Shane MacGowan death: The Pogues frontman was a chaotic hellraiser and a natural storyteller
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He was on a crusade: inside Julien Temple's new Shane MacGowan doc
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A Furious Devotion: Capturing the chaotic life and times of Irish rock's hellraiser
The Pogues' Frontman and 'Fairytale of New York' Singer Shane MacGowan's Cause of Death Revealed
Shane MacGowan's Fairytale Of New York was centre of controversy
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Shane MacGowan on what he really thinks of Fairytale of New York
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Shane MacGowan dead - latest: Pogues singer known for Fairytale of New York dies as tributes paid
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Shane MacGowan: the poet-musician of dereliction who became a mythic figure, Shane MacGowan
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Rockers React to the Death of The Pogues' Shane MacGowan
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Shane MacGowan: 10 funny, sad stories
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