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Roisin O'Connor

Pogues singer Shane MacGowan ‘so happy’ as he shares latest update from hospital

Victoria Mary Clarke / X

Shane MacGowan looked frail but cheerful as he received a number of visitors in hospital over the weekend.

The Pogues frontman, 65, has been receiving care after being diagnosed with viral encephalitis, a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that causes the brain to swell, in December 2022.

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