He slammed it as ‘an abuse of what mass is and what the Catholic funeral liturgy is all about’. A priest has slammed Irish music legend Shane MacGowan’s funeral mass that took place last Friday in Nenagh in Tipperary as “completely inappropriate” and “a scandal”. Several artist friends of MacGowan’s – including Aidan Gillen, Bob Geldof, Glen Hansard, Imelda […]
1 year ago
The band took to Twitter to voice their displeasure with the article. On Thursday (30 November), the news broke that Irish music legend Shane MacGowan had passed away at the age of 65 – sparking a massive wave of tributes online to honour the Pogues’ frontman. However, one particular piece of writing about MacGowan published in the wake of […]
1 year ago
‘I could’ve been someone, well so could anyone’ Shane MacGowan lead singer of the celebrated band The Pogues has sadly died aged 65 Lead singer of the raucous band The Pogues Shane MacGowan has sadly died aged 65. The singer was released from hospital just last week after spending several weeks in hospital. One of […]
2 years ago
Produced by Johnny Depp, the documentary has already picked up some major awards at festivals around the world. 2020 is turning out to be a bit of a bumper year for documentaries about Irish musical legends, between the imminent arrival of the Thin Lizzy doc, and now a look into the life of the lead […]
5 years ago
