The Pogues have a special relationship with Glasgow. The celebrated band will make their return to Glasgow in May after an almost 12 year hiatus from the city.

Shane MacGowan’s bandmates have defended his legacy (Picture: Phillip Massey/FilmMagic) Shane MacGowan’s bandmates from The Pogues have defended the late singer against an ‘insulting ...

There’s a strange incongruity there – but that is the Pogues at their core. Shane MacGowan, of The Pogues, in 2009 – the band is currently touring the UK nearly two years after his death ...

The loss of Shane MacGowan is impossible to ignore. But to see his genius living on without him is a gift.

This is a very different band to the Pogues of 40 years ago, with Shane MacGowan, the band’s talisman and a songwriter of rare brilliance, having died in November 2023. Only three original Pogues are ...

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Last December she used the power of music to celebrate the life of her friend and colleague Shane Macgowan. “I performed for seven Christmases with Shane in my Sharon Shannon Big Band so I ...

I hear some Dropkick Murphys’ gang-vocal style, a bit of Shane MacGowan’s folk punk streak, and a hint of guitar tone reminiscent of “I Melt With You”-era Modern English, all of these ...

following the death of Shane MacGowan), the Hold Steady, the Front Bottoms, the Academy Is…, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, the newly reunited Texas Is The Reason, Knuckle Puck, the Wonder ...