CÁIT ‘ROCKY’ O’RIORDAN

Original Pogue Cáit 'Rocky' O'Riordan and band recreate the manic fun and energy of the early days of The Pogues, when they gigged in small sweaty clubs and pubs blasting out the songs that would become classics.

Cáit was a music obsessed seventeen-yearold when a chance encounter with Shane MacGowan led to her joining the band as bass player. She spent four years touring Europe and recording the band’s first two albums, Red Roses for Me and Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.

Since leaving The Pogues, Cáit has played bass with The radiators from Space, Hothouse Flowers, Gavin Friday and many others. Having spoken publicly about her battles with depression and alcohol, these days she is healthy and sober and is studying for a PhD at UCD.

In early 2015 Cáit put together a new band of great young Irish musicians and is looking forward to kicking off her summer tour in Belfast. We cannot wait.