In 2016, George Michael died on Christmas Day, just as Wham!’s wistful “Last Christmas” was chiming on seemingly every radio station and at every holiday party. Now the voice of another beloved — if ...

It's the Christmas carol for people who hate Christmas carols. There's none of the loved-up gooeyness you find in Mariah ...

According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis ...

Hozier was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live‘s” Christmas edition Saturday night, and for his second song, the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.” On ...

Some of the most beloved Christmas songs are a bit rough around the edges, from the hokey and macabre “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” to the Pogues’ controversial “Fairytale of New York.” The ...

Shane MacGowan, the iconic frontman of The Pogues, passed away just over 12 months ago at the age of 65. The Pogues have left a lasting legacy worldwide, particularly acclaimed in the UK and Ireland - ...

Pogues band member and “Fairytale Of New York” co-writer Jem Finer discussed the song’s origin in a 1988 interview with NME. “I had written two songs complete with tunes,” he said. “One had a good ...

Mr. Anderson is the author, most recently, of “Inventory: A Family Portrait of Derry’s Troubled Past.” He wrote from London. I fell in love with “Fairytale of New York,” the indelible Christmas song ...

Nobody in the history of music ever sounded quite as decadently downtrodden (or whiskey-drowned, -sodden) as Shane MacGowan on “Fairytale of New York,” the soppy Christmas carol the Pogues‘ first ...

London • I fell in love with “Fairytale of New York,” the indelible Christmas song by the Pogues, before I’d heard a note. I grew up in the boarded-up, bombed-out Northern Ireland of the Troubles.