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Spider Stacy
The Pogues announce first UK headline tour in 13 years

By Paul Brannigan Published

London-Irish folk-punk group to tour for the first time since the death of former frontman Shane MacGowan

Concerts & Shows
Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan
When Nick Cave first met Shane MacGowan

By Paul Brannigan Published

Nick Cave and the late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan were great friends: here's how their friendship began

Interviews
Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan: Music critic extraordinaire

By Paul Brannigan Published

Shane MacGowan didn't hold back when asked to review the music of his peers

Bands & Artists
Shane MacGowan and Victoria Clarke
“He would do crazy things like take 100 tabs of acid in a day then jump out of the window of a moving taxi, or paint himself blue": Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Clarke on the unorthodox, unbreakable love she shared with The Pogues' late frontman

By Paul Brannigan Published

Victoria Clarke's four decades-long relationship with The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan wasn't always easy, but amid the chaos their love was pure

Bands & Artists
Stiff Records founder Jake Riviera at the Stiff office
The albums on Stiff Records you should definitely own

By Rob Hughes Published

Buying guide Pioneering indie label Stiff Records was home to some of the great music of the 70s and 80s, from Ian Dury to The Pogues, The Damned and beyond. And these are the labe's best albums

Buying guide
Members of the Pogues, 11/30/84. Pictured are Shane MacGowan, Cait O'Riordan, Andrew Rankin, Jem Finer. (Photo by Steve Rapport/Getty Images)
“I’m not interested in my own angst. I like a good story. Violence. A bit of sex, a bit of drinking, a bit of drugs, y’knoworramean?” A tribute to Shane MacGowan, the genius lyricist who thought the music was more important than the words

By Scott Rowley Published

As the music of the 80s became more polished, synthesised and over-produced, The Pogues took it back to its rudiments. And at the heart of it was Shane MacGowan and his lyrics: funny, romantic, full of characters and stories

Bands & Artists
Singer and musician Shane MacGowan, of the Pogues, at the family home in Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, 1997. MacGowan's parents moved back to Ireland in 1988 after thirty years in England, where Shane was born and grew up
Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has died aged 65

By Briony Edwards Published

Shane MacGowan, bandleader of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65, his wife confirms

Bands & Artists
The Pogues Spider Stacey and Gama Bomb's Philly Byrne
Gama Bomb recruit The Pogues' Spider Stacey for If I Should Fall From Grace With God cover ahead of St. Patrick's Day

By Paul Brannigan Published

When Irish thrashers Gama Bomb decided to cover The Pogues' classic If I Should Fall From Grace With God they reached out to Spider Stacey to see if he'd like to get involved. And he did

Bands & Artists
Shane MacGowan and Kirsty McColl
Shane MacGowan says the success of Fairytale Of New York made life "boring" for The Pogues

By Paul Brannigan Published

Having a massive hit single can be a curse, according to The Pogues' Shane MacGowan

Bands & Artists
The Pogues
Every The Pogues album ranked from worst to best

By Alex Burrows Last updated

With seven albums released across an 11-year recording career, Shane MacGowan's London-Irish folk-punks The Pogues worked and played hard. But which album is their crowning glory?

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