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Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to one of his “all-time favorite writers,” the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, in an Instagram tribute on Friday. “The passion and deep intensity of his ...
Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and best known for 'Fairytale of New York,' has died at 65, his wife said on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT ...
I don’t know about the rest of us, but they’ll be singing Shane’s songs 100 years from now.” In May, MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, posted a photo of Springsteen leaning over ...
So here we are, not particularly shocked that Shane MacGowan is gone — the man gargled whiskey for decades, and recent hospital photos were not encouraging — and now we have to put up with ...
MacGowan's music gave the feelings we weren’t sure we wanted a place to go. And maybe that's why his life and death don't seem like a tragedy: Shane MacGowan couldn’t save himself, but he ...
FILE - Shane McGowan performs live on stage at the Fleadh 2002 Music festival, Finsbury Park, North London, June 8, 2002. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for ...
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.
Shane MacGowan and the Popes, “The Church of The Holy Spook” (1994) Once ousted from the Pogues, MacGowan grew even more restless and unbound, vocally and lyrically.
Shane MacGowan, the elusive singer ... The tome, which features forewords by Johnny Depp and art critic Waldemar Januszczak and is now available for preorder, will come out in April.
‘Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan’ wasn’t easy to make, but the result is a terrific tale of the Irish-English singer-songwriter’s career.
LONDON (AP) — 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 ...