UPDATE: MacGowan's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, revealed to the New York Times that the singer's cause of death was pneumonia. Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, best known for the holiday favorite ...

Andrew Ranken, the drummer for The Pogues, has died. He was 72. The English Celtic punk band announced that Ranken, who was nicknamed "The Clobberer," had passed away on Tuesday in a post shared on ...

In the summer of 2000, Shane MacGowan played The Harp, the Irish pub on Causeway Street. By then, fans were well aware of his mounting health problems. Infamous for his binge drinking, the growling ...

The legendary Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died. According to a statement that the Pogues posted on social media, MacGowan "died peacefully at 3AM this morning (30 November, 2023) with his wife ...

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 ...

The Pogues, formed in London in 1982, stand as a legendary testament to the creative possibilities of music. This Anglo-Irish ...

Nicknamed “The Clobberer,” The Times said he did not play a normal drum kit when the band started, instead using only a tom tom and snare drum and standing behind the instruments. “They wanted a big, ...

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, best known for the holiday favorite "Fairytale in New York," has died after a bout with viral encephalitis. He was 65. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke confirmed the news ...