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 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 ...

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Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65. “It is with ...

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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 ...

LONDON - Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He ...