Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, has died.

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 – Twin Cities

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 – WUTR/WFXV –

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The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies at age 65

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 – Butler Eagle

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 –

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 – Butler Eagle

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 – Twin Cities

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65 - Newsday

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65