Shane was 65 when he died of pneumonia in November 2023. He and the Pogues released “Fairytale of New York” in 1987, with ...

This article originally appeared in the October 1995 issue of SPIN. In memory of Shane MacGowan, who died on Nov. 30, 2023, we’re republishing it here. At Filthy McNastys, an Irish pub In London, the ...

It is often a sticky enterprise for musicians to make some sort of boast that involves God. “We’re more popular than Jesus now,” John Lennon infamously said in a 1966 interview, causing Americans in ...

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A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “It was an abuse of what the Mass is and what the Catholic funeral liturgy is all ...

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 ...

At Filthy McNastys, an Irish pub In London, the sign over the bar says, “OH, LORD MAKE ME PURE, BUT NOT JUST YET.” Gold records by the Pogues hang next to photos of JFK, Elvis Presley, and Popes John ...