Shane MacGowan

I had posted a remembrance to him yesterday on "what are you listening to"
I saw him/Pouges in 80's Elvis Costello was managing them. He was a great song writer and a troubled fella
 
Has it been 35 years? Good grief.
I saw Shane MacGowan and the Pogues in 1988 at the Pinkpop festival in Holland.
(The Pogues, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinéad O'Connor, Aswad, Joe Cocker (who surprisingly - for my young self - was the best act) and others - what a memorable concert)
Back then nobody thought he'd make it for another 35 years. Luckily he did.
I remember there was a rumour before the concert that the Pogues would play without him as he allegedly had been so drunk that he had fallen off the stage and broken something the previous day. Seemed totally plausible at the time.
What a great artist. Sadly missed. Rum, sodomy and the lash - straight onto my playlist again.
 
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