Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Fairytale of New York, his most famous song, is a Christmas ...

One of my starkest flashbulb memories involves the first time I saw and heard Shane MacGowan. I was at a bar called The Berkeley Square, in of course Berkeley, California, in the fall of 1986.

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Born in Kent, MacGowan was the son of Irish immigrants and fronted The Pogues from 1982 until their break-up in 2014 The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65, following a recent ...

Shane MacGowan has been hailed as a poet, lyricist, singer and trailblazer at his funeral ceremony in County Tipperary. The acclaimed songwriter and lead singer of The Pogues died last week aged 65.