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 ...

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 ...

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 McGowan, frontman for The Pogues, passed away on November 30, 2023, after a long illness. Today we celebrate his long and illustrious career and most importantly his spectacular songs. MacGowan, ...

This article originally appeared in the October 1995 issue of SPIN. In memory of Shane MacGowan, who died on Nov. 30, 2023, we’re republishing it here. At Filthy McNastys, an Irish pub In London, the ...

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.Video above: ...

He wrote: “Shane’s wife, Victoria, then pushed Shane on in a wheelchair and, well, I know I should be talking about the pure unbridled genius of Shane MacGowan and how he was the greatest songwriter ...

The great Irish poet and novelist Oscar Wilde once wrote, "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." I can think of no more ...

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was born in Pembury, Kent in the UK on December 25, 1957, to Irish parents Therese and Maurice MacGowan. "I was born in England, but only because I was born on Christmas ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, ...