Dublin music legend Shane MacGowan enjoyed a drink with icon Bob Dylan following Dylan's Dublin gig at the weekend.
A huge fan of MacGowan's, Dylan, 75, even booked the Pogues to open for his North American tour in the late 1980s.
At the time Shane missed his flight and also the entire tour, but the two are known to still be great friends.
The US rocker wowed his Irish fans at his gig in the 3Arena last Friday night and was keen to meet the Pogues frontman while he was in Ireland.
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MacGowan's manager, Joey Cashman, joined the pair for drinks at the InterContinental Dublin.
He told the Irish Sun: “Bob was very keen to meet up with Shane when he was in Dublin and his people were on a fair bit trying to set it up.
"There’s a lot of respect there and Dylan was the one who booked the Pogues to open for him back in the day, even though Shane didn’t actually make it.
“I have a theory that Dylan didn’t realise Shane never made it out to the States because the band were so good without him.
“That tour was crazy and I became good friends with Dylan’s son Jesse along the way.
“Dylan had his people get in contact and Shane was reluctant because he wasn’t feeling well but then he decided he wanted to go, he couldn’t miss out on the chance.
“We went to the hotel and let reception know that Shane had arrived. Bob was downstairs within ten minutes.
“So we had a meal in his hotel on Sunday. It turned into a late one.”
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Cashman added: “Dylan asked Shane how long it had taken to write Fairytale Of New York and Shane muttered, ‘Around 15 minutes’.
“Shane doesn’t really like people making a fuss over his songs, a lot of musicians are like that, but they were chatting away.
“They’re both very into their poetry. Dylan named himself after Dylan Thomas, which is why he spells it that way, so they were deep in conversation for ages.
“It was a fascinating evening and Shane really enjoyed it. The two lads were in top form. It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of evening.”
