The hard-drinking singer-songwriter penned the dark holiday classic 'Fairytale of New York' and was the subject of Julien Temple's Johnny Depp-produced 2020 documentary 'Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds ...

Shane MacGowan, who has died aged 65, was the truculent, hard-living lead singer of the Pogues; he was revered as much for his excessive alcohol consumption as for his dark, unsparing but lyrical ...

Shane MacGowan sadly passed away on November 30, 2023. The send-off Irish artists gave The Pogues singer/songwriter in Tipperary was heartfelt and communal, a public event that shone a light - as he ...

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65. “It is with ...

Shane MacGowan onstage with the Pogues in 1986. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Shane MacGowan, The Pogues founder and singer-songwriter who in the 1980s melded Irish musical traditions with the ferocious ...

LONDON – Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He ...

MacGowan, 65, is best known as the co-author of the 1987 Christmas mega-hit Fairytale of New York, which still enters the charts each December, more than 35 years after its initial release. A candle ...

The London-raised child of Irish parents, Shane MacGowan, who has died aged 65, took the folk music of the old country and imbued it with the snarling energy of punk. Billing himself for a time as ...

Irish musician Shane MacGowan, who formed the influential punk band The Pogues, best known for '80s hit "Fairytale of New York," has died. He was 65. MacGowan died in the early hours of Thursday with ...