Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane MacGowan at the family home in Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1997. (Martyn Goodacre / Getty Images) Shane MacGowan seemed ...

The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs. By Gavin Edwards Shane MacGowan, the principal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darryl Hunt, The Pogues Bassist, Dies at 72 Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas day in 1957 in Kent, England, and ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Pogues sang of degenerates, outcasts, political oppression, and bygone days. Here’s a look at five songs that ...

As we celebrate the brilliant, often chaotic, yet all-too-short life of Shane MacGowan—who passed on November 30 after a long illness—it’s only fitting to look back on some of his greatest works as ...

This morning, November 30, news broke that The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died at 65 years old. The iconic Irish rocker’s wife, Victoria Clarke, confirmed his passing on Instagram, and The ...

Shane MacGowan seemed like the stuff of legend even at the height of his powers in the 1980s, the decade in which he fronted Irish folk-rock outfit the Pogues. MacGowan, who died Thursday at age 65, ...

With the Pogues, singer, songwriter, and rock & roll icon Shane MacGowan connected the sound and spirit of punk with his Irish roots to create one of the most distinctive bands of the past 40 years.