Shane MacGowan wanted to pay for one more round. The Irishman, vocalist of the legendary band The Pogues, died at the age of 65 from pneumonia on November 30 in a hospital in Dublin (Ireland). The funeral took place eight days later in Nenagh, in the Irish county of Tipperary, amid great honors that were paid to him by his family, friends and fans. And MacGowan wanted to return the favor posthumously.

This week it was revealed that the artist wanted to invite his friends to one last round as a farewell. He left ten thousand euros paid for beers in the bar of The Thatched Cottage, as published by The Independent. The establishment is on the outskirts of the small town of Nenagh and allows a rather small capacity, which is why access without a ticket was not allowed and the doors were guarded by up to ten security people. They toasted MacGowan from six in the afternoon until six in the morning.

Among those attending the funeral and the meal afterwards were the artists Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Glen Hansard, Bobby Gillespie, Aidan Gillen, Imelda May and the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.

Some of the members of The Pogues also attended, which at different times added and removed a few members, up to thirteen different musicians. However, the most emblematic group was the one he assembled around 1988, when they released their most international track, Fairytale of New York.

Hansard, frontman of Irish rock band The Frames, played The Pogues’ Christmas ballad for those attending the funeral in the bar, as well as at the funeral that same day with Lisa O’Neill and other members of the band. For his part, Nick Cave performed a powerful version of A rainy night in Soho, which he modified in honor of his friend to sing: “Now this song is over and we’ll never know what it means”.

Before going to the bar, MacGowan’s mortal remains traveled through the city center in a black wooden carriage pulled by horses in front of the attentive gaze of fans who wanted to say goodbye to the composer and poet.

Another friend of the dead singer, Bono, of U2, could not attend the funeral, probably because of the 25 scheduled concerts that the band performs at The Sphere in Las Vegas, the stage they opened in October. Due to the absence, Bono participated in the farewell with a recording in which he read the Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians to be present from a distance.