Shane MacGowan: Laureate Of Lowlife Folk-punk
Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
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Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
The legendary musician, who was behind the Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York, died 'peacefully' at 3am today, aged 65, with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke and family by his side.
LONDON — 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, died Thursday, his family
Shane MacGowan has died aged…
MacGowan was known primarily for his Christmas ballad Fairytale of New York