Shane MacGowan, Pogues Singer and Poet, Dead at 65
Shane MacGowan, the former Pogues frontman who served as the bridge between traditional Irish folk music and punk rock, has died at 65.
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Shane MacGowan, the former Pogues frontman who served as the bridge between traditional Irish folk music and punk rock, has died at 65.
Shane MacGowan, who has died aged 65, was the truculent, hard-living lead singer of the Pogues; he was revered as much for his excessive alcohol consumption as for his dark, unsparing but lyrical vision of Irish life.
One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music
Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65, just a week after leaving hospital.
Shane MacGowan, frontman of Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, has died aged 65. News of his death was confirmed by his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.