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Johnny Depp And Bono Turn Out For Shane McGowan's 60th

Stars including Johnny Depp, Bono, Sinead O'Connor and Nick Cave turned out to celebrate The Pogues...
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Johnny Depp And Bono Turn Out For Shane McGowan's 60th

TodayFM
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7:25 AM - 16 Jan 2018



Stars including Johnny Depp, Bono, Sinead O'Connor and Nick Cave turned out to celebrate The Pogues singer Shane McGowan's 60th birthday in Dublin last night.

A gig took place in the National Concert Hall with the President Michael D Higgins also in attendance.

Johnny Depp and Bono preformed Down All The Days Together and at the end, Bono recited the lyrics of The Cranberries most famous songs in tribute to Dolores O'Riordan:

 

Bono giving a brilliant performance of Down all the Days. #pogues

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Sinead O'Connor made a surprise appearance, performing 'You're the One'

 

Sinead O’Connor is hereâ¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ #pogues

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That was followed by Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill singing his iconic 'Fairytale of New York.'

 

Glen Hansard takes lead on Fairytale.

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The line-up included original Sex Pistols bass guitarist Glen Matlock, Blondie drummer Clem Burke, Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, Damien Dempsey, Sharon Shannon, Imelda May, John Sheahan, and Libertines singer Carl Barât.

Catatonia's Cery's Mathews dedicated the song The Broad Majestic Shannon to Dolores O'Riordan.

Stars turned out in force at the sold out gig last night including film director Neil Jordan, actors Stephen Rea and Cillian Murphy and musicians Finbar Furey and Paul Noonan from Bell X1.



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