Shane MacGowan Shane MacGowan Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an English-born Irish vocalist and recording artist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of punk band the Pogues. He was also a member of the Nipple Erectors and Shane MacGowan and the Popes, as well as producing his own solo material and working on collaborations with artists such as Kirsty MacColl, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor, and Ronnie Drew. MacGowan was born on Christmas Day in Pembury, Kent in 1957, to Irish parents. MacGowan spent his early childhood in County Tipperary, Ireland, before his
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