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Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson had served 15 years for the 1974 Guildford pub bombings before ...
Shane MacGowan, circa 1995. Photo: Redferns. MacGowan is best known for being the gifted songwriter and frontman of the Pogues. The band was originally named Pogue Mahone, or Gaelic for “kiss my ...
Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking frontman for Irish punk band The Pogues, has died. He was 65 years old. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death Thursday morning.
Shane MacGowan poses for photographers upon arrival at the Shane MacGowan, The Eternal Buzz & The Crock of Gold Exhibition in London, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Scott Garfitt / Invision / AP, File.
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 ...
Shane MacGowan, circa 1995. Photo: Redferns Originally named Pogue Mahone, Gaelic for “kiss my ass,” MacGowan says the band’s original intent was to make Irish music and Irishness hip again.
Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Mary Clarke has paid tribute to the Pogues frontman on the first anniversary of his death, as she recalled the 'extremely difficult' year she has endured ...
The widow of Shane MacGowan says she is struggling as she prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. The Pogues singer died last year on November 30 following a number of health ...
Shane MacGowan’s widow, Irish artist and writer Victoria Mary Clarke, has spoken of the intense grief she experienced after The Pogues frontman’s death aged 65 last year.
T he widow of Shane MacGowan has issued an appeal after the musician’s rifle from the 1916 Easter Rising was reported missing on Wednesday (1 May), having “most likely been stolen”.
Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke, has revealed how the late Pogues frontman felt about the success of his biggest ...