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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (Pembury, 25 December 1957 – Dublin, 30 November 2023) was an Irish singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. He often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences.

Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan joined the punk band The Nipple Erectors before founding the Pogues in 1982. He drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote the Christmas hit singles "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. Other notable songs he performed with The Pogues include "Dirty Old Town", "Sally MacLennane" and "The Irish Rover". In the following years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums including their most critically acclaimed album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988), which also marked the high point of the band's commercial success.

After The Pogues fired MacGowan for unprofessional behaviour mid-tour, he formed a new band, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In 2001, MacGowan rejoined The Pogues for reunion shows and remained with the group until 2014. MacGowan produced his own solo material and collaborated with artists such as The Dubliners, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor and Ronnie Drew. Throughout his life MacGowan suffered physically from years of binge drinking. In 2001, MacGowan coauthored the autobiographical book A Drink with Shane MacGowan with his then partner, later wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

MacGowan depicted in the painting Boy from the County Hell by Brian Whelan

 

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It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU). Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged in November. He made his last public statement on November 16, 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". MacGowan died, at home with his wife by his side, on 30 November 2023.

Following MacGowan's death, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, said: "Shane will be remembered as one of music’s greatest lyricists. So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have deprived us of the opportunity to hear him sing them. The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams - of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from."

   

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Mark Knopfler - 75 anos...!

    

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.

    

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Shane MacGowan nasceu há 66 anos...

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (Pembury, 25 December 1957 – Dublin, 30 November 2023) was an Irish singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. He often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences.

Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan joined the punk band The Nipple Erectors before founding the Pogues in 1982. He drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote the Christmas hit singles "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. Other notable songs he performed with The Pogues include "Dirty Old Town", "Sally MacLennane" and "The Irish Rover". In the following years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums including their most critically acclaimed album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988), which also marked the high point of the band's commercial success.

After The Pogues fired MacGowan for unprofessional behaviour mid-tour, he formed a new band, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In 2001, MacGowan rejoined The Pogues for reunion shows and remained with the group until 2014. MacGowan produced his own solo material and collaborated with artists such as The Dubliners, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor and Ronnie Drew. Throughout his life MacGowan suffered physically from years of binge drinking. In 2001, MacGowan coauthored the autobiographical book A Drink with Shane MacGowan with his then partner, later wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

MacGowan depicted in the painting Boy from the County Hell by Brian Whelan

 

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It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU). Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged in November. He made his last public statement on November 16, 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". MacGowan died, at home with his wife by his side, on 30 November 2023.

Following MacGowan's death, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, said: "Shane will be remembered as one of music’s greatest lyricists. So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have deprived us of the opportunity to hear him sing them. The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams - of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from."

   

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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (Pembury, 25 December 1957 – Dublin, 30 November 2023) was an Irish singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. He often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences.

Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan joined the punk band The Nipple Erectors before founding the Pogues in 1982. He drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote the Christmas hit singles "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. Other notable songs he performed with The Pogues include "Dirty Old Town", "Sally MacLennane" and "The Irish Rover". In the following years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums including their most critically acclaimed album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988), which also marked the high point of the band's commercial success.

After The Pogues fired MacGowan for unprofessional behaviour mid-tour, he formed a new band, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In 2001, MacGowan rejoined The Pogues for reunion shows and remained with the group until 2014. MacGowan produced his own solo material and collaborated with artists such as The Dubliners, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor and Ronnie Drew. Throughout his life MacGowan suffered physically from years of binge drinking. In 2001, MacGowan coauthored the autobiographical book A Drink with Shane MacGowan with his then partner, later wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

MacGowan depicted in the painting Boy from the County Hell by Brian Whelan

 

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It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU). Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged in November. He made his last public statement on November 16, 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". MacGowan died, at home with his wife by his side, on 30 November 2023.

Following MacGowan's death, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, said: "Shane will be remembered as one of music’s greatest lyricists. So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have deprived us of the opportunity to hear him sing them. The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams - of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from."

   

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Mark Knopfler - 74 anos...!

    

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.

    

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Shane MacGowan faz hoje 65 anos

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, popularmente conhecido como Shane MacGowan (Tunbridge Wells, 25 de dezembro de 1957) é um músico irlandês, cantor e compositor da banda britânica The Pogues.

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Mark Knopfler - 73 anos...!

    

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.

    

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Shane MacGowan faz hoje 64 anos

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, popularmente conhecido como Shane MacGowan (Tunbridge Wells, 25 de dezembro de 1957) é um músico irlandês, cantor e compositor da banda britânica The Pogues.

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Mark Knopfler - 72 anos

    

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.

    

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Shane MacGowan, cantor e compositor dos The Pogues, faz hoje 63 anos

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, popularmente conhecido como Shane MacGowan (Tunbridge Wells, 25 de dezembro de 1957) é um músico irlandês, cantor e compositor da banda britânica The Pogues.

Na pintura Boy From The County Hell, de Brian Whelan

   

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Mark Knopfler - 71 anos

   

Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico da banda de rock Dire Straits. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido, principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
  

     

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Dolores O'Riordan nasceu há 48 anos

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan Burton (Limerick, 6 de setembro de 1971 - Londres, 15 de janeiro de 2018), mais conhecida como Dolores O'Riordan, foi uma cantora irlandesa. Era a vocalista da banda The Cranberries, a quem deu notoriedade, embora tenha estado fora da banda entre 2003 e 2009. Foi mãe de três filhos (Taylor, nascido em 11 de novembro de 1997, Molly, nascida a 27 de janeiro de 2001 e Dakota Rain, a 10 de abril de 2005) e tem ainda um enteado, filho do primeiro casamento de Don Burton, o seu marido desde 1994.

  

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Dolores O'Riordan faleceu inesperadamente no dia 15 de janeiro de 2018, aos 46 anos, enquanto estava em Londres, Inglaterra, para uma sessão de gravação. A perícia demonstrou que ela morreu por overdose de fentanil. Porém, a causa real da morte só foi revelada de acordo com o laudo médico no dia do seu 47º aniversário, em 6 de setembro de 2018. Dolores havia consumido uma quantidade grande de bebida alcoólica, sofreu uma intoxicação e morreu afogada na banheira do quarto.

   

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Mark Knopfler faz hoje setenta anos!

Mark Knopfler (Glasgow, Escócia, 12 de agosto de 1949 ) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositor britânico. Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante idolatrado principalmente pelo seu estilo alternativo de tocar. É mais conhecido pelo seu trabalho com a extinta banda Dire Straits, que liderou de 1978 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall de Londres. Paralelamente, lançou álbuns a solo, o seu primeiro foi Golden Heart de 1996, poucas cópias dele em CD foram produzidas, sendo, hoje, raríssimas. Escreveu também algumas bandas sonoras e criou ainda uma outra banda: The Notting Hillbillies. Participou também no trabalho de outros artistas, como Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton e B. B. King, e produziu álbuns para Tina Turner, Randy Newman e, novamente, Dylan. Ao longo da sua carreira, fez mais de quatrocentos concertos em mais de trinta países, além de ser considerado um dos melhores guitarristas e compositores de todos os tempos. Apesar de canhoto, ele toca como destro, e de uma forma totalmente inovadora: toca com a combinação principalmente do polegar, do indicador e do dedo médio, sem o uso de palheta.

Foi considerado o 44º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.
     

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Shane MacGowan, o vocalista da banda The Pogues, faz hoje 60 anos!

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, popularmente conhecido como Shane MacGowan (Tunbridge Wells, 25 de dezembro de 1957) é um músico irlandês, cantor e compositor da banda britânica The Pogues.

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