As his 60th birthday celebration at Dublin's National Concert Hall earlier this year demonstrated, Shane MacGowan is an extremely well-respected and presumably well-liked figure.

The last time Bob Dylan was in town, he reportedly requested a meeting with the Pogues frontman - and now he's been hanging out with two legends in their own right from the music and movie worlds.

Paul Simon played Dublin's RDS on Friday night, and it seems that Woody Harrelson was also in town and decided to head along for the craic.

They were both pictured with MacGowan at the gig - presumably backstage or elsewhere in Dublin - with the photo shared on Instagram by his long-term partner Victoria Mary Clarke: