The Barrowlands is in the East End of Glasgow – near Parkhead, the home of Celtic FC, and the most Irish part of the city – so these sounds resonated, even to us non-Irish, non-Catholics. Their hell-raising folk-punk struck a chord in Glasgow.
We had already managed to sneak into the Barrowlands to see gigs by Echo & The Bunnymen, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Cult, but the atmosphere at those gigs was nothing compared to The Pogues.
