Watch Shane MacGowan’s last TV appearance before death

Holly Patrick

30 November 2023 at 7:30 am·1-min read

Shane MacGowan spoke of his musical influences in his last TV appearance before his death aged 65.

The Pogues star had been receiving hospital care after being diagnosed with viral encephalitis, a condition that causes the brain to swell, in December 2022.

MacGowan closed out a special edition of the Late Late Show in 2019 with a performance of Christmas anthem “Fairytale of New York”, with more than 591,000 people tuning in to the programme.

In a heartfelt tribute after his death was announced on Thursday 30 November, MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke said: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life.”

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