The Telegraph — The Pogues on how their rollicking festive jaunts have become such an annual fixture more info

Time Out, London — Now fairly regular (but no less joyous for it) Christmas reunion of Shane MacGowan with the London-Irish folk punk legends more info

JamBase — BAD TEETH BUT GRAND TUNES AS WE GET OUR IRISH UP Spider Stacy, the man introduced MTV to the tin whistle, turns 50-years-old tomorrow. Always the calmer counterpart to Shane MacGowan's belligerent, slurry, slightly daft wise man, Spider is an untut... more info

Pitchfork — Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Ada... more info

Pitchfork — Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Ada... more info

NME — Death Cab For Cutie, The Pogues, Snoop Dogg and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals have all been announced to play the 7th annual Langerado Music Festival in March. more info

JamBase — 7TH ANNUAL LANGERADO MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INITIAL ARTIST LINEUP: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SNOOP DOGG, RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS, THIEVERY CORPORATION SLIGHTLY STOOPID, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, COLD WAR KIDS, GIRL TALK, CHROMEO, MUTE MATH THE FAINT, T... more info

MTV.com News — Florida festival will also include Girl Talk, Dashboard Confessional, Gym Class Heroes.By Alex Shapiro Snoop Dogg Photo: Chris Farina/WireImage While it may seem a little early to be thinking about your 2009 festival plans, next year's fir... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The Pogues are making their annual trip to NYC in March and will be playing two shows at Roseland Ballroom on March 12 and 13. Tickets are on sale now. Also on sale as of today is a Rosebuds show at Bowery Ballroom on January 16. Tickets for that are... more info

NME — The Pogues have announce a small run of shows for 2009, set to kick off March 9 in Atlanta, GA. more info