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'It's so painful': Shane MacGowan's sister on the struggle to avoid his music
Siobhan MacGowan almost looks surprised as she remembers.
"It went very, very quickly. Even the first year went really quickly.
Two years... you know," she tails off.
The 24 months since her brother Shane died have flown by in one sense, but it's clear that the family's grief has barely subsided. "It's still very raw for me," Siobhan says.
"I can't listen to Shane's music, and I can't watch him on video or listen to him speak." Legendary frontman of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan died on 30 November 2023 at the age of 65, following a long illness. He passed away in the lead-up to Christmas, a time when his voice is heard on every radio station and in every pub - in the form of Fairytale Of New York.
For his sister, the festive anthem - which he co-penned with the band's banjoist Jem Finer - is now a visceral torment. "You can be a genius, the way you can avoid it [the song].
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