NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and ...

Have you ever heard a better opening to a song than that one, from “Fairytale of New York” by MacGowan’s Irish folk-punk band, the Pogues? In just four lines, he’s drawn an indelible scene with ...

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 ...

This morning, November 30, news broke that The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died at 65 years old. The iconic Irish rocker’s wife, Victoria Clarke, confirmed his passing on Instagram, and The ...

The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is still Ireland's most-loved Christmas song 34 years after its release. Released in 1987, the Christmas classic performed by Shane MacGowan and the late Kirsty ...

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 ...

Every year we hear the same Christmas songs again and again and again, the playlist seldom changing. While the supermarkets might stick rigidly to Slade and Wizzard, and the high street coffee shops ...

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 ...

Singer Brian Kennedy joined country legend Nathan Carter to sing one of the most iconic Christmas songs of all time ...

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