According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis ...

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The Celtic punk community is mourning a pioneer. Shane MacGowan, frontman of English-Irish rock band The Pogues, has died, his family confirmed. He was 65. Prior to his death, MacGowan had spent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane MacGowan at the family home in Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1997. (Martyn Goodacre / Getty Images) Shane MacGowan seemed ...

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I've been thinking a lot about Shane MacGowan, one-time lead singer of Irish punk band The Pogues, who died this week at 65. The Pogues' most famous song, "A Fairytale of New York," is ubiquitous now, ...

Flea, meanwhile, posted a longer message that included a recollection of a humorous encounter he had with MacGowan. “And now I say, god bless the great Irishman Shane MacGowan,” Flea wrote. “Everytime ...

Shane MacGowan performs with The Pogues in Belgium, November 1989. The celebrated Irish songwriter and singer died Thursday at the age of 65. (Gie Knaeps /Getty Images) Shane MacGowan, the boozy, ...

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, ...

LONDON – 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 said. He ...