DUBLIN - Hundreds of Dubliners lined the streets singing The Pogues' Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York" to bid farewell to singer Shane MacGowan as his horse-drawn hearse passed through the ...
In the summer of 2000, Shane MacGowan played The Harp, the Irish pub on Causeway Street. By then, fans were well aware of his mounting health problems. Infamous for his binge drinking, the growling ...
NENAGH, Ireland (Reuters) -Shane MacGowan's friends and family sang and danced in the aisles to a rousing rendition of The Pogues' Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York" at a joyous funeral marking ...
Raise a farewell toast for Shane MacGowan, one of rock’s most fiendishly brilliant growlers, snarlers, songwriters, storytellers, and blackguards. Shane was the resident Celt-punk genius of The Pogues ...
The Dubliners on speed. Well, not quite but almost. The Pogues, looking as if they spent a few hard nights on Kilburn High Road, unleashed their manic punk/céilí music at McGonagles last Saturday ...
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 ...
The popular ballad Dirty Old Town is to be given a new lease of life — 75 years after it was first released. The hit song has always been a favourite of Irish music fans, given that both the Dubliners ...
The author (right) with Shane MacGowan: ‘For someone who wrote such powerful and poetic words, Shane was a man of very few’ (Paul Ronan) There was never any doubt outside of Ireland as to Shane’s ...
PRODUCER Phil Coulter has claimed the boozy image of The Dubliners was a myth. Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly and pals became world famous with their hit, Seven Drunken Nights. But Phil, who produced six ...