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Shane MacGowan, fast-living, hard-drinking frontman of Irish folk punk band the Pogues – obituary

MacGowan, 19, as editor of punk rock magazine Bondage, in 1977 – Sydney O’Meara/Getty Images Shane MacGowan, who has died aged 65, was the fierce, hard-working frontman of the Pogues; He was revered for his dark, brutal yet lyrical vision of Irish life, as well as his excessive consumption of alcohol. His growling vocals, emerging… Read More »