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 ...

The singer, who died a week before Christmas in 2000, was surfacing from a scuba dive off the coast of Mexico when she was ...

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 ...

Once upon a time—hard times, as it were—in an unrelenting, kick-you-when-you’re-down New York City, a real-life couple were struggling and fighting and having a thoroughly shit time. According to ...

Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in Mexico in 2000, with her son Louis Lillywhite, now 39, saying ...

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Shane MacGowan's death today follows years of ill health, his mother dying in a car crash and the tragic passing of fellow singer Kirsty MacColl in a speedboat accident aged 41. The legendary Pogues ...

As if there were any other way to end this thingie–the best Christmas song of all time, courtesy of iconic Irish folk punks the Pogues and the late, great Kirsty MacColl. Perhaps the only Christmas ...

The singer-songwriter, who died in 2000, is best known for duetting on “Fairytale of New York.” But in an unusual career, she also made her mark behind the scenes. By Bob Mehr During a fitful 20-year ...

December 19 -- British singer Kirsty MacColl died Monday in Cozumel, Mexico, apparently struck by a speedboat in an area reserved for swimmers. She was 41. Her management released a statement this ...

Singers Kirsty MacColl (1959 - 2000) and Shane MacGowan with with toy guns and an inflatable Santa in a festive scenario, circa 1987. In 1987, the pair collaborated on the Pogues' Christmas song ...