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The Pogues at Brixton Academy is a strange and beautiful tribute to Shane MacGowan

4/5 Avoiding staid respectability, this event – part of a short UK tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of album ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ – sees the audience singing along in bittersweet unison with the remaining band, younger musicians and guest vocalists

The Independent UK

Blink-182, Weezer, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Knocked Loose, The Beach Boys and more to play Riot Fest 2025

Jack White, Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, The Pogues and more also set for Chicago weekender

Louder

“It was wonderful, ecstatic, thrilling, boring, horrible, oppressive, heartbreaking." The Pogues' Jem Finer on life in a band with the "maddening" Shane MacGowan

The Pogues' Jem Finer recalls life in the original line-up

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“There certainly was a fair amount of hard drinking. But there was a degree of professionalism, if hard to recognise at times”: How The Pogues made a folk-punk classic in Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues’ second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash remains the late Shane MacGowan’s finest moment

Louder

Nadine Shah, Lankum's Darragh Lynch, Lisa O'Neill among guest vocalists joining The Pogues for their first UK headline tour in 13 years

The Pogues reveal guest vocalists joining them for their 40th anniversary Rum Sodomy & The Lash tour in May

Louder

From dark alt-pop to mind-melting techno-rock, the 10 acts to look out for in 2025

2025 CULTURE GUIDE: Many have yet to release their debut albums, but they’ve done enough to convince Roisin O’Connor and Annabel Nugent that they’re worth paying attention to

The Independent UK

"When Jimi Hendrix died, Shane spent the whole day with his face turned to the wall." How Jimi Hendrix became an unlikely influence upon Irish folk-punk legends The Pogues

Shane MacGowan and Spider Stacy loved Jimi Hendrix, but The Pogues were never going to sound like Seattle's legendary guitar hero

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Last Christmas by Wham! tops vote for song to mark start of festive season

The hit, which took 39 years to become a Christmas number one, topped the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s poll.

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘There were days when I felt suicidal after Shane died’

Exclusive: Artist, writer and long-term partner of the late Pogues frontman speaks about her grieving process a year on from his death, and how she’s channelled that into art for her first solo exhibition

The Independent UK

The Pogues say Shane MacGowan’s ‘spirit lives on’ in album anniversary gigs

The band will perform second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash in full in May 2025 after celebrating the 40th anniversary of Red Roses For Me this year.

Evening Standard

The Pogues announce first headline tour in 10 years

Celtic rock band will be joined by ‘special guests’ for their shows celebrating the 40th anniversary of their second album, ‘Rum Sodomy and The Lash’

The Independent UK

"After the uproarious bash which was the 40th anniversary of our first record, Red Roses for Me, we wanted to do it again." The Pogues announce first UK headline tour in 13 years, celebrating 40 years of their classic album Rum Sodomy & the Lash

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

Louder

Shane MacGowan’s wife says Christmas Day without Pogues singer 'physically hurts'

MacGowan’s funeral was held earlier this month following his death at the age of 65.

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria responds to Wham! scoring Christmas No 1 over The Pogues

‘Fairytale of New York’ placed sixth in the UK singles chart for Christmas, while Wham! broke a record after ‘Last Christmas’ took 39 years to get to No 1

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‘It’s mission accomplished’: Wham! secure Christmas No 1 with ‘Last Christmas’ as Sam Ryder lands No 2

Eighties pop duo landed the top spot on the Christmas charts 39 years after the song’s original release, following a battle between four other heavyweights including Mariah Carey and The Pogues

The Independent UK

Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria thanks ‘tower of strength’ Johnny Depp

Irish author pays tribute to her late husband’s friend, who was seen carrying the Pogues frontman’s coffin into the church before he delivered a reading at the service

The Independent UK

Guinness, goodbyes and dancing in the aisles: Inside Shane MacGowan’s rock and roll funeral

The Pogues singer’s send-off in Co Tipperary was a lively affair, as was the unofficial wake in his favourite bar afterwards, Barney Davis writes

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Ireland bids farewell to singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan

Thousands pay tribute in Dublin to the musician best known as the lead vocalist for The Pogues.

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The Independent UK

Why Shane MacGowan’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ could still not make Christmas No1

Fans of The Pogues are hoping for ‘Fairytale of New York’ to top the Christmas charts following MacGowan’s death on 30 November – but it’s already battling Wham!

International Business Times

Dublin Crowds Bid Farewell To Irish Songwriter Shane MacGowan

Crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to their pay respects to Irish songwriter Shane MacGowan, who died last month at the age of 65.

Evening Standard

Johnny Depp and Bono give readings at Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's funeral

The songwriter died at the age of 65 last week

MusicRadar

The story of Fairytale Of New York: “I sat down, opened the sherry, got the peanuts out and pretended it was Christmas…"

At this time when the music world is mourning the loss of Shane MacGowan, MusicRadar looks back on one of his most enduring and beloved achievements

Evening Standard

The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York track battling Wham! and Mariah Carey for top UK chart spot

Shane McCowan's wife hopes the song will top the charts after the singer's death on Thursday

Louder

“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

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan won literary prize as a schoolboy, 1971 article shows

Young Pogue won £10 for his efforts as a teenager

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