Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane MacGowan, founding singer of the eclectic Celtic punk band The Pogues, has died, his wife announced Thursday. He was 65.

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, 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, ...

Bruce Springsteen will release a cover of The Pogues' song Rainy Night in Soho in honor of the late Shane MacGowan ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Shane Macgowan, 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 ...

The two Irish singers interacted like siblings, speaking of each other warmly, but needling each other, too. By Amanda Hess Amanda Hess profiled Sinead O’Connor in 2021, and interviewed O’Connor’s ...

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 05: Shane MacGowan of The Pogues performs on stage at British Summer Time Festival>> at Hyde Park on July 5, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty ...