The singer was hospitalised with encephalitis last monthThe post The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan gives New Year’s health update appeared first on NME.

MacGowan's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, told fans not to get "too worried" about the hospitalisation, and assured them that "he'll be fine" The post Shane MacGowan of The Pogues admitted to hospital appeared first on NME.

"'Fairytale of New York' is quite possibly the best Christmas song ever, and so we are honored to have a Pogue on tin whistle and vocals," So So Glos frontman Alex Levine saysThe post Spider Stacy of the Pogues joins the So So Glos on new Christmas song appeared first on NME.

Singer Shane MacGowan remembers him as “great friend and a great bass player”The post The Pogues bassist Darryl Hunt dies aged 72 appeared first on NME.

Early next year, Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, will release a new collection of cover songs, plus a few updated versions of her own tracks. Leading up to the release of Covers, she shared reworks of the Pogues’ “Pair Of Brown Eyes,” Frank Ocean’s “Bad Religion,” and “Pa Pa Pow...