Shane MacGowan Dies 🙁

[smudgersmissingleg]

Lead singer and songwriter for The Pogues has died aged 65. I knew he wasn't well but the last thing I read said he hoped to get out of hospital by Christmas. He did look very ill in the photos, though.

He'll be much missed by a great many people, not least his good mate Johnny Depp.

RIP

 

[Kobold]

Oh wow. I guess it’s not too much of a shocker because he’s been sick for a while but that’s a bummer for sure. RIP.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Oh wow. I guess it’s not too much of a shocker because he’s been sick for a while but that’s a bummer for sure. RIP.

Yeah, all that hard living finally caught up with him. Like you said, it didn't really come as a shock. Sad news, though.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I was never a big fan but guy could sing.
Back when Sinead died I posted a video of the song they did together.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

RIP Shane, perhaps the greatest Irish-Londoner.

 

[geoffs]

Gotta spin Fairytale of New York a few extra times this Christmas...

 

[bullet08]

He shouldn't have gotten them dentures. He lived hard and left a ton of treasure. RIP.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I saw them play back at a bar back in college in the 80's. I hadn't realized that they were still producing music.
RIP

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Gotta spin Fairytale of New York a few extra times this Christmas...

Yeah, I went and listened to it a couple of times, today. Sad to think that both Shane and Kirsty MacColl are now deceased.

 

[kcghost]

Never heard of him. R.I.P.

 

[warren]

RIP indeed!

 

[anotherbob]

Feck

 

[andrew]

RIP. Guy was living on borrowed time for the last 35 years probably. Together with Kirsty MacColl again. Just found this out seeing this post. Hits hard man

 

[Waning Embers]

Never heard of him. R.I.P.

Same, R.I.P.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Not a shocker, but a bummer nonetheless.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

RIP. Guy was living on borrowed time for the last 35 years probably. Together with Kirsty MacColl again. Just found this out seeing this post. Hits hard man

That's a really good song. I'd never heard it before. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ADKPiper]

RIP
Honestly this news pales in comparison to the news every day for the last several decades that he was still alive.
RIP