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From the archive: In this Irish Times article from 1985, the late singer talks about the ‘Irish ghetto’, the BBC’s Pogues ban, and ‘despair, dullness and sobriety’
Shane MacGowan Tribute: Saying Goodbye to the Pogues Genius
In June 1986, then-rising filmmaker Terry George attended the first-ever NYC concert played by The Pogues - it proved to be quite the night.
Lead singer and masterful songwriter for the Pogues who brought punk style and attitude to Irish folk music
The Pogues frontman has died aged 65. NME remembers an Irish rock great, and the co-creator of an iconic Christmas tune.