Bluesfest returns to Byron Bay April 2–5, 2026, after a record-setting year. Split Enz, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Pogues, and more are set to perform.

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Two years on from the Pogues singer’s death, his sister Siobhán and widow Victoria Mary Clarke are ensuring his legacy lives on with a new tour of the places in his beloved Tipperary that inspired him ...

Fans of Shane MacGowan have been flocking to Tipperary since the singer's death to pay tribute to the former Pogues frontman and visit first-hand the areas that inspired him and his music. And now, a ...

Bostonians won’t have to wait until next St. Patrick’s Day to get their Irish on. This weekend, locals can enjoy not one, but two days to drown the shamrock, as Irish music and culture takes over the ...

An Irish expatriate, he created Sin-é, a bare-bones cafe that became an unlikely magnet for stars like Sinead O’Connor, Bono of U2 and Iggy Pop. By Alex Williams Shane Doyle, the Irish expatriate who ...

The duet between the Pogues frontman and the singer Kirsty MacColl portrays lovers who turn viciously against one another on Christmas Eve. By Rob Tannenbaum The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took ...

The Pogues have announced North American tour dates happening in September and hitting DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal and NYC. This is their first tour here since 2011 — the band reformed ...

Shane MacGowan despised funerals, his widow has revealed. The Pogues frontman – who died on 30 November aged 35 from pneumonia after months of battling illnesses – was laid to rest of Friday (08.12.23 ...

Shane MacGowan’s widow is in grief counselling. The ‘Fairytale of New York’ singer’s long-term partner Victoria Mary Clarke was by his side when he died on 30 November aged 65 after being hit with a ...

Hozier was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live‘s” Christmas edition Saturday night, and for his second song, the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.” On ...

Some moments are so profound you are stopped in your tracks and all the surrounding circumstances become forever etched in your soul. I’m sure it’s happened to you. People of a certain age remember ...