The Popes are a band originally formed by Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues) and Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness, who play a blend of rock, Irish folk and Americana.

The broken hearted lovers who've been left along the by-way Living by night and hiding from the day The people I meet as I go on my way They all have a story to tell How they once had a lover who left ...

Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke ... City” and “Victoria”, which he performed with his band The Popes on the album The Snake in 1994. She also singled out “Christmas Lullaby ...

The first art folio book by the Pogues frontman and new wave figurehead Shane MacGowan, The Eternal Buzz ... Crock Of Gold (and an album by the Popes) and a biopic produced by Johnny Depp is ...

performs songs of his friend and genius Shane MacGowan (The Pogues and The Popes). Johnny and his band blast through the classic songs of the great man whilst McLaughlin shares fond memories of ...

One day he tired of it all and hung away his gun When he hung away his gun he became the hunted one ...

MacGowan performed with a new band, Shane MacGowan and the Popes, with whom he put out two albums: “The Snake” in 1995 and “The Crock Of Gold” in 1997. He reunited with The Pogues in 2001 ...

He was eventually asked to leave the Pogues in 1991. After his departure, he formed another band, Shane MacGowan and the Popes, continuing to perform and record music.