If you're heading to Electric Picnic this weekend and were hoping to catch Shane MacGowan at some point, it looks like your luck is out.

The Pogues frontman had been rumoured to play the Salty Dog stage at some point over the weekend as guests of the band Cronin, but now it has been revealed that he will not make the show as he is undergoing an operation early next week.

This was confirmed by his partner Victoria Mary Clarke on Twitter: