Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke has thanked fans for their support, after the Pogues frontman’s recent hospitalisation.
The Fairytale of New York singer, 65, had a spell in intensive care with an unspecified health issue.
Victoria took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Monday to share a snap with her husband in his hospital bed.
I just wanted to thank everyone who is sending love ❤️ and prayers for @ShaneMacGowan we really appreciate it and bless all of you and anyone anywhere who is having health challenges! @poguesofficial pic.twitter.com/KstVaOGnta
— @victoriamary (@Victoriamary) July 24, 2023
She wrote: “I just wanted to thank everyone who is sending love and prayers for @ShaneMacGowan.”
“We really appreciate it and bless all of you and anyone anywhere who is having health challenges! @poguesofficial.”
According to reports, Shane has been receiving treatment in a Dublin hospital since late June.
The singer requires a wheelchair and a full-time carer, after breaking his pelvis in 2016 before breaking his knee and tearing his ligaments in 2020.
He has been treated for viral encephalitis, a condition in which the brain becomes swollen, since last December.
Shane then contracted shingles while in hospital, where he remained for just over a week before returning home in time for Christmas.
