News about Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan's widow Victoria Mary Clark returned to social media with a beaming snap on board a yacht on Tuesday, nine months after the singer's death. The Pogues frontman passed away aged 65 in November 2023 in Dublin surrounded by his family after battling viral encephalitis. Journalist Victoria, 58, used her trip on the water as a metaphor and revealed that she'd been navigating through 'deep turbulent waters' since her beloved husband's death.

Shane MacGowan's widow (left) has opened up about the 'unglamorous' side of being with The Pogues singer and how they survived infidelity in their relationship of almost 40 years. Victoria Mary Clarke (right), 58, from Dublin, first met her late husband when she was 16 years old at the Royal Oak pub in North London in December 1982. The couple - who had a eight year age difference - began dating in 1986 and married in 2018, celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary just days before Shane died last year.  Appearing on the latest episode of the What a Woman podcast , Victoria spoke about their on-and-off relationship and how Shane would be regularly attacked on the streets of London at the height of his fame. Opening up about their early relationship, Victoria (inset, with Shane) - who is an artist and writer - explained: 'My life changed completely when I met him and it was like this missing piece of my life has arrived.'

Victoria Mary Clarke (left, with Shane MacGowan), 58, from Dublin, first met her late husband when she was 16 years old at the The Royal Oak pub in North London in December 1982. The couple - who had a eight year age difference - began dating in 1986 and married in 2018. Appearing on an upcoming episode of the What a Woman podcast , the Irish journalist (right) has spoken about their early relationship and her grief since Shane's death at the age of 65 in November 2023. Discussing the beginning of their 40-year love story, Victoria (inset) recalled in a teaser clip on Instagram : 'Everything about him was so magnetic and so charismatic. My life changed completely. It was like the missing piece of my life has arrived.'

Although most students are well-behaved and more interested in eating healthily than 'getting smashed', there is an 'epidemic of mental illness' spreading throughout, The Secret Lecturer reveals in a new book. Financing issues are causing standards to be 'obliterated' while universities are striking murky million pound deals with 'arms dealers, fossil fuel companies and foreign dictatorships'. Some lecturers are taking books and films that represent slavery, sexual assault and suicide off the syllabus out of fear they might upset some hypersensitive students. 'But a representation of something terrible is not a moral validation of it - quite the contrary,' they say. 'We're back to that dilemma of needing to protect the welfare of students but also requiring them to recognise that the world is nasty, unfair and violent - and that a good deal of great art reflects that.'

The widow of late singer Shane MacGowan has issued an appeal after a gun belonging to the tragic star has 'likely been stolen'. Victoria Mary Clarke, who was by his side when he passed away last November, said it was a 'historically significant' rifle that had been used in the 1916 Easter Rising. London-born punk Shane's parents were both from Ireland and he considered himself a fervent Irish Republican.

People in Dublin and London have been seen wearing shamrock-shaped sunglasses, Irish jerseys, and leprechaun hats to mark St Patrick's Day. A sea of green and orange crowds of half a million people descended on Dublin's streets to watch the festive parade, while boozy revelers enjoyed pints of Guinness. Visitors came from as far away as Bolivia, California, and China to see a glimpse of Ireland's vibrant spectacle that honors patron saint Martin Luther. Thousands of people descended on Ireland for March 17 in towns and cities, with huge crowds. The annual Birmingham parade, held in England for the first time in five years to celebrate Irish culture in the city for the fifth time in 50 years. The annual parade in central London, which featured Irish marching bands, dance troupes, and pageantry, attracted more than 50,000 people.

Victoria Mary Clarke, Shane MacGowan's widow, posted on Instagram on Wednesday how an ice bath helped her avoid "crying like mad" and feeling "very sad." People have been talking to her for years about how amazing ice baths are, especially if you do the @iceman_hof breathing.'

Vince Power, the Irish-born father-of-eight (bottom left in 1990, right in 2020, bottom right with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan), had a number of jobs, including turning ice cream bars into boxes before he rose to become a central figure in the music industry. With headline acts ranging from Nirvana and the Stone Roses to Eminem and Dizzee Rascal, he converted the Reading Festival from a struggling jazz festival that he started in 1989 to a highlight of the music scene. Power's list of events (bottom right, last year) appeared at Leeds Festival in 1999. In 1982, Mean Fiddler, a former gambling den in Harlesden, north-west London, that had previously been frequented by gangsters the Kray twins and the Richardsons, opened in a former gambling den, which had once been frequented by gangsters the Kray twins and the Richardsons. It was there that the likes of the Pogues, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison appeared. Nell, the power's daughter, paid tribute to her father on Instagram yesterday. 'My always optimistic funny driven warm father" a slew of photos (one inset) of them together, she wrote, 'My eternally positive funny driven generous warm dad.' A number of actors had their own warm words for the promoter. On X, Paul Weller, the Jam's former frontman, expressed regret for the loss of Vince Power, who was a good friend and will be greatly missed.' Thank you mate and well done.'

Shane MacGowan's widow confessed to being a "blubbery mess" ahead of Valentine's Day when she shared a sincere tribute on Monday. The late Pogues hitmaker had been fighting viral encephalitis for many years and was released from a hospital in Dublin shortly before passing away on November 30 at the age of 65. Victoria Mary Clarke, who used to be on Twitter, confessed that she had been struggling with her husband's death ahead of her first Valentine's Day alone.

Shane MacGowan of the Pogues and Sinead O'Connor has been invited to a tribute concert in New York City. The Irish singers [pictured in 2007] will be remembered at Carnegie Hall on March 20 after all of them died last year. Victoria Mary Clarke [inset] said, "Shane would greatly appreciate this tribute."

Two weeks before Christmas, Benji, I receive an email titled, 'Sad news.' My sister in Australia has died.

Shane MacGowan's widow has reported that she has been receiving messages from him since his tragic death. The Pogues hitmaker had been fighting viral encephalitis and was released from a hospital in Dublin shortly before passing away on November 30. Victoria took to Instagram on Tuesday to express an emotional tribute to her late husband after being unable to pick up a guitar since his death.

On Christmas Day, Shane MacGowan's widow Victoria Mary Clarke paid a loving tribute to the musician, who had also died on November 30. The journalist, 58, posted a sweet snap of the couple on Instagram, saying that the holiday season had been much harder than she had expected. Shane, the Pogues' frontman, had been fighting viral encephalitis and was released from hospital in Dublin within days before passing away surrounded by his family.

On Friday, fans aspired Shane MacGowan's festive classic Fairytale Of New York to take the top spot as a Christmas number one. And while the hit lost out to Wham! Shane's Last Christmas is his last Christmas on record, with the record earning him only a small fortune during his life. After a lengthy period of illness, the Pogues frontman, who would have turned 65 on Christmas Day, died in Dublin last month.

VICTORIA MARY CLARKE: Love is a scary thing. You're bound to lose them one day if you love them. The more you love them, the less you will miss them. It's been so difficult to love that many of us will not take the risk. When I first met Shane MacGowan, I wasn't looking for love. It was the furthest thing from my mind. It was 1982, I was 16, and if I worshipped anything, it was fashion and music. I had opened a vintage clothing store in Cork, Ireland, and I was earning a living off importing cool clothes from London's Portobello Road and Brick Lane to sell there. I was a New Romantic aspiring to live in a world of lace gloves, cigarette holders, and cocktails in trendy nightclubs.

Festive favourites by Wham! According to bookmakers, Mariah Carey (left) and Sam Ryder's (right) are fighting for the top spot. With the traditional picks for the coveted Yuletide crown, the bowing out of YouTubers LadBaby from the Christmas Number 1 battle means 2023 will be the first time there isn't a sausage roll-themed tune duking it out. However, a bid to make The Pogues' Fairytale of New York (inset bottom) number one in honor of frontman Shane MacGowan's last name in a row ended at 11.59 p.m. on Thursday night.

With Wham!, Sam Ryder, Mariah Carey, and Shane McGowan's Pogues, the battle to be crowned Christmas number one will be decided today. After Ladbaby, who had dominated the last five Christmas number 1's respectively, announced that they would not participate this year, this year's competition has been close.

Shane MacGowan, the Pogues' rocker, died after a long illness battle in hospital, and widow Victoria Mary Clarke has shared details of his whimper. In an interview with the Guardian's G2, she discussed his heroin use and how he'd light fire to hotel rooms when they were in them. She would punch him after finding him in bed with his groupies and splitting up with him, and said she isn't surprised someone died in her living room.

Victoria Mary Clarke, Shane MacGowan's widow, has responded to skepticism of the actor's funeral by posting a sweet post lauding the'magical' event. Earlier this week, Belfast-based Father Paddy McCafferty slammed Shane's celebrity-studded funeral, which culminated in a live band performance of his 1988 hit Fairytale Of New York, while mourners danced in the Saint Mary Of The Rosary Church in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Victoria took to Instagram to post a heartwarming snapshot showing her gazing into Shane's eyes as they held each other lovingly alongside a touching caption after Father McCafferty branded the festivities as a "worry."

Victoria May Clarke, a 57-year-old Irish writer, told Anita Rani on Woman's Hour that she was still'shaky' and 'dazed' after MacGowan's funeral in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary last week. The late singer's widow, who met him when she was just 16, spoke about her relationship with the actor, saying "it was thrilling, like being in a soap opera but with the number increasing.' (Pictured from the left) Clarke and MacGowan in 1999, right at his funeral last week. Inset: The couple pictured in 2007)

Philly Ryan, a Tipperary undertaker, has stated that he invited Johnny Depp to perform the honor at St Mary of the Rosary Church but that it was never part of the scheme. As mourners read, photographs show the Pirates of the Caribbean star, as well as other pallbearers, carrying the wicker casket out of the church. 'I knew he'd made the right decision when he saw the pride on his face as he carried Shane down the cathedral,' Ryan, MacGowan's close friend, said.

Shane MacGowan of the Pogues seems to be defeated in the fight for the coveted Christmas Number One as a surprise new act enters the competition. Following Shane's death earlier this month, fans hoped that his holiday album Fairytale Of New York would finally top the charts, but due to a new charity entry, fans may now miss out. A group of TikTok artists has formed The Creator Universe and has published a backstory of Wizard's Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday.

Following his death, the widow of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has taken to Instagram to thank his followers for their 'beautiful messages and support' following his loss. Shane, who would have been 65 on Christmas Day, died in Dublin last month and his funeral service was held in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, last week.

After a rumour was announced that his final wish was to leave €10,000 behind the bar of his favorite pub, the Irish journalist, 57, set the record straight. Although he did leave the overwhelming lump sum behind The Thatched Cottage in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, his last dying wish was for peace and love in the world. After months of ill health, the Pogues frontman died of pneumonia on November 30.