Shane MacGowan, 'The Pogues' frontman and 'Fairytale of New York' singer, dead at 65
Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Celtic punk band The Pogues and known the world over for the 1987 hit "Fairytale Of New York," has died aged 65.
MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced the singer’s death via a post on Instagram Thursday.
"There's no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world," she wrote.
MacGowan had been receiving treatment for an illness at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for several months. He had also suffered from encephalitis, inflammation in the brain.
He was discharged on Nov. 22 and returned home to spend time with his friends and family, according to Irish news outlet RTE.
The Irish star had suffered from several health issues in recent years and was wheelchair-bound.
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November 30, 2023, 10:34 AM
TMats
Yeah, the band, Flogging Molly, posted a tribute early this morning. I’d like to think he’s walking on the sunny side of the street.
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November 30, 2023, 11:46 AM
Skull Leader
My favorite Pogues song:
November 30, 2023, 12:50 PM
Dzozer
I love this performance of the Dubliners together with the Pogues...
'veritas non verba magistri'
November 30, 2023, 01:44 PM
PASig
It's hilarious to me that Fairytale of New York ranks as the UK's favorite Christmas song year after year, meanwhile most Americans have no clue that even is a thing.
Kind of like how American tourists go to the sites where The Sound Of Music was filmed in Austria and think all those songs and things are traditional Austrian meanwhile the Austrians barely even know about this musical and movie.
November 30, 2023, 09:55 PM
Pyker
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It's hilarious to me that Fairytale of New York ranks as the UK's favorite Christmas song year after year, meanwhile most Americans have no clue that even is a thing.
You should hear the other shit they play at Christmas. Mariah Carey ain't in it!
December 01, 2023, 12:25 AM
CPD SIG
The Pogues are a regular on my playlist. Sad day. Well Shane:
If I should fall from Grace with God Where no doctor can relieve me If I'm buried 'neath the sod But the angels won't receive me
Let me go, boys Let me go, boys Let me go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry
This land was always ours Was the proud land of our fathers It belongs to us and them Not to any of the others
Let them go, boys Let them go, boys Let them go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry
Bury me at sea Where no murdered ghost can haunt me If I rock upon the waves No corpse will lie upon me
Comin' up threes, boys Comin' up threes, boys Let them go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry
If I should fall from Grace with God Where no doctor can relieve me If I'm buried 'neath the sod Still the angels won't receive me
Let me go, boys Let me go, boys Let me go down in the mud Where the rivers all run dry
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December 01, 2023, 05:48 AM
benny6
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Originally posted by Dzozer: I love this performance of the Dubliners together with the Pogues...
