The Pogues Retirement Announcement Just a PR Stunt?

"This claim does not come from me and I will neither be supporting it nor discussing it," Chevron wrote, which resulted in an explanation from bandmate Spider Stacy. Apparently the upcoming trek will be the band's final Christmas tour, but not the final tour forever.

"This is the last Christmas tour for the foreseeable future," Stacy wrote. "That's not to say we won't be showing up at festivals here and there or maybe even the odd gig around the U.K. and Ireland and certainly in Europe. But we're tired of dragging our weary, freezing carcasses around these drowning islands every December, so we're going to give it a rest before you get tired of it, too. Go and see The Libertines. They're the best." - more on this story

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