Strummer was asked by the Pogues, who were fracturing as a band, to help them produce their next album, released in 1990 as "Hell's Ditch". In 1991, he replaced Shane MacGowan as singer of the Pogues for a tour after MacGowan's departure from the band. One night of this tour was professionally recorded, and three tracks ("I Fought the Law", "London Calling", and "Turkish Song of the Damned") have seen release as b-sides and again on the Pogues' 2008 box set.