“You did what you said you were going to do in those long ago days in Tipperary and you did it with such heart and fire,” she said, to cheers and applause from the church. The frontman, who died aged 65 last week after a fight with pneumonia, “dreamed of one day being the teller of stories, the singer of the songs, he dreamed of following in the footsteps of those great Irish lyricists and musicians he so admired”, Ms McGowan said. “That’s some send-off for my brother, so thank you.” “Wow, I think Shane would have enjoyed that,” his sister Siobhan said as she stood to deliver a eulogy after the performance. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Guitar lesson - Intro + variation chords (with tabs) - Led ZeppelinCLICK MY PATREON-PAGELINK FOR THE TABS FROM THIS LESSONhttps://ww. Many stood and swayed, as family members danced in the aisles to a rendition of MacGowan’s 1987 Christmas hit sung by Irish singer-songwriters and musicians Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neil.
A star-studded congregation rose to its feet and danced to the Pogues’ classic Fairytale of New York as Ireland laid singer Shane MacGowan to rest on Friday.įriends and family of the Pogues frontman – from the actor Johnny Depp to musicians Bob Geldof and Nick Cave, and even Ireland’s president – filled the Saint Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, to pay their respects.
