
The Pogues: "Fontaines D.C. are carrying their own torch and Kneecap are without precedent"
The surviving members talk to NME about their 2025 tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of 'Rum Sodomy & The Lash’, playing without Shane MacGowan, their memories of the late frontman, telling “herrenvolk shite" Laurence Fox where to go, and the culture wars around 'Fairytale Of New York'

The Pogues announce 2025 UK and Ireland tour celebrating 40 years of 'Rum Sodomy & The Lash'
The dates mark the band's first UK headline tour in 13 years

‘Baby Reindeer’ creator Richard Gadd opens up about how his favourite band The Pogues inspired him
"They’ve inspired me so much"

Bruce Springsteen honours Shane MacGowan with The Pogues cover in Ireland
He began his set in Kilkenny with a cover of 'A Rainy Night In Soho'

Shane MacGowan's wife is searching for his missing Easter Rising rifle which "meant so much to him"
The firearm was a 60th birthday gift to MacGowan from singer-songwriter Glen Hansard

Watch Sinéad O'Connor’s daughter perform emotional cover of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ at New York tribute show
Cat Power, Billy Bragg and Imelda May also participated in the 'Sinéad & Shane At Carnegie Hall' event

Ricky Wilson says Shane MacGowan once smoked crack from an apple on Kaiser Chiefs' rider
"I thought: 'Good for you, Shane, one of your five a day!'" Wilson said before he realised what MacGowan was doing

The Pogues' Spider Stacy pays tribute to Shane MacGowan: "Heroes live forever"
The Pogues musician described his former bandmate as a "towering figure" and "genius"

Shane MacGowan's widow speaks out on entering grief therapy: "It can hit you like a tornado"
She opened up about her struggle with loss in a new social media update

Watch The Pogues' Spider Stacy and The Mary Wallopers perform 'Streams Of Whiskey' in honour of Shane MacGowan
They paid tribute to the late frontman on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny