Shane Macgowan News

 
The Aftermath and Shane MacGowan release unofficial Ireland Euro 2012 anthem
Irish Post
An unofficial Ireland Euro 2012 anthem starring Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan will be released this week. The track, by the Cronin brother's from Irish band The Aftermath, is a tribute to the Republic of Ireland football team who are competing in the ...


 
Irish Independent
Review: Music: Here Comes Everybody – The Story of The Pogues by James Fearnley
Irish Independent
In January 2010 I agreed to join Shane MacGowan's new band. For six months I heard nothing until one Wednesday morning in June when I got a call from his friend and keyboardist Sarge to say we had a gig that weekend at a festival in Cavan.


 
Yorkshire Post
Football anthem that's set to score for Ireland
Yorkshire Post
A group of musicians have teamed up with Shane MacGowan to record a song for Ireland's Euro 2012 campaign. Chris Bond reports. THERE have been some cracking footballing anthems over the years. New Order's World in Motion, featuring a memorable rap from ...


 
Irish Times
Pogue and tell, warts and all
Irish Times
After a decade in which they had allowed themselves to be brought to the brink of commercial no-man's-land by their frontman, Shane MacGowan, James Fearnley and the rest of The Pogues had called a meeting. There was only one item on the agenda: the ...


 
Chicago Gaelic Park presents Irish Fest 2012
SouthtownStar
Streams of Whiskey is a New York City-based band playing the music of Shane MacGowan, the Pogues and the Popes. In this regard, it makes Streams of Whiskey unique because the formula is to take MacGowan's and the Popes' songs and play them in the style ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Power without passion - the party needs a little punk
Sydney Morning Herald
The Pogues, a filthy and soulful Celtic-punk group, are led by the legendary misfit Shane MacGowan, a sort of toothless angel who's seen his fair share of pain and pubs and happened to write some of the most memorable music of the past quarter-century ...

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Brisbane Times
the party needs a little punk
Brisbane Times
The Pogues, a filthy and soulful Celtic-punk group, are led by the legendary misfit Shane MacGowan, a sort of toothless angel who's seen his fair share of pain and pubs and happened to write some of the most memorable music of the past quarter-century ...

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