Legendary band returning to Dublin stage later this month with guests, one year on from singer's death
Nick Cave on the keys, Johnny Depp on the altar and Bono on the intercom as Tipperary gave Shane MacGowan the mother and father of all send-offs.
“I don’t know if the whole band were, but he was in the f**king toga and all that gear and just pelting bottles of drink and all the rest of it.In his book Here Comes Everybody Fearnley wrote that MacGowan had been inspired for the look after reading about ancient Rome and the “hedonism… and proximity of death” central to that society.
“Two nights later I’m in The Devonshire Arms and there’s a ruckus and then I see these feet coming in the door. And it’s Shane. MacGowan wrote about characters like Richard Tauber, John McCormack, Philomena Begley and Ray Lynam and the people who listened to them.
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