rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The funeral procession of Shane MacGowan makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APThe funeral procession of Shane MacGowan starts from outside Shelbourne Park Stadium as it makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APJohn Farrell outside Shelbourne Park Stadium in waits for the funeral procession of Shane MacGowan to makes its way through the streets of Dublin ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APThe funeral procession of Shane MacGowan starts from outside Shelbourne Park Stadium as it makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APThe funeral procession of Shane MacGowan makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APCrowds line the streets by Grand Canal dock as they wait for the funeral procession of Shane MacGowan to make its way through the streets of Dublin ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)Niall Carson//APVictoria Mary Clarke, right, the wife of Shane MacGowan, travels in the funeral procession as it makes it way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APThe funeral procession of Shane MacGowan makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APTomas, no surname given, who traveled from Sweden to attend the funeral, stands on Westland Row as the funeral procession of Shane MacGowan makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)Liam McBurney/APLONDON (AP) — Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to The Pogues front man Shane MacGowan as his funeral procession wound through the Irish capital.MacGowan died Nov. 30 at the age of 65 after a lifetime of drinking, carousing and writing songs that fused Irish tradition with the spirit of punk.Crowds, gathered under rainy skies, applauded as a horse-drawn glass-sided carriage bore MacGowan’s coffin, draped in an Irish tricolor flag, through the streets., A marching band struck up “Fairytale of New York,” The Pogues’ most famous song, and groups of people sang other tunes made famous by the band, including the folk song “Dirty Old Town,” recorded by The Pogues in the 1980s.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adMany mourners said they had vivid memories of the band’s rowdy performances.“I remember the first time I saw The Pogues in the Hammersmith Odeon in 1985,” said Aidan Grimes, 60. “It is imprinted in my mind forever, just the madness and mayhem, the raucous nature of his singing and the music they were playing.“Through the years he evolved into a great poet and he will be sadly missed.”Darragh McColgan, from Dublin, said MacGowan “was representative to me of what being Irish is.”AdvertisementArticle continues below this ad“(This) will be a day we knew was coming but it won’t be easy to deal with because of what a big impact he was,” McColgan said.Born in England to Irish parents, MacGowan emerged from London’s punk scene to found The Pogues, who melded Irish folk and rock ’n’ roll into a unique, intoxicating blend. MacGowan became as famous for his sozzled, slurred performances as for his powerful songwriting, which captured the pain and joy of hardscrabble lives and the Irish emigrant experience.Several of his songs have become classics, including “Streams of Whisky,” “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” “If I Should Fall from Grace with God” and the bittersweet Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York.”MacGowan’s funeral mass is due to be held later in the town of Nenagh, in his ancestral home county, Tipperary, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Dublin.
Crowds line Dublin streets for funeral procession of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan
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