Pogues' Shane MacGowan flooded with support after leaving hospital in time for Christmas

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Twitter to wish his fans a Merry Christmas.The Pogues frontman could be seen sitting in a chair while wearing a black top and a gold cross necklace.In the clip, Shane smiled and said: “Happy Christmas everybody,” before waving to the camera.The singer added in the caption: “Happy Christmas everyone and thank you for all your messages and prayers.”More than 400 fans soon flocked to the comments to wish Shane a Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas.Fergal penned: “Happy Christmas to the man and his lady...mind yourself and thank you for the music.”Bridie wrote: “Happy Christmas and happy birthday Shane.

We listened to you tonight and you made my 92-year-old mother cry, bless her she loves you.”While Rich exclaimed: “If only there were a suitable record to mark the occasion!”And Roxana echoed: “Got Fairytale Of New York blasting now, the best Christmas song ever in my book.

Merry Christmas to you and Victoria, Shane.“All the best for the year to come. I wish you both all the best in love and health, cheers.” The official Twitter account for The Pogues also wished Shane a very Happy Birthday.They shared a black and white throwback of the singer along with the caption: “Happy Birthday you fearful Jesuit!”Shane’s celebrations come after he returned home after being hospitalised for a “dangerous” infection.His wife, Victoria, explained that he has contracted viral encephalitis, a rare condition which causes the brain to become swollen.He then caught shingles and the infection spread to his eye.Victoria opened up about the frightening moment she noticed the infection, telling the Independent earlier this month: “His eye was getting red and began to close over.“I called the doctor and the doctor said it was very dangerous so we had.