Shane MacGowan, the shy, complex, brilliant frontman of Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, has died aged 65. The news of his death was confirmed by his wife, Irish journalist and author Victoria Mary Clarke ...

Shane MacGowan, a legendary figure of Irish folk and punk music, and the iconic lead singer of The Pogues, has passed away at the age of 65. The news comes following MacGowan's ill-health and a recent ...

The hard-drinking singer-songwriter penned the dark holiday classic 'Fairytale of New York' and was the subject of Julien Temple's Johnny Depp-produced 2020 documentary 'Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds ...

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 ...

Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking frontman for Irish punk band The Pogues, has died. He was 65 years old. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death Thursday morning. No official cause of ...

According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis ...

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 said. He was 65.

Irish musician Shane MacGowan, who formed the influential punk band The Pogues, best known for '80s hit "Fairytale of New York," has died. He was 65. MacGowan died in the early hours of Thursday with ...

Shane MacGowan, the irascible frontman of beloved Irish rock band the Pogues, died in his sleep this morning (Nov. 30) at the age of 65. A cause of death has not been announced, but MacGowan had just ...