Sinead O'Connor saved Shane MacGowan's life by calling the police on him
The late Irish singer Sinead O'Connor once saved The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's life after she decided to call the police on him in an effort to make him quit drugs
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The late Irish singer Sinead O'Connor once saved The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's life after she decided to call the police on him in an effort to make him quit drugs
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. He died on Thursday aged 65, although many would have been forgiven for wondering how he made it that far. ..
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