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When Nick Cave first met Shane MacGowan
Nick Cave and the late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan were great friends: here's how their friendship began
Shane MacGowan: Music critic extraordinaire
Shane MacGowan didn't hold back when asked to review the music of his peers
“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
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
The albums on Stiff Records you should definitely own
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
“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
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
Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has died aged 65
Shane MacGowan, bandleader of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65, his wife confirms
Gama Bomb recruit The Pogues' Spider Stacey for If I Should Fall From Grace With God cover ahead of St. Patrick's Day
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
Shane MacGowan says the success of Fairytale Of New York made life "boring" for The Pogues
Having a massive hit single can be a curse, according to The Pogues' Shane MacGowan
