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The Pogues live in the 1980s

Photograph: Brian Rasic

Getty ImagesShane MacGowan – a life in pictures

Shane MacGowan,

musician and songwriter with the Pogues and the Popes

has died aged 65.

Here are snapshots from his brilliant

and at times broken life, both on and off stage

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Thu 30 Nov 2023    13.10 CET

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Sadness and revelry …

Shane MacGowan, right,

and Spider Stacy of the Pogues

in 1987.

Photograph: Stephen Parker

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‘We’d roll joints and watch Netflix with him!’

Irish folk artists on the creative genius of Shane MacGowan

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Sat 2 Dec 2023    01.00 CET

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Shane MacGowan in 1987:

‘His voice was the perfect vehicle for his chaotic, poetic soul.’

Photograph: Steve Pyke

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Shane MacGowan remembered by Nick Cave

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Thu 21 Dec 2023    17.00 CET

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Shane MacGowan   1957-2023

The Pogues    Ireland, UK

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