The Latest Breaking News from Shane McGowan

“Thank you for everything, for your friendship, your wit and your generosity of spirit, and of course for the music, forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72

He played with them all the way up to 2014

MusicRadar · Feb 12

“A song puts words into people’s mouths to drunkenly sing and they might not even realise what they’re singing”: Irish legends discuss the controversy around a Christmas classic

The 1987 Christmas mega-hit has been the subject of discussion around its use of a homophobic slur

MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2024

In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape - Roll Call

Kaptur, 78, has served part of northwest Ohio since 1983. But this veteran lawmaker is now in a fight for her political life and legacy.

Roll Call · Oct 28, 2024

Bruce Springsteen and Shane McGowan share 'beautiful moment' ahead of RDS concerts

The legendary singers met up ahead of Springsteen's three performances at the RDS this coming weekend

Irish Mirror · May 3, 2023

Shane MacGowan's wife gives health update after The Pogues singer rushed to hospital

Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria May Clarke took to Twitter to give an update to worried fans after the singer was rushed to hospital

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Shane McGowan rushed to hospital as wife asks fans to 'send prayers'

McGowan is the 'voice of Christmas' as the singer on Fairytale of New York

Wales Online · Dec 6, 2022

Pogues’ hard-living former frontman finds success as an artist

Shane MacGowan has no studio and draws on ‘sick bags’ with his wife’s lipstick, but Kate Moss has bought his art

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022

Best RTE Late Late Show moments as legendary show turns 60

The national institution is one of the world’s longest-running chat shows, enduring throughout the decades as a chronicle of Irish life

Irish Mirror · May 20, 2022

The Nottingham Irish bars we have loved and lost over the years

"It was a little reminder a comfort of home, like Ireland's embassy to the East Midlands."

Nottingham Post · Mar 27, 2022