Shane MacGowan

2023 - 11 - 30

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Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65 (BBC News)

The Irish singer-songwriter, whose hits include Fairytale of New York, was unwell for some time.

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Legendary The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies, aged 65 (Independent.ie)

The songwriter and former frontman of The Pogues had been receiving treatment in St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for several months for an infection. He was ...

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Shane MacGowan, The Pogues frontman and songwriter, dies aged ... (BreakingNews.ie)

During the 1980s, he led the London Irish punk/folk band who are best known for their hit festive song Fairytale Of New York, which was released in 1987. On ...

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The Pogues star Shane MacGowan, best known for Christmas hit ... (Sky News)

Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke shared the news in a post ...

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Remembering Shane MacGowan, the Gorgeously Messy Soul of ... (Vanity Fair)

Born in England on Christmas Day, the Pogues front man distilled the Irish experience for audiences around the world—while giving Irish music a loving shove ...

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A life too interesting: Shane MacGowan (BBC News)

The drink, dentistry and other stories that overshadowed the music of the late former Pogues singer.

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BP Fallon on his photo of Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O'Connor ... (The Irish Times)

Here, Sinead and Shane are in the Netherlands at The Pink Pop Festival in 1988: two of the greatest artists in contemporary music having a vibe together. I call ...

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Kiefer Sutherland anecdote about fight with Shane MacGowan ... (Sky News)

As fans share memories of Shane MacGowan, a clip of a 2019 interview with Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland on Ireland's The Late Late show has resurfaced.

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The day Ray D'Arcy's mam sang with Shane MacGowan (RTE.ie)

Ray D'Arcy has recalled the afternoon his mother, "devout Catholic teetotaller" Mary D'Arcy and the late Shane MacGowan sang and did an interview in her ...

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Shane MacGowan, musician, 1957-2023 (Financial Times)

Pogues frontman blended punk with Ireland's musical heritage but had a decades-long struggle with drink and drugs.

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Shane MacGowan: Young, gifted and London Irish (The Irish Times)

The Pogues in the early 1980s felt to thousands of second-generation Irish like the answer to an unspoken prayer.

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'He was known before he was known' - John Kelly on Shane ... (RTE.ie)

In 2018 John Kelly hosted Shane MacGowan's 60th Birthday celebrations at the National Concert Hall – an event attended by President Higgins, ...

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Shane MacGowan: Raising a Farewell Pint in Dublin Pubs (The New York Times)

The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took traditional Irish music in a new direction. Most people in Ireland loved him for it.

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