Shane MacGowan, the Pogues frontman who died on November 30, had recorded a new solo band with the help of Irish band Cronin before his death. MacGowan began collaborating with the band's frontmen ...

Shane MacGowan’s funeral is being held on Friday, December 8, the same day that his friend Sinéad O’Connor would have turned 57. O’Connor was found dead in her London flat on July 26, while her friend ...

The Pogues are reissuing their Christmas drunk tank classic “Fairytale of New York,” on a seven-inch vinyl in the wake of Shane MacGowan’s death. It’s now available to pre-order for £6 and proceeds ...

The Pogues are reissuing their drunk tank Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York,” on seven-inch vinyl with proceeds benefiting a charity long supported by late frontman Shane MacGowan. The new ...

I've been thinking a lot about Shane MacGowan, one-time lead singer of Irish punk band The Pogues, who died this week at 65. The Pogues' most famous song, "A Fairytale of New York," is ubiquitous now, ...

MacGowan, 65, is best known as the co-author of the 1987 Christmas mega-hit Fairytale of New York, which still enters the charts each December, more than 35 years after its initial release. A candle ...

Shane MacGowan, the frontman of the Irish punk-folk band The Pogues, died of pneumonia, his wife has revealed. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m. Thursday with his wife and family ...

LONDON, UK — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65 ...

Shane MacGowan, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power of punk rock, died ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, ...

Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, his family said. “Prayers and the last rites were read during his passing,” the family said ...