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31 July 2026 – Kingfishr Walk On ‘The Sunnyside Of The Street’
By Editorial Team - July 31, 2026
Summary
Irish trio Kingfishr share poignant cover of The Pogues' 'The Sunnyside Of The Street' for an upcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album.
Key Facts
- Irish indie-folk trio Kingfishr cover The Pogues' 'The Sunnyside Of The Street'.
- Second single from forthcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album.
- Tribute album features Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Primal Scream, and more.
- Entities: Kingfishr, Shane MacGowan, The Pogues, Tom Waits, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Libertines, The Murder Capital, Bruce Springsteen
- Tags: kingfishr, sunnyside-of-the-street, shane-macgowan, the-pogues, indie-folk, tribute-album, irish-music
Irish trio Kingfishr release their interpretation of 'The Sunnyside Of The Street', the second preview of a forthcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album featuring an extraordinary range of artists. The band focus on the sadness hidden beneath the Pogues song’s lively exterior, reshaping it to reveal the emotional weight that can be missed when everybody is enthusiastically singing along.
That approach suits MacGowan’s writing, where celebration, damage, humour and heartbreak frequently occupy the same pub table. The wider tribute project will include contributions from Tom Waits, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Libertines, The Murder Capital, Bruce Springsteen and many more. Covering MacGowan requires more than adding a fiddle and leaning against a bar. Kingfishr wisely begin with the words.