Stories about Irish band The Pogues
Growing up as part of The Pogues family, Shannon Murray, daughter of the band’s manager Frank Murray, explains how Fairytale of New York has a poignant meaning for her each Christmas
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The creative director has gone back to his Venetian design roots in a collection full of signature flourishes and playful detailing
What a pleasure to observe the flare-up between the composer and last surviving Dubliner and the drone-folk maestros and bouncy balladeers
Apple Music’s best albums list is a fair reflection of where music is at nowadays. But many fans should prepare to be vexed - it turns out to be a bonfire of the musos
Music promoter, entrepreneur and founder of the Mean Fiddler Group had a favourite mantra: ‘Keep one eye on the till and one eye on the talent’
The Irish in England loved him. And many English in England loved him also
Even as very young children growing up in Tunbridge Wells, we were sure of our roots. Identity is not a postcode, and Shane understood this more than most
As Pogues singer's cortege passed Westland Row only the slow beat of a drum and the lament of an uilleann piper could be heard before the applause began
Funeral featuring some of The Pogues’ greatest hits concludes with The Parting Glass as thousands line streets for singer who died aged 65
Pogues frontman gave lyrical meaning to the tension of an Ireland that demands a complex present while yearning for a simple past
The Pogues’ festive classic was pipped to the UK top spot in 1987 by Pet Shop Boys, but is now in battle for pole position with Wham! and Mariah Carey
London Irish gather to pay tribute to late Pogues frontman who gave voice to their identity
MacGowan told the stories of people on the edges of society. He never shirked from their degradation, pain and humanity while also elevating their lives into something rich, beautiful and mythic
Pogues singer had a deep connection with Tipperary, and some of its pubs, where he said he felt at home
From the archive: In this Irish Times article from 1985, the late singer talks about the ‘Irish ghetto’, the BBC’s Pogues ban, and ‘despair, dullness and sobriety’
Despite the many medical challenges of his final years, he retained an admirably cussed streak to the end
From the archive: How The Irish Times reviewed Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, the band’s second album, in 1985
The Pogues in the early 1980s felt to thousands of second-generation Irish like the answer to an unspoken prayer
From the archive: Brian Kilmartin and Dave Fanning were at the Dublin venues in March and September for the band’s early Irish appearances
Death of Fairytale of New York singer Shane MacGowan: Victoria Mary Clarke says the 'measure of her dreams' has died
A selection of photographs capturing the talented singer’s celebrated music career and life
‘I truly believe that in 100 years from now most of us will be forgotten but Shane’s music is going to be remembered and sung’
Pogues frontman kicked open the door to Irish music for millions who might never have experienced it, instilled pride among the Irish in Britain and made Ireland itself cool
Pogues' frontman's 10 most memorable lines, from Fairytale of New York, Dark Streets of London, Transmetropolitan and more
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