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Singer Iona Zajac talks about taking to the stage with the Pogues in place of Shane MacGowan
It was one of many ‘pinch-me’ moments that Iona Zajac has experienced over the past year. The setting was Dublin’s 3Arena, a week before last Christmas, and the Edinburgh singer was lustily singing a song that’s most associated with Shane MacGowan and with backing from a super-sized iteration of the Pogues.
Although she is adamant that she wasn’t replacing MacGowan – who could? she reasons – Zajac performed as though her life depended on it. And she loved every moment.