Shane MacGowan, a legendary Irish singer and songwriter who was the frontman for the band ‘The Pogues’, has reportedly died at the age of 65. The punk rocker reportedly died of pneumonia. The New York Times reports on his death. Shane MacGowan, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest
The New York Times reports on his death…
Shane MacGowan, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power of punk rock, died on Thursday in Dublin.
