The Pogues’ unique arrangements of age-old Irish and English tunes helped break the band worldwide — “The Irish Rover,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” and “Dirty Old Town.” The fresh take on a catalog of ...

Shane MacGowan at the family home in Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1997. (Martyn Goodacre / Getty Images) Shane MacGowan seemed like the stuff of legend even at the height of his powers in the 1980s, ...

Dubliners burst into spontaneous renditions of Dirty Old Town and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues awaiting the funeral procession of the band’s beloved frontman Shane MacGowan. The cortege will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darryl Hunt, The Pogues Bassist, Dies at 72 Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas day in 1957 in Kent, England, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regarded for his wrenching, joyful lyricism as a bard of all things Irish, Shane MacGowan – the singer-songwriter known mostly for ...

Regarded for his wrenching, joyful lyricism as a bard of all things Irish, Shane MacGowan – the singer-songwriter known mostly for his work as frontman of the Celtic punk phenomenon the Pogues – was ...