For most people, the Pogues’ Christmas classic “Fairytale of New York” brings holiday cheer. But for the sister of late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, it’s the opposite. Siobhan MacGowan spoke to Sky ...

Shane MacGowan, the hard-drinking frontman for Irish punk band The Pogues, has died. He was 65 years old. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death Thursday morning. No official cause of ...

It’s that time of year again – no, we’re not talking about filling our homes with gaudy Christmas decorations and watching endless reruns of Nigella’s Christmas cookery shows and every version of A ...

The wild rover! As you’ll read in this new magazine, which is out tomorrow, an encounter with The Pogues was not easily ...

Record producer Steve Lillywhite has gone back to an archive recording of Fairytale of New York at the Glasgow Barrowland and restored the live version, which will be released for the first time next ...

Elvis Costello loved the Pogues in the 1980s. The band’s opinions of Costello, however, were mixed. Bassist Cait O’Riordan began a 16-year relationship with Costello after he produced the beloved ...

While The Pogues were already well known in London and Dublin, Shane MacGowan’s roots in the area gave the night the feel of a homecoming. His mother’s family came from nearby Carney and he had spent ...

The Pogues’ unique arrangements of age-old Irish and English tunes helped break the band worldwide — “The Irish Rover,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” and “Dirty Old Town.” The fresh take on a catalog of ...