Review: Shane MacGowan 60th birthday celebration was a knees-up to remember

A blinding firmament of singers, movies stars and rock ’n roll outlaws had gathered beneath the rarefied rafters of the National Concert Hall for a knees-up to remember.

A blinding firmament of singers, movies stars and rock ’n roll outlaws had gathered beneath the rarefied rafters of the National Concert Hall for a knees-up to remember, writes Ed Power.

The occasion was the 60th birthday of Shane MacGowan – an event that actually took place last Christmas day – and, cheered on by a raucous audience, the atmosphere was full-throated from the outset.