Controversy has surrounded the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" for decades, and songwriter Shane MacGowan said that was the ...

I gave them both to Shane and he gave it a Broadway melody, and there it was." MacGowan named the song after the JP Donleavy's 1973 novel A Fairy Tale of New York, which Finer was reading at the ...

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The late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan made a fortune thanks to his much-loved 1988 ... Shane had been with his wife ...

On social media, viewers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas standard since it was ...

A special performance from Saturday Night Live's Christmas episode. Hozier Covers The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” on SNL: ...

Getty Images Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl performing Fairy Tale of New York. Take Fairy Tale of New York, it's a masterpiece because it captures the Christmas other festive tunes ignore.

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The late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan made a fortune thanks to his ... marrying in a lavish fairy tale wedding in Copenhagen in 2018 after 32 years together. Their intimate nuptials featured ...

Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke, has revealed how the late Pogues frontman felt about the success of his biggest hit, “Fairytale of New York”, as she reflected on their ...

Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke, has revealed how the late Pogues frontman felt about the success of his biggest hit, “Fairytale of New York”, as she reflected on their ...