Day 2005, showing the song's enduring popularity. On 22 December 2005 the [[BBC]] broadcast a live performance (recorded the previous week) on the [[Jonathan Ross (television presenter)|Jonathan Ross]] Christmas show with [[Katie Melua]] filling in for the late [[Kirsty MacColl]], the first time the band had played the song live on television. The following week they performed live on the music show ''[[CD:UK]]''.

[[File:The Pogues 2.jpg|thumb|The Pogues with Shane MacGowan, 11 October 2006 in San Diego]]
The band was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the annual [[Meteor Ireland Music Awards]] in February 2006. In March 2006, the band played their first US dates with Shane in over 15 years. The band played a series of sold-out concerts in Washington, D.C., [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], [[Boston]], and New York. Later they played a series of sold-out gigs during mid-October 2006 in San Francisco, [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], and Los Angeles, and toured [[Glasgow]], Manchester, [[Birmingham]], London, [[Dublin]], and [[Nottingham]] in mid-December 2006. They began a second US tour in March 2007, once again to coincide (and conclude) with a [[Roseland Ballroom]] New York City show on [[Saint Patrick's Day]]. 2007 proved to be their most prolific year of touring since the reunion with a tour of the west coast of America and eleven dates in the UK in December. The band also made festival appearances in the summer across Europe (Sweden, Belgium and Spain).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
[[File:The Pogues in De Melkweg in Amsterdam, August 1 2010.JPG|right|thumb|The Pogues on 1 August 2010 in [[Amsterdam]]]]
Guitarist Phil Chevron has stated there were no plans to record new music or release a new album. Chevron said that one way to keep enjoying what they were doing was to avoid making a new album, although he did say that there still is a possibility in the future for new music, but certainly not in the near future. Terry Woods has commented that MacGowan has been writing, and most of it sounds good. In 2008 the band released a box set ''Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say....POGUE MAHONE!!'', which included rare studio outtakes and previously unreleased material.<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12003-just-look-them-straight-in-the-eye-and-saypoguemahone/|title=Pitchfork: The Pogues: Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Poguemahone!!|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|date=15 July 2008|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=2 April 2009|archive-date=10 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410141540/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12003-just-look-them-straight-in-the-eye-and-saypoguemahone/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The band received mixed reviews of their performances though they continued to pull the crowds. Reviewing a March 2008 concert, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described MacGowan as "puffy and paunchy", but said the singer "still has a banshee wail to beat [[Howard Dean]]'s, and the singer's abrasive growl is all a band this marvelous needs to give its amphetamine-spiked take on Irish folk a focal point". The reviewer continued: "The set started off shaky, MacGowan singing of 'goin' where streams of whiskey are flowin,' and looking like he'd arrived there already. He grew more lucid and powerful as the evening gathered steam, through two hours and 26 songs, mostly from the Pogues' first three (and best) albums".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002990_2.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Performing Arts | date=11 March 2008 | access-date=25 May 2010 | archive-date=12 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012203345/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002990_2.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2010 the Pogues (with support from [[Crowns (band)|Crowns]]) played what was billed as a farewell UK Christmas tour.

In March 2011, the Pogues played a six-city/ten-show sold out US tour titled "A Parting Glass with The Pogues" visiting Chicago, Detroit, [[Baltimore]], Washington, D.C., [[Boston]], and New York City (in that order), with only the last three cities getting more than one show. Stacy said "I think we are basically pretty certain this is the last tour of this type we'll be doing in the States. There might be the odd sort of one-off here and there. We're not saying this is absolutely, definitely the end".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2011/02/the-pogues-upcoming-us-tour-will-be-their-last/ |title=The Pogues' Upcoming US Tour 'Will Be Their Last' &#124; Live4ever |publisher=Live4ever.uk.com |date=28 February 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009022328/http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2011/02/the-pogues-upcoming-us-tour-will-be-their-last/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2012, the Pogues embarked on a 30th Anniversary Summer 2012 8-city European Tour scheduled from 4 August 2012 at the Stockton Weekender Festival in [[Stockton-on-Tees]], UK to 11 and 12 September 2012 at [[L'Olympia]], Paris, two shows filmed and recorded for a live album and DVD released on 19 November 2012.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In March 2013, the Pogues released ''30:30: The Essential Collection'', a 2-disc set featuring 30 songs along with eleven videos. In October 2013, the Pogues released a box set titled ''Pogues 30'' containing remastered versions of all of their studio albums plus a previously unreleased live album featuring Joe Strummer at the London Forum in December 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16733&p=215133#p215133 |title=The Medusa Fora • View topic – POGUES 30 / STRUMMER/POGUES |publisher=Pogues.com |access-date=20 May 2014 |archive-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013234536/http://pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16733&p=215133#p215133 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Guitarist [[Philip Chevron]] died on 8 October 2013 in Dublin, Ireland from oesophageal cancer, aged 56.<ref>{{cite web | title=Pogues guitarist Philip Chevron dies following long battle with cancer | website=The Independent | date=8 October 2013 | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pogues-guitarist-philip-chevron-dies-following-long-battle-with-cancer-8867252.html | access-date=11 January 2020 | archive-date=11 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111154754/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pogues-guitarist-philip-chevron-dies-following-long-battle-with-cancer-8867252.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2013, the Pogues went on a four-date UK Christmas tour, followed by a few shows during spring and summer 2014.{{efn|name=tourdates}} The Pogues' last performance on British soil occurred on 6 July 2014 at the [[British Summer Time (concerts)|British Summer Time festival]] in [[London]]'s [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]].<ref name="anglotopia.net Shane MacGowan new teeth">{{cite web |url=http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/shane-macgowan-shows-off-new-teeth-calls-quits-pogues/ |title=Shane MacGowan shows off his new teeth; calls it quits with the Pogues. (by Derek) |date=29 December 2015 |website=anglotopia.net |access-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref> The Pogues' last ever performance (to date) occurred on 9 August 2014 during the "Fête du bruit dans Landerneau" festival in [[Landerneau]], [[Brittany]], [[France]].