The Pogues career) was the increasingly erratic behaviour of their vocalist and principal songwriter, Shane MacGowan. Their record label, Stiff Records, went bankrupt soon after the 1987 release of the single "The Irish Rover" (with The Dubliners). Members of the band, including O'Riordan, acted in Alex Cox's "Straight to Hell", and five songs by the band were included on the film's soundtrack album. The band remained stable enough to record "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" with its Christmas hit duet with Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York". "Fairytale of New York" was released as a single in 1987 and
Siobhan MacGowan and "Mizz Magazine". She has also undertaken art commissions, Celtic/funky art, under the name of "Cat MacZebedee". Her story for children, "Etain's Dream", was serialised in the "Nenagh Guardian" Dec 2007-May 2008. She is currently working on her first novel, 'A Mortal Word.' She has acted in Patrick Bergin's Yeats trilogy, "Countess Kathleen". Siobhan MacGowan Siobhan MacGowan (born in Brighton, England in 1963) is an Irish-British journalist and musician. She is the sister of Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Irish group The Pogues. When The Pogues started out as "Pogue Mahone" in the early 1980s, MacGowan designed posters and