Interviews
The Pogues ... Sozzled, Broke And Bearing Up
(Jamming 1984)
Me no pop eye
(Sounds, April 1985)
Mac the Mouth
(Sunday Tribune, August 1987)
NME talks to Shane Macgowan, Mark E Smith and Nick Cave
(NME, February 1989)
Spider: Our drunk on stage antics should not be allowed
(Sunday World, July 1991)
Pope of all the Pogues
(Sunday Independent, June 1993)
Ex-Pogue jetzt mit neuer Band
(ZILLO magazine - in German, January 1994)
SHANE & THE POPES
(Friends of Shane Newsletter, 1994)
Roamin' Catholic
(Time Out, September 1994)
Mr. Liverman
(Loaded, October 1994)
ADDER FEW DRINKS - Shane and Johnny Depp
(NME, October 1994)
Shane MacGowan - neuer Start mit neuer Band
(ZILLO magazine - in German, November 1994)
Rebellious Jukebox
(Melody Maker, November 1994)
"I've always been a Johnnie Walker fan" - Shane's diary
(Q magazine, December 1994)
Shaney Mac
(Rock 'n' Reel, Winter 1994)
The Moon, the Gutter and Shane MacGowan
(Extract from The Dark Stuff, 1994)
Five records that changed my life
(Beat (Norway), Feb 1995)
Here Comes A Regular
(Spin Magazine, October 1995)
They said I wouldn't get to 40..Now I'm having the last laugh
(Daily Mirror, August 1996)
The Myth: Shane MacGowan only has 6 months to live
(always) (Q magazine, 1996)
Shane's Fairytale in Tipp
(Evening Herald, December 1996)
Christmas Drinks with Shane
(Evening Herald, December 1996)
Victoria Clarke
(Daily Telegraph, December 1996)
Drink! Feck! Arse!
(Q magazine, November 1997)
15 Pints of Martini and a bag of crisps, please
(Loaded, November 1997)
Yes, he's still alive
(The Guardian, October 1997)
Paddy's Got A Brand New Bag
(The Irish Voice, November 1997)
Out of it in a world of his own
(The Irish Times, November 1997)
Give 'Em Enough Pope
(NME, November 1997)
Shane's Gonna send 'Em Home Sweatin'
(The Irish Post, November 1997)
One more for the road
(Daily Telegraph, November 1997)
Shane MacGowan Interview
(The Irish World, November 1997)
Happy Christmas to me
(The Irish Post, December 1997)
Citizen Shane
(RTE Guide, December 1997)
Question and Answer
(The Band, January 1998)
Papal Indulgence
(Rock 'n' Reel, Winter 1997)
Croak of gold
(The Sunday Business Post, March 1998)
The Crock Of Gold
(ZILLO magazine - in German, February 1998)
Religion in Rock
(Q magazine, May 1998)
Waiting for MacGowan
(Rock 'n' Reel, Spring 1998)
Hellraiser
(The Irish Post, June 1998)
Shane: I Wuz Robbed
(The Irish Voice, June 1998)
Shane on Wine
(Stuff, June 1998)
The Mighty Mac
(The Irish Voice, June 1999)
A journey down Vatican Row
(Rira, March 2000)
MacGowan's St. Pat's Return
(Rolling Stone, March 2001)
Playboy.com Bellies Up to the Bard
(Playboy.com, April 2001)
Dealing with His Leprechauns
(Concert Live Wire, March 2003)
Saint Shane’s First Letter to the Internetians
(Dickon Edwards Blog, November 2006)
Biographies
Demons who kiss Shane
(The Independent, January 1990)
Rogue Awakenings
(Tucson Weekly, September 1995)
It's a long way from Tipperary
(Vox, December 1997)
Rebel Yell
(The Irish Post, September 1998)
News Articles
Pogues again fail to top charts
(Evening Press, December 1987)
The Pogues fall from grace with government
(NME, November 1988)
Pogue MacGowan Cup For Tipperary
(Evening Press, September 1989)
Ex-Pogue alive and well and living in Ireland
(The Star, 1993)
Shane's new TV sozzle shocker
(The Star, May 1995)
Fight
(NME, June 1995)
SHANE AND POPES REPLACE DYLAN AT FLEADH '97
(NME, June 1997)
Crock this! Shane hit by fans
(News Of The World, December 1997)
Peelers pull Pope in 'Pool...
(NME, December 1997)
A night for real jokers in city of peace
(Evening Herald, April 1998)
Wild McGowan praises killer 'Mad Dog'
(Sunday World, April 1998)
Ex-Pogue MacGowan Disappoints After Cologne Spree
(Reuters Ltd, April 1998)
Shane's sister & parents get into act
(Irish Voice, March 1998)
Shane MacGowan tells his story
(Cybersleaze, April 1998)
Sinead Shops Shane
(The Sun, November 1999)
Ex-Pogue rogue gets upstaged
(The Dallas Morning News, November 2000)
Album / Book / Video Reviews
Red Roses For Me / Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
(Q magazine)
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
(Q magazine)
BP Fallon goes mad for the new LP from the Pogues: their 'Peace And Love'
(The Sunday Tribune, July 1989)
Hell's Ditch
(Q magazine)
The Best Of The Rest
(Q magazine)
Der wilde Hund ist wieder da!
(WOM (German), 1994)
Kick Asp Rock 'n' Roll
(NME, October 1994)
Serpentine Gentlemen, Please
(Melody Maker, October 1994)
Review of The Snake
(The Irish Times , November 1994)
In Praise of Shane
(Irish Newspaper, November 1994)
Review of The Snake
(Q magazine, December 1994)
Shane MacGowan Lives
(44.1KHz web archive, 1995)
Review of The Snake
(The Vancouver Sun, January 1995)
Review of The Snake
(Philadelphia Inquiror, July 1995)
Review of The Snake
(The Santa Fe New Mexican, July 1995)
Review of The Snake
(Newsday, July 1995)
Review of The Snake
(Asbury Park Press, July 1995)
Review of The Snake
(The Austin American-Statesman, July 1995)
Shane MacGowan and the Popes, The Snake, 4 Stars
(Rolling Stone, 1995)
MACGOWAN MAKES SIMPLE IRISH CLASSIC
(The San Francisco Chronicle, August 1995)
Review of The Snake
(The Dayton Daily News, August 1995)
Steve Earle / Shane MacGowan
(The Village Voice, August 1995)
Review of The Snake
(The Courier-Journal, August 1995)
MacGowan harsh in solo debut
(Star Tribune, August 1995)
Review of The Snake
(Washington Post, August 1995)
Review of The Snake
(People magazine, August 1995)
Ex-Pogue Revives A Dismal Career
(The Snake) (The Record, August 1995)
Liquor, Lust and Adventure
(Mr. Showbiz, 1995)
Shane MacGowan gets the drinks in (ZTT, September 1997)
Review of The Crock of Gold
(Daily Telegraph, October 1997)
The Genius of Mad Dog MacGowan - a review of The Crock of Gold
(Jim McCool, October 1997)
Lonesome Highway - a review
(Melody Maker, November 1997)
Lonesome Highway - a review
(NME, November 1997)
Review of The Crock of Gold
(Boston Globe, November 1997)
Review of The Crock of Gold
(The Times, November 1997)
The Crock of Gold
(NME, November 1997)
Gold Bars
(Hot Press, November 1997)
Review of The Crock of Gold
(Q magazine, December 1997)
He Will Not Go Gently: MacGowan Defies Time with his Most Daring Album Yet
(Irish Voice, January 1998)
A Dutch review of Crock of Gold
(muziekkrant Oor, January 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Einblick - in German, March 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Plärrer Stadtmagazin - in German, April 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Cocktail - in German, April 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Intro - in German, April 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Spinal Column, April 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Hotline - in German, May 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Coolibri - in German, May 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Magascene - in German, May 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Kölner Stadtanzeiger - in German, May 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Rolling Stone - in German, May 1998)
The Crock of Gold
(Bild - in German, May 1998)
Junkyard Angels (IISFFGWG)
(Hot Press, October 1999)
THE POPES - Holloway Boulevard (Snapper Music)
(Rira, March 2000)
Drinking in Shane's words
(The Irish Times, March 2001)
Shane MacGowan gets the drinks in
(The Guardian, March 2001)
Extract from 'A Drink with Shane MacGowan'
(The Guardian, March 2001)
Double Shot of Celtic Soul
(Book Magazine, March 2001)
The sound and the fury
(The Guardian, April 2001)
Capturing the Whirling Life of Shane Macgowan
(The Age, July 2002)
Wurzburg Review
(Main Echo - in German, January 2003)
Rock 'n' Roll Paddy
(Seattle Weekly, March 2003)
Troubled Life of Pogues Singer on TV
(CNN, March 2003)
Gig Reviews
Plastered in Paris
(Melody Maker 1991)
Popes, Pogues and Shane
(Evening Press 1993)
"The Grand", London, St. Patrick's Night 1994
(May 1994, ZILLO magazine - in German)
If Shane should fall from grace with God
(Sunday Tribune, June 1994)
Zillo Festival, Durmersheim, June 17th + 18th
(July 1994, ZILLO magazine - in German)
At the Olympia Theatre, Dublin 1994
(November 1994, Evening Press)
Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
(Beat (Norway), Feb 1995)
Energic Irish Drunk
(Bergens Tidende, Feb 1995)
What...Me?
(Beat (Norway), Feb 1995)
MacGowan with all sails set
(Bergens Tidende, Feb 1995)
On the whiskey-wave (Norwegian)
(Bergens Tidende, Feb 1995)
Shane MacGowan Alive and Well....
(Viper Room, Hollywood, May 1995)
Heineken Music Festival 1995
Tramps, New York, NY 8/9/95
(August 1995, MTV online)
Menace to Sobriety - Shane MacGowan slurs through the motions
(Daily Californian, August 1995)
REELIN' AND A-ROCKIN' - SHANE STYLE
(Los Angeles Times, August 1995)
MacGowan's new band reel through raucous set that deleivers the goods
(Chicago Tribune, August 1995)
Singer At Home In Avalon's 'Irish Pub'
(Boston Herald, August 1995)
Shane MacGowan back with sound and fury
(Boston Globe, August 1995)
Oh What a Shane
(Toronto Sun, August 1995)
No shame in Shane's soggy show
(The Vancouver Sun, August 1995)
MacGowan wows sell-out crowd
(Denver Post, November 1995)
Ex-Pogue wild spirit blasts into Philly with his popes
(An Scathan, December 1995)
Between love and bait
(The Times, December 1996)
Astoria, London 13. Dezember 1996
(ZILLO magazine's review of the Christmas '96 gig
(in German)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
(Irish Times, December 1996)
Irish Booze Circus
(Tid & Sted, May 1997, Norway)
Millstreet festival, Co. Cork, Ireland
(FOS newsletter, June 1997)
Guinness Fleadh '97, London and New York
(FOS newsletter, June 1997)
Live at the "Mean Fiddler" Dublin, Thursday 18th September 1997
Popemart (Hot Press, October 1997)
Newcastle Riverside
(FOS, December 4th 1997)
Nottingham Rock City
(FOS, December 8th 1997)
Reading Alleycat
(FOS, December 10th 1997)
Come back, Shane - Norwich Waterfront December 11th
(The Times, December 1997)
Going Wild - Cork
(Cork Examiner, March 1998)
Dublin - Paddy's Day
(FOS, March 1998)
MacGowan and fans for Shinrone once again
(Irish Times, March 1998)
Fleadh fun in the sun
(Cork Examiner, March 1998)
The Father Of Fleadh Ex-Pogue MacGowan gives traditional Irish festival a modern twist
(SF Chronicle, June 1998)
House of Blues, 6/29/98
(LA Times, June 1998)
Mean Fiddler
(FOS, September 1998)
Singer's fightback fails to disguise his fall from grace
(The Guardian, March 1999)
Eire Apparent (Fleadh 99)
(Village Voice, July 1999)
Guinness fest taps Irish sound (Fleadh 99)
(Boston Herald, June 1999)
Even sans Van, Fleadh was great fun (Fleadh 99)
(Boston Globe, June 1999)
Guinness Fleadh Concert Serves Up Intoxicating Sounds
(SonicNet, June 1999)
House of Blues 1999
(LA Times, June 1999)
Fleadhless performances in Finsbury
(Irish World, July 1999)
Lazy, sunny afternoon (Fleadh)
(The Guardian, July 1999)
The Forum, London December 99
(The Guardian, December 1999)
Kiss the Pope's Ring
(Metro Times, November 2000)
La Zona Rosa, November 2000
(The Austin Chronicle, December 2000)
Irving Plaza, N.Y. December 2000
( Rolling Stone, December 2000)
Irving Plaza (November 2000)
(New York Press, December 2000)
Saturday, March 31, - Vic Theatre, Chicago
(The Illinois Entertainer, March 2001)
February 2, 2004 - Shane MacGowan at the Boogaloo
(Virtual-Festivals.com Ltd, February 2004)
The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 - Part 1
(Sunday Independent, 11th September 2005)
The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 - Part 2
(Sunday Independent, 11th September 2005)
The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 - Part 3
(Sunday Independent, 11th September 2005)
The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 - Part 4
(Sunday Independent, 11th September 2005)
The Pogues Reunion Japan 2005 - Part 5
(Sunday Independent, 11th September 2005)
Survivors
(Boston Globe, March 5th 2006)
General
Under the Influence
(Rolling Stone, November 1989)
Interview with Spider Stacy in German from 1990
Say It's Your Birthday: Annie Lennox, Shane MacGowan & More
(Addicted to Noise, December 1995)
Who wants some Pulp with their fiction? Filthy MacNasty's Whiskey cafe
(The Times, Feb 1996)
Yeats rock album is pure poetry
(Daily Telegraph, January 1997)
Letter
(Irish Post, November 1997)
Wall of Sound
(Irish Post, January 1998)
The Pogues "Straight To Hell": Alex Cox
(Neon 1997)
A man of many words and few teeth
(The Guardian, March 2000)
Death In Shane's Orbit
(Sunday Independent, March 2000)
Punk rings true, renewed
(The Boston Globe, December 2000)
Pals' Fears For Stars Health After Concert
(The Mirror (Irish Edition), March 2001)
S Niall inside view
(Paddy Rolling Stone Forum), March 2004)
How Danny Pope got out of the band
(Paddy Rolling Stone Forum), March 2004)
Mick O'Connell tells the truth
(Paddy Rolling Stone Forum), March 2004)
Shane MacGowan’s Management Blasted By Fans And Family
(ChartAttack.com Staff), March 2004)
Fans, Father Petition MacGowan To Dump Management
(Billboard.com), March 2004)
Shane MacGowan – online petition to drop manager
(ri-ra.co.uk), March 2004)
Shane’s Crusade
(www.irishabroad.com), March 2004)
The father, the son and the unholy row
(Hot Press), March 11, 2004)
MacGowan's fairytale is still attainable Part 1
(Sunday Business Post), March 14, 2004)
MacGowan's fairytale is still attainable Part 2
(Sunday Business Post), March 14, 2004)
Father begs MacGowan to fire Manager Part 1
(Sunday Times), March 14, 2004)
Father begs MacGowan to fire Manager Part 2
(Sunday Times), March 14, 2004)
Harsh words from a pope Part 1
(Hot Press), March 25, 2004)
Harsh words from a pope Part 2
(Hot Press), March 25, 2004)
'I'm clean as a whistle' says drug-free Shane
(Evening Herald), April 6, 2004)
A Drug Addict - Part 1
(Irish Mirror), April 6, 2004)
A Drug Addict - Part 2
(Irish Mirror), April 6, 2004)
You Need Help Boy - Part 1
(Irish Mirror), April 17, 2004)
You Need Help Boy - Part 2
(Irish Mirror), April 17, 2004)
Clean Break - Part 1
(Sunday Independent), June 27, 2004)
Clean Break - Part 2
(Sunday Independent), June 27, 2004)
Clean Break - Part 3
(Sunday Independent), June 27, 2004)
Clean Break - Part 4
(Sunday Independent), June 27, 2004)
Clean Break - Part 5
(Sunday Independent), June 27, 2004)
Shane My Secret 'Son' 1
(Irish Mirror, July 2004)
Shane My Secret 'Son' 2
(Irish Mirror, July 2004)
Shane My Secret 'Son' 3
(Irish Mirror, July 2004)
Shane returns to paradise
(RICHARD PURDEN (The Scotsman)), July 2004)
Shane MacGowan on the road to paradise
(ri-ra.co.uk, July 2004)
I did it for Ireland and the Money, nothing else - Part 1
(Hot Press, 11th August 2004)
I did it for Ireland and the Money, nothing else - Part 2
(Hot Press, 11th August 2004)
I did it for Ireland and the Money, nothing else - Part 3
(Hot Press, 11th August 2004)
I did it for Ireland and the Money, nothing else - Part 4
(Hot Press, 11th August 2004)
'Pluto' was out of this world but Shane got blotto for breakfast - Part 1
(Sunday Independent 15.01.2006)
'Pluto' was out of this world but Shane got blotto for breakfast - Part 2
(Sunday Independent 15.01.2006)
Cops to quiz Shane over how passport was found on 'hot money' suspect
(Evening Herald 25.01.2006)
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