Shane MacGowan's GOT MILK!

Shock! Horror! The bould Shane MacGowan has given up the booze and opted for a healthier lifestyle... No more Jameson, Guinness and Baileys - instead Avonmore Fresh Milk... Wait there. What’s that? No milk mustache!

Shane MacGowan

We thought Shane MacGowan had finally given up the gargle this week when he turned up to a HMV CD signing supping from a carton of good old fashioned calcium rich milk. How wrong we were...

Shane MacGowan

For the canny old salty sea dog had done a classic switch-a-roo and chucked away the milk and filled the carton with neat GIN! Yup. Shano topped up the milk container with the hard stuff in order to sneak his alco-stash past HMV security guards. Genius.

Shane MacGowan

We only realised the swap had occurred after MacGowan gulped continuously from the bottle yet the milk left no white mustache on his upper lip... Ah, you have to get up early to catch out a Pogue; in fact, you have to stay up all night, every night.

Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan signed copies of The Pogues new CD boxset called 'Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say POGUEMAHONE!!' at HMV on Grafton Street this week...

Shane MacGowan

He was due to be joined by fellow Pogue, Phillip Chevron, but apparently Phil missed his flight from London missed the signing. Shane was good enough to leave a little note for Phil on the inside of a CD sleeve.

Shane MacGowan

Watch out for The Pogues new boxset in your local record stores, it has lots of rare tracks and before unheard recording sessions as well as guests such as Joe Strummer and Kirsty MacColl to name but a few...