On the front side of the album, the band pose surrounding an apparition-like portrait of President John F. Kennedy, while the back sees original bassist Cait O’Riordan clasping a brown paper ...

Bruce Springsteen has released a surprise cover version of the Pogues‘ “A Rainy Night in Soho” to honor their late frontman Shane MacGowan. It’s the lead single from an upcoming all-star tribute album ...

Nick Cave sat at the piano at St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh in County Tipperary, Ireland during the funeral of Shane MacGowan on Friday (December 8) to perform the Pogues‘ 1986 song “Rainy ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

While Shane MacGowan's extraordinary songwriting talent with The Pogues is widely recognized, there might be a track or two that has slipped under your radar. Everyone knows the genius behind ...

The duet between the Pogues frontman and the singer Kirsty MacColl portrays lovers who turn viciously against one another on Christmas Eve. By Rob Tannenbaum The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took ...

The holiday music season has begun in stores, on radio stations and on the speakers in our living room, and I have come back to a holiday favorite: "Fairytale of New York," by The Pogues. It's not ...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan as his coffin wound through the Irish capital before a small-town funeral ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, ...