Shane MacGowan’s wife thanks fans for support as Pogues star remains in hospital

Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, has thanked The Pogues star’s fans as he continues to obtain hospital care.

The Irish singer was pictured mendacity in mattress carrying a medical robe with Clarke by his facet, in a photograph shared on her Twitter account.

On Monday (24 July) she advised the Irish Sunday Mirror that MacGowan was out of intensive care and “doing nicely”. She didn’t specify the well being situation he was affected by.

“I simply wished to thank everybody who’s sending love and prayers for Shane MacGowan,” she tweeted on Monday night.

“We actually respect it and bless all of you and anybody wherever who’s having well being challenges!”

Clarke, a journalist and artist, additionally tagged the official Pogues Twitter account in her put up.

MacGowan has used a wheelchair since 2015, after injuring himself in a fall, and was beforehand rushed to hospital in December final 12 months with an an infection.

Clarke later introduced that the singer had been identified with encephalitis, an unusual situation that causes the mind to swell and will be life-threatening.

These with critical circumstances will be left with issues such as seizures, listening to loss, and blindness.

The singer is finest recognized as the frontman for Irish band The Pogues, who rose to fame in the Eighties and scored successful tune with “Fairytale of New York”, a collaboration with the late Kirsty McColl. The monitor is without doubt one of the hottest Christmas songs in the UK of all time.

MacGowan married Clarke, a journalist, in a small ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2018. Among the many visitors in attendance was Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, a longtime buddy of MacGowan’s.

In June, Clarke disclosed MacGowan’s latest well being points together with her followers, remarking on the “large quantity” of affection and support she had acquired.

“There was a whole lot of turbulence in my life lately and it’s been very emotional and likewise scary,” she wrote in an Instagram put up.

“However this previous few days I’ve seen that though there’s a LOT of concern there may be additionally an enormous quantity of affection and support and unimaginable blessings. I believe that our minds will be VERY resistant to alter and to having our lives shaken up and rearranged and we must be very mild and affected person with ourselves…

“It is a problem to remain current along with your emotions. Thanks to everybody who has been supporting me and @shanemacgowanofficial.”