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Sinead O'Connor and Shane MacGowan tribute concert in NYC is announced as The Pogue singer's widow Victoria says he 'would really appreciate it'
A tribute concert honouring The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor in New York City has been announced.
The Mountain Goats, Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean, Glen Hansard, Amanda Palmer, Eugene Hutz, Kat Edmonson, and the Resistance Revival Chorus are also due to perform at the event. Shane, meanwhile, brought Irish traditional music to a huge new audience in the late 1980s by splicing it with punk, and achieved mainstream success with his bittersweet, expletive-strewn 1987 Christmas anthem with the Pogues. MacGowan's bandmate, Spider Stacy, was among the famous faces leading tributes to the star, as fans and world Irish leaders shared their devastation at the death of the 'a true legend' and 'genius'.
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