Shane MacGowan

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was an Irish-British musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He was also a member of the Nipple Erectors and Shane MacGowan and the Popes, as well as producing his own solo material.

In the summer of 2015, MacGowan fell as he was leaving a Dublin studio, breaking his pelvis. MacGowan used a wheelchair after the accident.
Following years of deteriorating health, he died of pneumonia in 30 November 2023, aged 65.

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Other websites

Official Shane MacGowan website

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