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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an Irish-English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic 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.

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was born on 25 December 1957 in Pembury, Kent, the son of Irish immigrants from Dublin. His mother, Therese, worked as a typist at a convent and had previously been a singer, traditional Irish dancer, and model. His father, Maurice, came from a middle-class background and worked in the offices of department store C&A; he was, in his own words, a "local roustabout". MacGowan's younger sister, Siobhan MacGowan, became a journalist, writer, and songwriter. The family returned to Ireland at some point after MacGowan's birth. He spent his early childhood in County Tipperary, before the family moved back to England when he was six years old.

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