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Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65
‘We’d roll joints and watch Netflix with him!’ Irish folk artists on the creative genius of Shane MacGowan
By Brian Coney
Fairytale of New York: Shane MacGowan, music and excess’
Nick Cave pays tribute to "the greatest songwriter of his generation" Shane MacGowan after storied friendship
By Anagricel Duran
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How Shane MacGowan Made a Holiday Favorite: 'Fairytale of New York'
By Rob Tannenbaum
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65
By Helen Bushby, Steven Mcintosh & Annabel Rackham
The tragic true stories of Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl: The Pogues frontman battled alcoholism and a bra
By Rory Tingle
With The Pogues, Shane MacGowan perhaps proved himself the most important Irish writer since James Joyce
By Alexander Howard
Shane MacGowan Leaves the Astral Plane
By Amanda Petrusich
Remembering Shane MacGowan, the Gorgeously Messy Soul of Irish Music
By Michael Gerard Hogan
Shane MacGowan, Pogues Frontman, Dies at 65
By Nina Corcoran & Jazz Monroe
Shane MacGowan, Pogues Singer, Dead at 65
By Carys Anderson
Shane MacGowan, 'The Pogues' frontman and 'Fairytale of New York' singer, dead at 65
By Michael Dorgan
Shane MacGowan dies age 65: President leads tributes to The Pogues singer
By Denise Calnan, Darragh Nolan & Amy Blaney
Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, dead at 65
By Melissa Koenig
A life too interesting: Shane MacGowan
By David Sillito
Shane MacGowan's 9 Essential Songs
By Gavin Edwards
Shane MacGowan obituary: A wild life, raw talent, and a forever connection with Christmas - whether he liked it or not
By Gemma Peplow
Shane MacGowan 'pushed the boundaries of what humans can do to their bodies', says wife
By Niamh Lynch
Whether in song or in silence, Shane MacGowan exuded the very essence of life
By Simon Hattenstone
Shane MacGowan obituary
By Derek Schofield
Ireland has lost 'one of music's greatest lyricists': Tributes paid to Shane MacGowan
By Jack Power, Sarah Burns & Ronan McGreevy
Remembering the Mad Celtic Genius of Shane MacGowan
By Rob Sheffield