Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas day in 1957 in Kent, England, and on his 30th birthday, he narrowly missed landing the Christmas No. 1 on the UK charts with “Fairytale of New York ...

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, ...

The hard-drinking singer-songwriter penned the dark holiday classic 'Fairytale of New York' and was the subject of Julien Temple's Johnny Depp-produced 2020 documentary 'Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds ...

Shane MacGowan onstage with the Pogues in 1986. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Shane MacGowan, The Pogues founder and singer-songwriter who in the 1980s melded Irish musical traditions with the ferocious ...

According to Victoria Mary Clarke MacGowan, the singer died in the hospital after being diagnosed with encephalitis, BBC News reported. The musician, whose hits included 1988′s “Fairytale of New York” ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Shane MacGowan seemed like the stuff of legend even at the height of his powers in the 1980s, the decade in which he fronted Irish folk-rock outfit the Pogues. MacGowan, who died Thursday at age 65, ...

Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.Video above: ...