The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" remains a holiday staple nearly 40 years after its release. All these years later, Pogues ...

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

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 ...

The Pogues have released the first ever live performance of Fairytale Of New York from Glasgow Barrowland in 1987, featuring Kirsty MacColl’s debut duet and restored by Steve Lillywhite for a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Celtic punk band The Pogues and known the world over for the 1987 hit "Fairytale Of New York," has died aged 65. MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced the ...

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.

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 ...

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Irish musician Shane MacGowan, who formed the influential punk band The Pogues, best known for '80s hit "Fairytale of New York," has died. He was 65. MacGowan died in the early hours of Thursday with ...