The wife of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has said she feels grateful to see her rocker husband "looking bright", saying she is determined to get him home from hospital.

The 65-year-old singer has been in hospital since July where he is being treated for an unknown illness.

Sharing a health update, wife Victoria said she is as "determined as ever" to get him home.

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She said: "Feeling really really grateful that ⁦Shane is looking so bright today! And we are as determined as ever to get [him] home!

"Thank you a million times to all of the doctors and nurses and all of the staff and everyone who is visiting him!"

Victoria shared a picture of Shane smiling from his hospital bed.

Various celebrities, including Imelda May and Moya Brennan, have paid a visit to the star.

Shane MacGowan with Moya Brennan
Shane MacGowan with Moya Brennan

Country crooner Daniel O’Donnell and Primal Scream legend Bobby Gillespie were among the other celebrities to visit the iconic singer.

Victoria said jokingly: "He probably has had more visitors since he’s been in hospital than he would have at home."

She previously told how life has become more difficult as Shane has dealt with his health issues.

"We take it day by day and do whatever we can to stay positive," she said.

"It means life has changed and it’s curtailed in lots of ways. Things you might have taken for granted — like going on holidays or even going to a movie or going anywhere — that becomes very difficult.

"It’s a two-way thing. I feel lucky to have found him. He has always inspired me. He is such a beautiful, bright, funny, intelligent, interesting person. I feel like I’m never going to get bored with him. There is always something that surprises me about Shane.

"We take it day by day and do whatever we can to stay positive."