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Shane MacGowan finished final album before death, collaborator reveals

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Shane MacGowan had finished his final solo album before his death.The Irish singer-songwriter and former Pogues frontman died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30, as shared by his wife Victoria Mary Clarke.MacGowan’s final LP is said to comprise 15 tracks featuring both original songs and covers.

The album was produced in collaboration with the Irish band Cronin and includes appearances from the late singer’s Pogues bandmates, Spider Stacey and Jem Finer.Johnny Cronin, the frontman of Cronin, spoke to the The Irish Sun about MacGowan’s final LP and said that he had “a fine voice right to the end”, adding: “Shane was ill but he wanted to keep working.

I was driving up to Dublin to record his vocals at his house.”MacGowan had spent the final seven years of his life working on the LP.

Cronin, who is bandmates with his own brother Mick, added: “We are beyond devastated to lose our friend, the only consolation we have is that Shane had finished all his vocals for this record.”He continued: “Shane was always in charge when we went into the studio, he was telling us what to play and where to play it.

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