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Posted: **Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:39 pm**

From the Mirror today.

The icing on the cake for Shane MacGowan's early 50th birthday party was set to be a singsong from Kate Moss - but she didn't turn up.

We can reveal that Kate, 33, missed her flight from New York to the do at the Boogaloo in North London.

She was especially cheesed off as she had a surprise in store for guests who included the Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Matt Helders, The View, Madness and Kevin Rowland.

A mate of Kate's tells us: "She was set to sing Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe-style. A blonde wig had even been ordered."

Kate helped organise Shane's party - whose birthday falls on Christmas Day - with his other half Victoria Clarke. They agreed not to invite her ex Pete Doherty - despite him being Shane's pal.

Kate Moss as Marlyn Monroe - wey bloody hey!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:48 am**

Wha?? I wasn't invited!

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:59 pm**

Simon Maguire wrote:Wha?? I wasn't invited!

you missed a great party, though walshy had to stand in for kate moss which wasnt so great

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:08 pm**

hahahahaha!

give over..

There was a few pics of the 'party' in the London Lite the day before yesterday - Shane with grey stubble - not great. :-|

Might of been the quality of the paper that made him look like that.

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:13 pm**

Niall wrote:
Simon Maguire wrote:Wha?? I wasn't invited!

you missed a great party, though walshy had to stand in for kate moss which wasnt so great

That sort of things can crash any good party

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:06 pm**

(c) Danny Clifford (by courtesy of The Sun)

More photos of the event here

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:17 pm**

That could be used on Halloween to scare kids :-|

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:19 pm**

Mark_Wafc wrote:They agreed not to invite her ex Pete Doherty - despite him being Shane's pal.

What's that about?

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:37 pm**

MissWalshy wrote:That could be used on Halloween to scare kids

Oh, come on. Her hat's not that bad.

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:47 pm**

He's letting his hair grow out. Bleh

. Someone please get him to listen to keep it short. He's much cuter that way.

Posted: **Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:31 pm**

I would prefer to see Miss Walshy at my birthday party than Kate Moss :oops:

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:53 am**

Eckhard wrote:I would prefer to see Miss Walshy at my birthday party than Kate Moss

You mean that beer cost less that Cocain :wink:

Moss vs Walshy?? hmmmmmm........ tuff one :wink:

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:00 am**

Johan From Sweden wrote:
Eckhard wrote:I would prefer to see Miss Walshy at my birthday party than Kate Moss

You mean that beer cost less that Cocain

Moss vs Walshy?? hmmmmmm........ tuff one

Walshy would would kick her pimpley, skinny Arse!

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:04 pm**

From Shane's New Romantic Buttler's blog:
http://dickonedwards.co.uk/diary/

Last Sunday evening was Shane MacGowan’s 50th birthday party at the Boogaloo. Mr MacGowan’s actual birthday is on the 25th, which he shares with Quentin Crisp and Jesus Christ, but given the Pogues are on tour till Christmas, I assume this was the most convenient date for all concerned. Like The Queen, it always helps to have more than one birthday. I was invited, and it was great to see the Boogaloo extended family assembled, including John & Sharon, Ms Red, Eddie, Jemima, Bernie, Sophie, The General, Ronnie, and Ms Lou.

Shane sang Van Morrison’s ‘Gloria’, though the backing band (Bap Kennedy and co) rather cunningly turned it into the Nips’ ‘Gabrielle’ halfway through. Spider Stacy (Pogues) also performed a couple of numbers.

At the pub I also recognised: Jem and Darryl (Pogues), Shanne Bradley (from The Nips), Kevin Rowland (Dexy’s - pencil moustache), Tim Burgess (Charlatans - glasses and stubble), and Chas Smash (Madness).

There were also a few striking young men in eyeliner, deliberate hairdos and skinny black attire. If they weren’t in some famous band, they dressed like they were. Some papers said members of The View and Arctic Monkeys were there, but although I’m aware that these groups exist and are popular with today’s loose children, my passing interest stops short of identifying their members’ countenances in a dark room full of similar young things.

Maybe I could just about recognise the Arctic Monkeys singer. He reminds me vaguely of Chris Gentry from Menswear. Ask your Britpop dad.

Ms Kate Moss sang Happy Birthday to Mr MacGowan, via Ms Victoria Clarke’s mobile phone. And there was a proper cake, with candles, which he duly extinguished before the happy gathering.

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:07 am**

London bells ring at Shane's fairy-tale bash
By Barry Egan
Sunday December 16 2007
Irish Independent
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WOULD I tell you a fairy tale? (Come on, this is is not the Mail.) Shane MacGowan's 50th birthday bash in the Boogaloo in Highgate, north London on Sunday night turned into a real fairy tale of London. His big birthday and the bells were ringing out for Christmas.

Shane's muse and fiancee Victoria Mary Clarke turned up as punk royalty in a dress fashioned by her own hand and covered with safety pins -- she looked every inch the iconoclastic fashionista. "It was a homage to Shane because he was one of the original punks," Victoria said, adding that when it came time to cut the birthday cake that the birthday boy stabbed it so hard the knife went through the cakeboard. "Needless to say, nobody got any cake apart from Shane," she laughed. Shane's birthday is on Christmas Day-- when Shane and Victoria's two families will gather in Ireland for a proper bash.

"Because his birthday falls on Christmas Day, Shane never gets his own party so I decided to throw one for him anyway," said Victoria. Those who turned up on Sunday to help the Pogue celebrate were Gerry O'Boyle (owner of the Boogaloo), The Pogues themselves, Chaz Smash from Madness, some Arctic Monkeys, Ian Brown, Razorlight and Vince Power.

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