Shane MacGowan, the frontman of the Irish punk-folk band the Pogues, died of pneumonia, his wife has revealed. The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m. Thursday with his wife and family by his side. He was 65. The musician’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, told the New York Times that her husband had also … Read more
“Don’t judge a book by its cover and very rarely trust first encounters.” That’s what Kiefer Sutherland learned after meeting the late Shane MacGowan for the first time at a bar in the ’90s. A 2019 anecdote shared by the “24” star is making its resurgence Thursday amid news that the Pogues frontman has died … Read more
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 was the Pogues’ producer at the time, and he bet the band that they couldn’t write a hit holiday single. … Read more