Hozier staged a special performance of The Pogues’ holiday classic “Fairytale of New York” during Saturday Night Live’s Christmas show. While the original song saw The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan trading verses with the equally iconic […]
The surviving members of the Pogues have announced a 40th anniversary UK tour of their classic album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. Original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer, and Spider Stacy will embark on the […]
Nearly a year after the death of The Pogues’ beloved frontman Shane MacGowan, the band has come back together and announced a string of 2025 tour dates, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their seminal album, […]
Shane MacGowan’s funeral was as much of a celebration of his music as it was of the man. In the streets outside of the church, mourners joined in unison to sing some of MacGowan’s most […]
MacGowan was an Irish kid who grew up in England, and the songs he wrote and sang were a furious fusion of folk and punk. His band, The Pogues, was once described as a barroom […]
Shane MacGowan, the frontman and songwriter of the iconic Irish punk band the Pogues, died this morning (November 30), BBC News reports. The news outlet cited an Instagram post by his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke. […]
According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis Costello. The “Alison” singer […]
Shane MacGowan has led tributes to The Pogues bassist Darryl Hunt after his death aged 72. The legendary punk group’s bassist died on Monday afternoon (08.08.22) in London, and the frontman remembered his “great friend” […]
Darryl Hunt, longtime bassist of legendary Irish punk band The Pogues, has died at the age of 72. According to a post on The Pogues’ Instagram page, Hunt passed away on Monday (August 8th) in […]