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 ...

Shane MacGowan, singer of Celtic punk band the Pogues, has died. He was 65. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, shared the news on Instagram, writing, “There’s no way to describe the loss that I am ...

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 ...

LONDON — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.

IT was Christmas Eve, babe. Well, it was actually November, but it was December 24 on set as The Pogues filmed the video for ...

Shane MacGowan said the miserable lyrics for The Pogues’ Christmas tune, “Fairytale of New York,” came to him while he was delirious with double pneumonia. The song might not have had the best origins ...

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

Good Charlotte has shared a cover of The Pogues' holiday punk classic, "Fairytale of New York.""This has always been one of ...

MacGowan was an Irish kid who grew up in England, and the songs he wrote and sang were a furious fusion of folk and punk. His band, The Pogues, was once described as a barroom brawl with instruments.

You give Christmas a bad name. That’s the word from iconic Irish band the Pogues, who think Jon Bon Jovi’s cover of their holiday classic “Fairytale of New York” is awful. The band addressed the ...

The Pogues Single Malt Whiskey, the second Irish whiskey from the iconic Celtic punk rock band, is now available just in time for Christmas. Read More: The Pogues and West Cork Distillers launch new ...

Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.Video above: ...