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Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke has candidly opened up about her relationship with the late Pogues frontman. 

He loved flashing passers-by, hated his most famous song and once made a reality show about his vegetable patch. But what else? I only met the late Shane...

Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, has died aged 65.

DUBLIN — Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s' most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, died on Thursday (Nov 30). He was 65. MacGowan brought Irish traditional music to a huge new audience in the late 1980s by splicing it with punk, and achieved...

Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s' most haunting ballads...

Name Jesse Ahern Best known for Being the little brother of Dropkick Murphys. Really want to be In Vietnam eating Pho. I’m really exited about Getting off the road to spend the holidays with my awesome family. My current music collection Is all over the map, but mainly Americana folk and punk. I’ve been digging Jason Isbell’s record Weathervanes and was just […]

Guardian readers pay tribute to the late Pogues frontman, who soundtracked their childhood, inspired their art and PhDs, and performed some of the most raucous, beer-soaked gigs ever

Irish broadcaster Ryan Tubridy has paid tribute to Shane MacGowan, following his death at the age of 65.

The rising Nashville native bridges the gap between Sturgill Simpson and Phish on his new album 'Reflector.'

Shane MacGowan once said that he was the one that God would use to save Irish music. Despite a public persona that was often less than saintly, he grappled with faith in many of his iconic songs.