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Shane MacGowan, the frontman of Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band The Pogues, died Thursday.He was 65. “It is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Shane ...
Singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, the longtime front-man of The Pogues, died at the age of 65 surrounded by loved ones in Ireland, his family said. Latest U.S.
Shane MacGowan, the frontman of the Irish punk-folk band The Pogues, died of pneumonia, his wife has revealed. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m. Thursday with his wife and ...
Shane MacGowan, the legendary hard-drinking frontman of the Irish punk-folk band the Pogues, died early Thursday, his family announced. He was 65. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died ...
Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking frontman for Irish punk band The Pogues, has died.He was 65 years old. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death Thursday morning.
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, ...
Shane MacGowan of The Pogues performs on stage at British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park on July 5, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. The singer died on Thursday, aged 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.
According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York ...
LONDON — 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 ...
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, 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. Credit: AP/Scott Garfitt.