Shane MacGowan seemed like the stuff of legend even at the height of his powers in the 1980s, the decade in which he fronted Irish folk-rock outfit the Pogues. MacGowan, who died Thursday at age 65, ...

It's a sad day for fans of The Pogues. Shane McGowan, the longtime frontman of the punk band, died at the age of 65, per a statement from his family on The Pogues' Instagram page. "It is with the ...

Victoria Mary Clarke, the widow of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, has told The Brendan O'Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that a tribute album to her late husband will be released next year.

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and ...

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65, just a week after he was discharged from hospital. The news of his death was confirmed by his wife, Irish journalist and author Victoria ...

Irish-British folk-punk band The Pogues blew out of London in the early 1980s. Spider Stacy, a New Orleans resident since 2010, was a Pogue from the start, playing a distinctly Irish instrument, the ...

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 ...

Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Anglo-Irish band The Pogues, has died, according to a statement from his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke. Clarke announced the death of the 65-year-old on Instagram, ...

Shane MacGowan, the legendary hard-drinking frontman of the Irish punk-folk band the Pogues, died early Thursday, his family announced. He was 65. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m.