‘Greatest lyricist’: Irish president leads Ireland’s tributes to Shane MacGowan
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6GSF4)
Michael D Higgins compares Pogues frontman's songs with perfectly crafted poems'
The Irish president, Michael D Higgins, has led Ireland's tributes to Shane MacGowan, describing the Pogues frontman as one of music's greatest lyricists".
After the singer's death at the age of 65, Higgins compared MacGowan's songs with perfectly crafted poems" that captured the measure of our dreams".
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