The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs. By Gavin Edwards Shane MacGowan, the principal ...

Known as “The Clobberer,” he pounded out driving rhythms that fueled the band’s boisterous blend of traditional Irish music, ...

LONDON — 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, died Thursday, his family said. He ...

Programme maker Mike Glennon remembers Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken, a member of the band for four decades, who has died aged 72.

When I was a kid, in those days before streaming services, my dad would insist on playing the oldies station every time we were in the car. At the time, it drove me nuts, but later I realized he had ...

Andrew Ranken, drummer and founding member of English Celtic punk band the Pogues, has died, the band announced on social media. He was 72.

"They Gave The Walls A Talking" at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum explores the evolution of The Pogues and pays tribute to the late Shane MacGowan. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin has ...

While the band did not reveal a cause of death, in a separate post, Victoria Mary Clarke, the widow of the band’s late singer ...